UNITED KINGDOM | Friday, 2 Aug 2013 | Views [296]
When I decided to start blogging our travels I had such grand intentions of regular contributions. Alas, here we are, months later yet again.
And what a busy few months it has been...
To pick up where we left off, we arrived back from Prague only ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Saturday, 23 Mar 2013 | Views [363]
There's been a lot happening in the past couple of months and I thought it was time I finally put some of it down. Tish and I arrived back to the UK in late January after a great few months in Australia. While at home, we spent two months working back ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Sunday, 23 Sep 2012 | Views [460]
After arriving back from Holland, I headed up to Burnley in Lancashire for three weeks' work, while Tish stayed in Wisbech. Burnley was a fantastic job. Unfortunately I didn't have a car for the trip and stayed at a B&B nearby the clinic. Staying ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Sunday, 23 Sep 2012 | Views [359]
Well it has been ages and ages since my last blog from abroad so an update is once again well overdue, nearly 3 months! The remainder of June continued fairly well the same as it had been, living in Wisbech and working in Dereham. It was a great ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Sunday, 3 Jun 2012 | Views [369]
Yes... hasn't exactly been weekly, but here it is ;) Things have been swell in England over the past few weeks. Things have settled in nicely at work and all is well. My clinic is very friendly and pretty cruisey - after hours has been once a week and ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Saturday, 12 May 2012 | Views [410]
Well it has been a while since the final blog from Colombia and there has been a lot unfold since. I started out in London, arriving on a chilly night in mid April and finding my way to a central backpackers in the city. There were a few immediate ... Read more >
COLOMBIA | Friday, 20 Apr 2012 | Views [387]
Hello all again! The trek from Quito to Bogota proved to be a long but enjoyable one with several highlights. I didn't find Quito all that inspiring but spent a rainy day there getting affairs in order before my departure. I headed up to the 'Mitad ... Read more >
ECUADOR | Thursday, 12 Apr 2012 | Views [550] | Comments [1]
Despite the trials of south American transit we did eventually make it to Baltra, Galapagos on time as scheduled. The adventure restarted immediately on arrival as we had forgotten the $100 entrance fee into the islands... Oops! We managed to scrape ... Read more >
PERU | Thursday, 29 Mar 2012 | Views [616] | Comments [1]
I
have the pleasure of blogging from the Starbucks in the Lima airport
today after a very stressful morning. We arose at 4am to make
our 7am flight from Cusco to Lima, only to spend the next 6 hours
sitting at cusco airport waiting for ... Read more >
BOLIVIA | Sunday, 18 Mar 2012 | Views [359]
Time for a long overdue blog session! I´m writing from Cuzco, Peru but feel that the 12 days spent in Bolivia deserve a story of their own! We entered Bolivia through Villazon, north of Salta, Argentina and bussed through to Tupiza. It was clear straight ... Read more >
ARGENTINA | Tuesday, 28 Feb 2012 | Views [532]
Well... It has been a long time since the first and last blog on the Latin American experience - a lot has happened in the interim. Carnaval in Rio was a hectic experience - there is no exaggeration at all in the stories of partying all night-sleeping ... Read more >
ARGENTINA | Wednesday, 15 Feb 2012 | Views [497]
Hola! Well it's day 5 already and still no entries - time for an update! Buenos Aires has been a good stay so far - we had a good flight over and have set up camp in a hostel named Milhouse which is heavily populated with Australians. The hostel ... Read more >
USA | Friday, 25 Nov 2011 | Views [559]
Obviously it was a while until I got the chance to complete the last story. This one comes from Australia, having arrived safely back this morning. The remainder of the conference was good - like I said, plenty of socialising and managed to catch up ... Read more >
USA | Tuesday, 22 Nov 2011 | Views [334] | Comments [1]
Keep on truckin'. That's classic Heather Grant. The Convention has progressed well - today's talks were excellent. Socially I've had a great time (my liver has not) but it has been sometimes hard to dodge the assumption I'm a young vet/intern ... Read more >
USA | Sunday, 20 Nov 2011 | Views [442] | Comments [1]
Texans choose to drop the 'io' off the end Antonio... I think it's for effect. Well...! What an amazing few days it has been. To pick up where I left off - I continued to Dallas on Tuesday night as planned... but there's a kicker. On Tuesday ... Read more >
USA | Wednesday, 16 Nov 2011 | Views [444] | Comments [1]
Hello again. I have a brief lunchtime break to jot down a few more notes - I've spent Tuesday out with Philippe and another of the vets here at Weatherford Equine Medical Centre (previously got the name wrong) travelling about. The Texan countryside ... Read more >
USA | Monday, 14 Nov 2011 | Views [498] | Comments [1]
Arrived safe and sound in Dallas/Forth Worth Airport on Friday afternoon 2pm - an Aussie friend Philippe was due to pick me up around 4pm from the airport, so I thought I'd go down to the shops and sort out a SIM card and other odds and ends for the ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Friday, 11 Nov 2011 | Views [409] | Comments [1]
Welcome to my first venture into travel blogging! This is a trial run for my more extensive travels next year so it may be simple and a corny way of keeping a journal but part of being a sensitive,new-age guy is that I stay new-age. I haven't really ... Read more >