AUSTRALIA | Wednesday, 26 Sep 2007 | Views [626] | Comments [1]
Yes, the rumors are true, I am back in Australia. I entered the country under shadow of night some few days ago, but as I am yet to sleep longer than four hours a night I haven't been making my presence widely known. There were a number of reasons why ... Read more >
Tags: Philosophy of travel
GERMANY | Friday, 21 Sep 2007 | Views [768] | Comments [1]
On Monday I flew from Madrid to Munich and met up with Mum and Dad. They have been travelling through Alaska and Canada so we thought we would meet up before they went up to Prague to start a cruise down the Danube. Munich seemed like a good place to ... Read more >
Tags: The Great Outdoors
MOROCCO | Friday, 21 Sep 2007 | Views [1042]
First of all, Iäm using a German computer, so keys are in the wrong place. Youäll have to put up with that. (z=y and ä=') If I have to learn to speak German, then so can zou! Second, no I havenät been kidnapped, its just been reallz hard to find internet ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
SPAIN | Saturday, 8 Sep 2007 | Views [578]
The last few days have been amazing. Spain and Portugal are great. We stayed in Coimbra for a night, which is a University town in the middle of Portugal. We then travelled to Lisbon for two nights. Lisbon is amazing. The outskirts are ugly and full ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
PORTUGAL | Wednesday, 5 Sep 2007 | Views [676]
It took me a couple of days, but I eventually remembered why I liked Dublin so much. It´s because it´s so close to the rest of Ireland. Itºs definately not because of the hostels. I went to bed at 10 and shortly afterward a couple of Spanish speaking ... Read more >
Tags: planes trains & automobiles
IRELAND | Friday, 31 Aug 2007 | Views [908] | Comments [1]
Hello! I hope noone was too perturbed by my extended absence. It's been difficult to find email access off late due to the places we've been travelling. Who knows if it will get better or worse when I fly to Spain next week. Tony and I are in Dublin ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
UNITED KINGDOM | Monday, 20 Aug 2007 | Views [743] | Comments [1]
What's the time? It's Edinburgh Festival time! It's midnight on Sunday and we've just come back from seeing David O'Doherty live. He's an Irish Comedian who has recently starred in: 'the very modest adventures of David O'Doherty'. He sings funny songs ... Read more >
Tags: Laughter
UNITED KINGDOM | Saturday, 18 Aug 2007 | Views [824] | Comments [2]
Hello and welcome to my more sensible account of our travels in England. London was frantic. We saw three west end shows in three nights - Les Mis (brilliant), Spamalot (very very funny) and We Will Rock You (yes, well, um, it was loud and there were ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
UNITED KINGDOM | Thursday, 16 Aug 2007 | Views [537] | Comments [2]
I have the flu and the makers of cornishware have gone into receivership. They took the machines out of the factory 3 days before we arrived there. Bath, Cardiff, Stratford, Nottingham and York have been amazing. Derby is not so good, I wouldn't recommend ... Read more >
Tags: Misadventures
UNITED KINGDOM | Wednesday, 8 Aug 2007 | Views [654] | Comments [3]
Greetings from London! (I was going to begin with 'I'm in London Still' but I thought some of you might complain about gratuitous use of song titles in my posting.) I arrived in London at midday on Monday. Getting here was quite a trial, what with traffic ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
CANADA | Thursday, 2 Aug 2007 | Views [725]
Hello again! For those of you who are on Facebook, I've just joined. I have no idea how to use it, and I haven't actually managed to download any photos yet, but I am a member. If you've got no idea what I'm on about, check out Facebook.com. I'm typing ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
CANADA | Saturday, 28 Jul 2007 | Views [761] | Comments [3]
On our last night in Cancun, the group of us (8 girls plus the tour leader, Paul) went out to dinner at a Jazz bar. There was no music, so I took it on myself to play some jazz before dinner. After dinner, the plan was to go to a club in the hotel strip.... Read more >
Tags: Mountains
MEXICO | Sunday, 22 Jul 2007 | Views [884] | Comments [3]
Today is my last full day in Central America (for now anyway). I´m ensconced in an air conditioned internet cafe in the glorious Playa de Carmen, on the coast of Mexico. We arrived late last night after 13 odd hours of travelling. It´s stinking hot outside, ... Read more >
Tags: planes trains & automobiles
BELIZE | Friday, 20 Jul 2007 | Views [528]
I am sorry to say that the chicken busses are indeed not made of chicken. They are ex-USA school busses, driven to Guatemala and then painted bright colours and strung with religious paraphenalia (to ensure that the driver does not crash and die a horrible ... Read more >
Tags: Culture
BELIZE | Thursday, 19 Jul 2007 | Views [557]
It's been a few days since I've written and I must confess I've lost track. The email systems in some of the places I've been to have been very dodgy and I haven't always been able to get online. I'll try to reconstruct the last few days regardless. ... Read more >
Tags: Beaches & sunshine
GUATEMALA | Saturday, 14 Jul 2007 | Views [607]
We spent one night in the city of Xela, before heading to a much more relaxed town on the banks of Lake Atilan. We had a whole day by the lake, so we got up early and took a boat to a small village on the other side of the lake. First we visited a local ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
GUATEMALA | Wednesday, 11 Jul 2007 | Views [563] | Comments [1]
Yesterday we crossed the border into Guatemala. After a 4 hour air conditioned bus ride (with a movie in English for once), we went through customs and made our way across the border. Guatemala is very different to Mexico. The most obvious difference ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
MEXICO | Sunday, 8 Jul 2007 | Views [503]
In San Cristobal, the hawkers are even more determined than in Palenque. We are thinking of having tshirts made saying No Gracias, because we have to say it so often. We arrived yesterday, after a 5.5 hour bus ride through winding hills. (Very pretty, ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
MEXICO | Friday, 6 Jul 2007 | Views [532] | Comments [1]
Today we went to Palenque ruins. I´m glad we went to Chichen Itza first, because Palenque was far more interesting. 94% of the city is still under the forrest, with only a few temples unearthed and restored. It was great to wander through the forrest ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
MEXICO | Thursday, 5 Jul 2007 | Views [555] | Comments [4]
We´ve just come off the bus after a 9 hour journey from Merida. It sounds bad, but the Mexican busses are air conditioned, so it was actually nicer than being outside. We got held up by the military twice at road blocks, and every time we stopped the ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
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