There is actually one more week of summer camp but as we are moving to Oaxaca this weekend Katie will be missing it, so for her last week was her last week. Unfortunately she will be missing the end of camp show next week and won’t be able to appear in it but I am [...]
Aurelie, the couchsurfer who stayed with Ana and I three weeks ago, who we went to Teotihuacan with, returned on Wednesday briefly before going to the airport for her flight back to France.
She was talking about her experiences in S.E. Asia and the usual stereotype of Thailand being the ‘Land of Smiles’ came up. She [...]
Ok, if you think the title of this thread is weird, you should have tried being in my shoes yesterday!
I went back to Reforma on Monday morning to see if I could find the restaurant where I met Liilia in case she was there again. Now it is one thing when you don’t know an [...]
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I found a great new blog today run by an American ex-pat who has been living in the UK for the past nineteen years. Michelle is running a series about How to Learn to Love the Host Culture and in the ninth article she talks about how to be a good guest. It is one [...]
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Taking inspiration from a post I read at the great FoxNomad here is a list of 15 travel related things about me:
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I have met a lot of people in this trip but there have been a special few who have changed my life, my outlook, inspired me or who have just stood head and shoulders above the rest.
I have decided to write a series about the extra special people I have met so far who have [...]
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This is one of my favourite photos of one of my favourite days out in L.A. Katie had gone roller-skating with the family we were couchsurfing with and their daughter and I explored Hollywood and downtown L.A.
I met Captain Jack outside the Kodak Theatre just after I had seen Scooby Doo arguing with a guy [...]
I know it is not good to pass judgement when travelling, that everyone, everywhere has their own way of doing things. But while I was going through my trip photos I came across this photo and I remembered something that had stuck in my memory.
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This is the bum shaking, hip wiggling Mariachi I mentioned in a previous post when I went on a canal boat in Xochimilco. It may just be me, and maybe you had to be there but I found him hilarious!
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Ok a word to the wise and a precautionary tale.
While we were in Vientiane, the capital of Laos, we booked a one day tour to the Bolaven Plateau in advance, starting from Pakse, which was the next stop on our route. We spent an hour in a tour agency that was highly recommended by the [...]
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