Category Archives: Experiences
Katie’s Last Week of Summer Camp
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 … Continue reading
Posted in Experiences, Mexico, Socialisation
Tagged Experiences, Mexico City, oaxaca, socialization, Summer Camp
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Just Where Is The Land Of Smiles?
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 … Continue reading
Lillia, the Anthropological Museum & a Tap Dancing Wall With 6 Legs
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 … Continue reading
How Being a Good House Guest Also Applies to Couchsurfing
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 … Continue reading
15 Travel Related Things About Me
Taking inspiration from a post I read at the great FoxNomad here is a list of 15 travel related things about me:
New Series – It’s Not What You Do, It’s Who You Meet
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 … Continue reading
Getting Picked Up & Locking Tongues
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 … Continue reading
Posted in Experiences, Los Angeles
Tagged Beverly Hills, Captain Jack Sparrow, Gene Simmons, Los Angeles, Marilyn Monroe, Robert Downey Jr
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A Lao Method of Getting a Baby to Sleep
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 … Continue reading
The Dancing Mariachi
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!
Posted in Experiences, Mexico
Tagged Days Out, live music, mariachi, Mexico City, videoblog, Xochimilco
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Day Tour Through the Bolovan Plateau, Laos
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 … Continue reading
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Tagged Bolovan Plateau, Experiences, Jungle trekking, katie, Laos, Pakse, Ventiane
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