ROUND THE WORLD TRIP

New Years Day in Barca I slike NYD anywhere else – everything’s shut…except KFC, where we ‘dined’ for lunch. Our evening meal was at Mum and...

We spent most of New Years Eve in bed, not getting up ‘til lunchtime. When we did surface we hurried over to the airport to meet and greet S...

We tried to go for a Chinese but found that the one we had chosen (Swan) had stupidly (about 10 quid) expensive main courses…so we popped ne...

Pat, Mum and Ken arrived a couple of days ago and we spent most of Sunday just walking around town. The most amazing sight was the sheer num...

So here we are again, back on the road. BMIBaby were excellent, and we arrived on time in Barca. By the time we'd grabbed our ludicrousl...

It's amazing the difference a few days makes. First up we had a couple of days relaxing chez Lynn (Jen's Mum) who fed us up in consi...

And so here we are, some 11 months (and 3 days!) on. We have just had a lovely night's sleep and a bacon and egg roll for breakfast. The...

OK we´ve changed our flights and are on our way home...bit of a shock really to think we´ll be in the UK in some 40 hours. We couldn´t chang...

Piccie time, there are far too many to title them so, after a few jungle pics it`s the wildlife of the Galapagos...by the way my last bloody...

So we`re back...we`ve just arrived in Quito, after the flight back from the Galapagos, and what a final few days we had! Wednesday seems lik...

Who`d have ever thought that on islands famous for it`s flora and fauna they`d have t`internet. Well they have, XP too, and it`s bloody quic...

OK so this is it, here we sit in Quito again, just about to do another Lonely Planet walking tour. I have rather stupidly left the driver di...

Quito is another place that gets a bad rap (see Nazca, Peru). OK so it`s a big place and busstly, with a few scary people but it`s got a rea...

Ok so I write something positive about an airline and then they break down on the runway and we´re stranded in Santiago for 2 hours...ho hum...

Very rarely do I write how good airlines are so I thought it was time to re-address the balance. LanChile are excellent, there I said it. Th...

OK, picture this, you[re at an official BCP desk (one of the biggest banks in Peru), and you are waiting patiently in line to pay your airpo...

Why is it as soon as I don´t write anything for a few days people think I must be in some sort of danger...not like I was bitten by some fle...

Piccies, from Titicaca, Cusco, the Sacred Valley, and, of course, Machu Picchu The Plaza de Armas in Cusco + Flags. A load from Titicaca....

On the way to the station we were approached by a BBC World news person who interviewed me about my experiences at MP. If I make the cut it´...

Things never go to plan do they? First we had the dog bite and then Richard came down with a chronic bout of food poisoning, stomach cramps ...

To say yesterday was a bad day would be like describing the second world war as a bit of a punch up. It all started at our first port or cal...

This morning we went about paying for everything we booked yesterday, and what a fun time we have in store. Also, after musing with a beer o...

Well last night we successfully found a good trip to Machu Picchu and jungle tour. We then went to find a reasturant recommended to us and ...

For starters well done England, and what a mach. I managed successfully to not wake Jen up until about 2 minutes from the end of normal time...

We managed to find a great Italian restaurant for our tea, and, sated, we headed back to the hotel. After a nice breakfast we headed to the ...

Some photos from today...the hotel where we´re staying has got free broadband (and they´re wonderful, one of the nicest, friendliest places ...