I have just come back from an interesting experience at the local private hospital. its nothing serious, although im glad i decided not to take a hot air balloon ride in Yangshuo as a westerner did not look too good as he was wheeled into another ambulance with a neck brace on- the result of [...]
Our second full day in Valparaiso, we woke up remembering that some Australians wanted to organise a barbecue for that night. I asked Max if he knew anything about it, but he didn’t, though he said we would have to let him know if we wanted one because the hostel barbecue had been borrowed by [...]
Valparaiso mural (photo by Joanne)
The bus journey to Valparaiso wasn’t long, only about two hours, and we arrived at Hostel El Yoyo in the afternoon. Everyone at the hostel seemed to be recovering from a heavy night, so we took it easy as well. I blogged. And we bought oven empanadas from the supermarket. Joanne, [...]
Funny little airport on Easter Island
The next morning it was goodbye to Easter Island and back to the mainland.
Goodybye Easter Island
When we arrived at our hostel, Ecohostel, the girl on the desk warned us that we shouldn’t go outside because it’s the 11th of September. I was a bit confused at to why that should [...]
Mooncake baby
It’s that time of year again. We have received our first gift of mooncakes.Our favorite foreign affairs guy has retired and the first evidence of change has been the quality and quantity of mooncakes has decreased. Last year we got a beautiful elaborate box with about a dozen mooncake surprises. I like the [...]
The rain had finally stopped and the sun was out. Raphael had already left to explore the island, but we were feeling a bit rough and the Gato Negro had stained our mouths purple. The children had warned us the previous night that we shouldn’t be drinking cheap rubbish like that and it seems the [...]
Ticket not on packing list:Some prep work on my part. In my free moments riding the subway or dining solo I made a packing list for my foray to far west china. So organized, I am! The night before departure I am all packed by 11 pm - very reasonable, I say. Morning [...]
Surrounded by Water
Our second morning on Easter Island we had learned to be quick, so got up before the school children for breakfast. This time we were able to find food at places next to each other and get a fair amount of meat and cheese. We had been planning to go to the [...]
Okay probably not only in Spain, but by that I mean…not in the US…1) se permite fumar aqui smoking is permitted here. and by here, they mean everywhere. i was studying with some friends in Dunkin Coffee today and had to get up and leave because the place was worse than [...]
This happened to me once before when I was in Australia.
Yesterday Felipe, a real Colombian gentleman who I met last month in Manizales, and his girlfriend Carolina showed me around Cali, the salsa capital of the world. Normally Cali is incredibly hot and humid - that Latin heat I always imagine - allowing the [...]