When I unpacked a bit at the hotel in Chachapoyas I realised that I had left On the Road on the bus. Having carried it since the second week in Thailand I wasn’t going to lose it without having read it, so I ran back to the bus station only to find it all shut [...]
Close up
Hotel pet wandering around (they had two)
Ceviche de corvina
Sweeries street vendors were selling
Filled with dulce de leche
The day after the two girls, Lucy and Zdenek left as well, also to head to Mancora. It was sad to see them go, but at least it gave me an opportunity to avoid socialising for a bit [...]
Me surfing!
Zdenek and I had agreed to go for a surf lesson, which started quite early. As usual it was really overcast so I didn’t think any sun cream would be necessary. Typical: finally I get to a beach town and it’s never sunny! There was about 45 minutes of “theory” before we headed out [...]
Christmas this year was spent in the most unusual fashion…. cold.
Christmas Eve was spent in Cardiff watching iceskaters at the small fair that is set up called the Winter Wonderland. We even tried our luck at a game of ring toss and it seems luck was Craig’s side (when the operator wasn’t looking) and won [...]
Yesterday we rugged up and headed for the university town of Cambridge in the UK. The historical town is close to where Corrine’s family live so it was a short bus ride in. Most of the ice on the paths had melted so it was easy to walk on the cobblestone paths.
We checked out the [...]
CHRISTMAS DAY / GISBORNE (118km, 681km total) - Thank God for the Maori. The only reason today ended happily was because of the hospitable interventions of not a few Maori.
The day began with my hammock collapsed and me waking up on the ground. I was ready to leave the eel beach, in spite of how [...]
CHRISTMAS EVE / WAIHUA BEACH (103km, 563km total) - For being Christmas Eve, today sucked. This has easily been the hardest day of biking on this entire trip. I’m wondering why I didn’t think to take the bus all the way to Gisborne?
The day started out well enough. It was flat from Haumoana all the [...]
Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. While it definitely didn’t feel like Christmas since it is 85 degrees down here and NO Snow in sight. But it was enjoyable just the same. Christmas Eve we had a pot luck dinner with some of the other volunteers.
Christmas Eve Dinner
Christmas Eve Dinner with a Christmas Bear and Nicaragua [...]
Haumoana (15km, 453km total) - Wellington deserves more time. I’ve seen some of the street life and hit up the main museum, but I feel like I’ve barely scratched the surface. There wasn’t enough time to visit the WETA Workshop of any of Wellywood (Wellington’s filmmaking locations). There are gardens and scenic preserves left to [...]
Sorry I am a little behind on my blogging….
Now for Ryan’s last couple days…..His haven’t been as easy and relaxing as mine but all the same an experience. Like I said before we are on a two week break from summer school so Pauline, the La Esperanza director, decided to take this opportunity to use [...]