ChCh to Auckland to Santiago to Lima
24 września 2015, Chili ⋅ 🌧 7 °C
Lima
24 września 2015, Peru ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
PayPurix Hostel Lima Airport - excellent hostel, really lovely people, so helpful and kind.
Didn't venture far, three blocks and had my running shoes on...not feel the safest. Got a piece of pizza.
Havana
25 września 2015, Kuba ⋅ ☁️ 28 °C
Five hour flight to Havana.
Arrived in the afternoon.
Had a good meander around the city...walk and bus. Got totally lost as per.
Found Cafe Paris....home away from home.
Used "hop on hop off" Czytaj więcej
Cienfuegos (Pearl of the South)
29 września 2015, Kuba ⋅ ☁️ 31 °C
On way saw -
# SANTA CLARA; has Che Guevara mausoleum and memorial.
# CIGAR FACTORY
Trinidad
30 września 2015, Kuba ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C
Life in Trinidad.
Spent a lot of time wandering around town.
Bought - painting, clay bell
To and return from -
# SALTO DE JAVIRA, waterfall and swim.
Camaguey
3 października 2015, Kuba ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C
Travel via -
# VALLE DE LOS INGENIOS, aka Valley of the Sugar Mills. Went up the tall tower.
Out socialising, as per.
Declined to play baseball!
Louise and I found nice square, good place to spend Czytaj więcej
Santiago de Cuba
5 października 2015, Kuba ⋅ 🌧 29 °C
Stop off to see the National Shrine Basilica of Our Lady of Charity.
Not a friendly place.
38C at least.
Off to see -
# Cemetery - body is buried, then much later, is exhumed, the bones, etc are Czytaj więcej
Baracoa
7 października 2015, Kuba ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C
A day travelling.
Travel via -
# GUANTANAMO LOOKOUT
# A beach for lunch and swim
A lovely wee town to stay in for a few days.
More socialising.
Decided not to go on an island excursion, not Czytaj więcej
Havana
10 października 2015, Kuba ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C
Fly from Baracoa to Havana.
Mexico City
11 października 2015, Meksyk ⋅ 🌫 16 °C
Flew in from Cuba.
At night, look at the city, then taken to Garibaldi Plaza - busy and festive. Had wonderful margaritas.
Teotihuacan
12 października 2015, Meksyk ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
The ancient city of the Mayans.
Climbed the pyramids of the Moon and Sun and walked the Avenue of the Dead.
Puebla
14 października 2015, Meksyk ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
Oaxaca
15 października 2015, Meksyk ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
Out to a Mescal Bar...shown how to drink mescal with salt and chilli with crushed worms....no problem at all.....very very smooth.
PanAmerican Rally passing through the city . Lots of old Czytaj więcej
Tehuantepec
17 października 2015, Meksyk ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C
Went via -
# SANTA MARIA DEL TULE; to see the Tule Tree, is the stoutest tree in the world with diameter of 14.05m and circumference of 42m.
# a MESCAL FACTORY; bought a bottle of the good stuff and Czytaj więcej
San Cristobal de las Casas
18 października 2015, Meksyk ⋅ 🌫 22 °C
Travel via -
# SUMIDERO CANYON - a wet and chilly day. Realised hadn't enough clothes to cover this kind of weather.
Travel to and return from -
# SAN JUAN CHAMULA VILLAGE; the church is a blend of Czytaj więcej
Palenque
20 października 2015, Meksyk ⋅ 🌧 26 °C
Travel via -
# MISOL-HA WATERFALL
# AGUA AZUL WATERFALLS
Travel to and return from -
# PALENQUE ARCHAEOLOGICAL ZONE - very enjoyable and photogenic
Campeche
22 października 2015, Meksyk ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C
Travel via -
# GULF OF MEXICO; stop for lunch and swim.
A quaint place.
Received alert notice from NZGovt regarding Hurrican Patricia - was north of us.
Merida
23 października 2015, Meksyk ⋅ 🌧 30 °C
Travel via -
# UXMAL RUINS - rather nice.
Playa del Carmen
24 października 2015, Meksyk ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C
Travel via -
# CHICHEN ITZA; examples of Mayan-Toltec civilisation. Enjoyable to wander.
Bought - silver pipe, small skull.
A very busy tourist place.
Cancun
25 października 2015, Meksyk ⋅ 🌧 29 °C
Taxi to Cancun.
To a fantastic, busy, restaurant - lovely food and margaritas.
# Tomorrow, fly out to Lima, Peru.
Mexico to Lima
26 października 2015, Peru ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
Fill in the day wandering around Cancun.
Taxi to airport at 8pm.
Red wine called for.
Flight from midnight to 5am, Cancun to Lima
Lima
27 października 2015, Peru ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
Flight arrive early; immigration and customs very quiet, I was on my own for most of the walk through.
Accommodation same as before; Dennis picked me up.
Silly me, didn't book a room for the night of Czytaj więcej
Lima
28 października 2015, Peru ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
More photos.....
#Buildings and Balconies
Lima to Santiago
28 października 2015, Chili ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
Another flight with 3 seats to myself...am getting use to this.
Slept a bit on and off.
Forgot I was flying during the day and some of it over land...looked out, and there were LOTS of mountains, with Czytaj więcej
Santiago
29 października 2015, Chili ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
Set off for the day exploring, with maps, information and camera.
Went all over the place.
I like Santiago -
# very busy, lots of people dressed in dark coloured clothes
# lots of traffic, buses, Czytaj więcej