San Diego
28 ноября 2015 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
Air BNB owned by a lawyer who had just finished pouring his 3 kids through university at a cost of $70,000 each per year! Great breakfast which we shared with Mariana and Tony.
Potato Chip Rock
4 декабря 2015 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
Woke early at Nacho & MaFer's home but left about 8.30, got to Mt Woodson, climbed to the top. Potato Chip Rock very impressive from all angles. I helped various people get on. Luci crawled out to theЧитать далее
Car breaks down
12 декабря 2015 г., Мексика ⋅ ☁️ 0 °C
Driving towards Puebla we missed the turnoff after Cuautla, so inadvertently started on the old road to Oaxaca, then started to head back towards the highway and I asked Luci why she was driving soЧитать далее
Puebla to Oaxaca 1
13 декабря 2015 г., Мексика ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Ir was about a 6 hour drive. Stopped to put petrol and came across more peregrinos, these ones on bikes following a decorated ute carrying the Virgen. And there were others running behind a ute with aЧитать далее
Puebla to Oaxaca 2
13 декабря 2015 г., Мексика ⋅ 🌙 8 °C
After the Tehuacán turnoff we passed through a branch of the Sierra Madre Oriental: monumental bridges, amazing mountains, tall cacti and more.
Oaxaca first impressions
13 декабря 2015 г., Мексика ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Arriving to Oaxaca we stayed with Paty, an old friend of Luci who she hadn't seen for over 35 years, and her husband Rubén and son Marío Rubén. They were absolutely delightful 100%. They took us toЧитать далее
Oaxaca market
14 декабря 2015 г., Мексика ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
Oaxaca - Monte Albán
15 декабря 2015 г., Мексика ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Paty and Marío Rubén took us up 400m high Monte Albán, a mountain just outside Oaxaca, site of a large and important pre-Colombian civilisation. The ruins date from 500BC-1000AD. The work involvedЧитать далее
Monte Albán photos
15 декабря 2015 г., Мексика ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Here are a few more photos. While we werethere a large group approached Aleisha and asked her to take group photos while they sat on a huge flight of stone steps; she ended up with about 20 camerasЧитать далее
To Huatulco
19 декабря 2015 г., Мексика ⋅ 🌙 13 °C
Mira stayed in Puerto Escondido surfing. Luci really wanted to go to see the bioluminescence in a lagoon north west of Puerto, as we drove out we stopped to buy petrol at a Pemex service station thatЧитать далее
Icecream!
20 декабря 2015 г., Мексика ⋅ ☀️ 32 °C
This shop makes your icecream as you watch! They blend the ingredients, then cool the mix on a -40°C plate and keep mixing with spatulas as it freezes. Aleisha chose mango-pineapple-tamarind with aЧитать далее
Mira arrives to Huatulco
20 декабря 2015 г., Мексика ⋅ 🌙 24 °C
Yesterday Mira stayed at Puerto Escondido when we came to Huatulco, this evening she Cait the bus to join us. The bus was due to arrive about 12.30am, so I drove to meet her. She rang to say that sheЧитать далее
Huatulco to Tuxtla Gutierrez
22 декабря 2015 г., Мексика ⋅ 🌙 13 °C
We were out by 10am, Luci driving, arid windy road, spindly trees that look 90% dead, even the nopal cacti look dried up. Hanging birds nests in the trees. After a while I took over the driving, theЧитать далее
Cuba day 0 Havana accommodation issues
30 декабря 2015 г., Австралия ⋅ 🌙 12 °C
Luci had given up on finding a decent place to stay a week or so ago, so I started looking. There are a number of web sites offering 'casas particulares', private houses renting a room or two. OneЧитать далее
On the way to Cuba!
29 декабря 2015 г., Мексика ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Just got on the plane to Cuba. Maybe not a lot of Internet there so who knows when the next post will be...?
Cuba day 1 Havana
30 декабря 2015 г., Мексика ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
After the recent long days we slept in. Last night we had changed only €50 into CUC52 (Cuban Convertible Pesos, the dominant of the two official currencies here), having been told the exchange rateЧитать далее
Cuba day 2 Havana, Aleisha's birthday
31 декабря 2015 г., Мексика ⋅ 🌙 12 °C
Luci went to change money. I fixed Aleisha's jump suit. Went to meet Luci in the Plaza Vieja. Slow service, no natural juices, Luci grumpy, breakfast in first floor bar, I got stuck in toilet. LuciЧитать далее
Cuba day 3: Havana on New Years Day
1 января 2016 г., Куба ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
Despite Mira's complaints that we should be up early to take advantage of the day it was very difficult to get her up. Aleisha was no easier.
We had arranged breakfast with our host for CUC5 each.Читать далее
Cuba day 4 to Santiago
2 января 2016 г., Куба ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
Cuba day 5: Santiago
3 января 2016 г., Мексика ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
Not feeling so good, so wanted a lazy day. Some issues negotiating what happens next, Luci wanted to move to another Casa Arrendador even though these very nice and helpful, also wanted to stay inЧитать далее
Cuba day 6 Santiago de Cuba
4 января 2016 г., Куба ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
Great breakfast, including delicious mango even though it's out of season. Apparently the mango trees have got confused and the seasons are reversing. Also in the breakfast were sliced white cheese,Читать далее
Cuba Day 7 Santiago de Cuba
5 января 2016 г., Куба ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
First stop was the casa de cambio at the nearby Hotel Melia Santiago to change money. A sign announced that it was only for peole staying at the hotel so while luci queued I went to reception to getЧитать далее
Cuba day 8 to Trinidad
6 января 2016 г., Куба ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
The taxi was to pick us up at 9, and at that time we were almost ready. But no taxi. Luci rang, to be told that the the driver had just returned from Havana and needed to rest a couple of hours first.Читать далее
Cuba illness
7 января 2016 г., Куба ⋅ ☀️ 13 °C
So it may not have actually started in Cuba. Driving on Tuesday 29.12.2015 from Cordoba to Mexico DF I felt a bit uncomfortable in the tummy.
Next day in Havana I started to cough, Thursday I lost myЧитать далее
Cuba day 9 Trinidad
7 января 2016 г., Мексика ⋅ ☀️ 13 °C
First impressions were that the 'casa arrendador' where we are staying is more like a hostal or small hotel, with innovations we haven't seen for a while: a toilet with a seat and cover, porcelainЧитать далее




















































