The quality of food has great bearing on the impression I have for a place and after eating a lot of crap for the past few days it was a welcome relief to find Govinda's vegetarian restaurant here and enjoyed a huge tray of healthy food without pig fat or a tortilla in sight. Morelia is also famous for it's sweets and have a huge array of the boiled-chewy fruit variety and the marzipan sort..we found a posh shop with free samples so this took away the guilt of eating so many. Since everyone had flocked to Guanjuato, Morelia was a [View Full Entry]

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Arriving slap bang in the middle of Mexico's biggest International Music and Arts Festival, the Cervantino had it's good and bad points. The good being the abundance of street theatre, free musical concerts and abundance of food stalls, the bad being the huge amount of people crammed into the small streets and the massive hike in hostel prices. The city of Guanajuato is wedged into a steep ravine, a jumble of colourful houses almost perched on top of each other. The strict planning laws have kept an authentic colonial feel about the place. Traffic lights, and neon signs have been banned [View Full Entry]

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The weekend planned in San Luis Potosi was cut short due to the disgusting state of the hostel. Whatever you do, don´t stay at San Miguelito Hostel, described in the Rough Guide as a brand new place with a roof terrace, it has never been cleaned since. There´s a fusty odour and grime on everything...to give Angela her due, she made a small effort to mop the floor and was a very sweet lady but I didn´t fancy staying another night there, especially since I was the only customer! The city was named after the Bolivian Potosi in the hope that [View Full Entry]

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Hola amigos Kidnapping, robbery and violent street gangs spring to mind for the unannointed to Mexico City. The last thing you want to happpen is breaking down on the way from the airport in some seedy back alley...which is what happened to me. They promised the guy from the hostel would be at the arrivals hall to meet me, he was a bit late and had me in a bit of a panic to begin with. We started driving into town through decidedly empty streets talking about the usual stuff...car-jackings and tacos etc when the car started to chug then died [View Full Entry]

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Driving through fog on an already brosk morning is enough to chill you to your bones, add to this a blast of air conditioning, an open window and not enough warm clothes and you have one cold Zoe. My legs were so cold that I took the seat covers off the chairs infront and draped them over myself and tried to hibernate under my rucksack. This is why most people travel with large fluffy blankets, the QVC sort with pictures of wolves or a Disney princesses on. Once the sun started to burn through the cloud the Sierra Gorda began to [View Full Entry]

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There are quite a lot of overweight Mexicans. no surprise really when thereare tasty deep fried snacks on every corner. Gorditas are a particular fave in the area. Literally meaning little fatties, they are maize pattie type things filled with your choice of cheese, potato, cactus leaf, beef, chicken and of course, chilli. On the road, you really appreciate a good, wholesome and cheap dinner and Queretaro really came up trumps. Mi Kza, just around the corner of the Red Giraffe hostel was 35 peso well spent (1.50) for a soup, a main meal with salad and veg, a pudding and [View Full Entry]

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Well what can I say? The last week or so in BA has been a blast...there are many great cultural things to do here but I chose to enjoy the world class nightlife instead. The dancing shoes have been firmly planted on 24 hours a day... I'm looking forward to going home and having a rest! (Well, you know..) BIG LOVE to everyone who has helped make this year the most fabulous experience...I've met some amazing people on this journey and will never forget the fun we've shared. To everyone at home: thanks for not forgetting me and I can't wait [View Full Entry]

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Urugauy...otherwise known as U R GAY... a more humorous name coined by our friend Mr Homer Simpson. A country of only 3.5 million people..yes, only half the size of London...and Americans call us quaint! There's nothing special here, but then nothing really bad either. The land is flat and farmed, houses are well maintained, the coastline is attractive and the capital is laidback and a mix of historic and modern. Colonia, the Portuguese shipping port is the real gem. Famous for: Winning the first World Cup and a Rugby team surviving a plane crash in the Andes. Montevideo Sound [View Full Entry]

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Hola amigos! Well, it was a fleeting trip (11 days) through Paraguay but a really great experience. The people here are so warm and friendly...historically holding out their welcoming arms to Mennonites, Nazi’s, Japanese and MOONIES! The car of choice here is a Merc, there’s plenty cruising the streets, without number plates and no one seems to care. I guess these are the ones stolen from Brazil to ´boost the economy´! Who can blame them when (LP quote) "politicians lead by example rollin’ in their stolen BMW’s" Encarnacion Hot and sticky border town bu [View Full Entry]

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Hello my lovelies! Well behind schedule again, did a whirlwind tour of Argentina...I have seen whales, a little bit of Wales, some penguin lovin' and a lot of wine tasting (I am a connoisseur don't you know?) Crossed the border on the 6th September. They like to have a check of your bags, the guards I got were obviously bored and took great delight in trying on my glasses and looking at where my moisturiser came from! "Ah, Inglaterra! Volver para las Islas Malvinas?" He quipped. (Ah England! Have you come back for the Falkland Islands?) "No, just the wine!" Stupid [View Full Entry]

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