For anyone who was worried about whether we've been swept up by a hurricane let me assure you that all is well. "All is well" is also how I have to wake up Charlie in the mornings. We have one clock between us and I'm the owner so it has been made my responsibility to let Charlie know the time in the morning by saying eg "it's 8 o'clock in the morning and all is well". What a bizarre thing to say but a friend must do what a friend must do... As always this is a bit of a catch-up [View Full Entry]

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All our efforts of getting up early to visit the internet cafe, have our last brekkie at Cafe Madrid, pack up our room that had been home for several days came unstuck at the airport. Although we got there early enough, our flight was the first of many that would be cancelled. We were told that Guadalajara airport had to be closed so "emergency runway maintenance" could be undertaken. What????? It turned out to be a 4 hour delay. Great! We now had an opportunity to undertake our own Spanish speaking maintenance which I have to say Charlie is getting a [View Full Entry]

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Well, the day to Tequila seems to be a bit of a blur now not because of the tequila so much but because we´re actually in Tulum as I write and it´s been almost a week since Tequila... So, after the Mexicana online booking debacle we headed off to Tequila at around 1.30 on the Tequila bus. (And no, it´s not some boozy, tequila swilling bus ideal for partying it´s just the name of the bus company). A lot later than we had anticipated that morning and a lot tenser. I think both of us felt the reprieve of having a [View Full Entry]

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They´re Kirsty McCall´s words not mine. Actually, I´ve not met a ; ) man but really, I´m not complaining. There´s been way too much other stuff to keep me occupied without adding a man to the mix. I keep saying that we are packing in so much into this holiday and Charlie has suggested that at times we do not pack it in as much as extend the packing... Just for something different our first day in Guadalajara was quiet - thank goodness! Still, we didn´t get to have as much of a sleep in as we thought given that our [View Full Entry]

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The railway trip from Creel to Los Mochis was absolutely fantastic. OK so it´s not the Grand Canyon but I am happy to say that this time I wasn´t feeling under the weather and I was able to appreciate every moment of it. Like the Grand Canyon though it was overwhelmingly beautiful and travelling by rail was a wonderful way to fully appreciate the changes in the scenery as we descended from 2,500m down to 120m. The train would snake into and around countless mountains (actually I say countless but I´m sure there are figures out there) through scenery that seemed [View Full Entry]

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By the time I got through writing about everything we did up to reaching Chihuahua there wasn´t enough time to write about anything else, including Chihuahua. Truth be told there´s not all that much to write. It is a working town and we had the good fortune to meet some friendly people at the bus station when we arrived who were kind enough to direct us to the correct bus before we passed out from the heat. Man, have I mentioned how hot it is yet? If not, I´m sure to do a lot of repeating. Temperature wise things did not [View Full Entry]

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It´s been a bit of a whirlwind so far and it´s only been over a week! Man I´ve packed it in like I´ve never packed anything in and I´m feeling kinda exhausted hence the stayover in Chihuahua. To back track a little (lot) first stop Honolulu. Balmy, warm and not all what I expected. I´ve never been to the Gold Coast but I have a sneaking suspicion that Waikiki is very similar - all beautiful bodies, high rise hotels and, this may be where there the similarity ends, lots of homeless people who make of beach life as the tourists do. [View Full Entry]

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I can't believe I’m leaving today and that it’s the end of my holiday. Five months gone. But, truth be told, I am kind of hankering to get back - it's starting to get a bit cold over here and well, this kind of weather does not bring out the best in people (me included). I'm looking forward to a bit of warm, Melbourne spring weather. And ofcourse spring racing carnival! It's been a bit chaotic since I arrived, over a week ago now, in München at the ungodly hour of 6 in the morning (!!) Needless to say there was [View Full Entry]

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Wow, wow, wow! Can't believe I'm in another country and have to tackle another language / alphabet / exchange rate! The road out of Tbilisi was as roads are out of capitals - quite uninspiring. But from Marneuli onwards the road cut through a beautiful valley. Add to this heavenly blue skies, puffy white clouds, a gentle tail wind, a mild temperature (finally below 30C - yay) and you have a perfect cycling day. Although I had actually planned to stop near the border of Georgia and Armenia I decided to cross instead. In fact, this part of the country, on [View Full Entry]

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So much has happened that I feel a little overwhelmed by the task ahead - ie trying to summarise all, or at least most, of what has happened in the last couple of weeks. And there has been a lot! If you are following me on a map the list of places visited kind of goes like this: Baji (very small village in Racha Region) > Ambrolauri > Nikortsminda > Sarkarsria (small village near Khasuri) > Tbilisi > Davit Gareja > Mtskheta > Ananuri > Kazbegi > Tbilisi > Signaghi > Telavi > Alaverdi > Tbilisi. Before you think that I [View Full Entry]

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