http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/FANGtastic/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from FANGtastic en-us Sun, 23 Nov 2008 08:50:27 UTC Sun, 23 Nov 2008 08:50:27 UTC Hi everyoneOnce again just a quick entry to tell you the latest news.First the bad news...Remember I told you about the tortilla men who delivered to your home...well the government has banned them here in Tuxtla. So now we have to walk to the tortillarilla the shop that makes and sells tortillas to get them...all two streets away Also the weather will be heating up very soon...so I have http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Mexico/blog-127673.html Hi everyoneJust wanted to say hi and to let you all know Im still alive and well I just havent had the time recently to do anything but work I am in the middle of writing my blogs about the past few months but they arent quite ready yet. So i thought I'd just give you a quick update on whats happening at the moment.The weather is heating up...in March the very hot weather is said to start. http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Mexico/blog-124745.html Gosh...its been so long...where do I even startUnfortunately I have forgotten most of what has happened...but probably just as well because otherwise this blog would be far too long and its long enough as it is Instead I will entertain you with lots of pictures My SpanishI can speak so much more Spanish now I am so pleased with myself Stalin and I went to see a film in the cinema http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Mexico/blog-123723.html Hi everyoneI just want to take this moment to wish you all a fabulous end of 2006 and a even better beginning of 2007As many of you know 2006 was one amazing year for me...it taught me a lot it gave me some strange hillarious and fantastic memories it brought me some fabulous new friends and showed me brilliant times with my old friends...it even took me to Mexico to meet the love of my li http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Mexico/blog-114789.html Hi everyoneI just want to wish you all a brilliant ChristmasI will be spending my Christmas here in San Cristobal...so I have escaped the heat of Tuxtla and am wearing my coat scarf and hat in the nice cold weather here It didnt feel like Christmas for ages even with our christmas tree and lights...not until I got a cold that is I never fail to pass a Christmas without a cold and true to http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Mexico/blog-112456.html Lets see...what has happened over the past few days...Well I bought a mobile phone the cheapest I could find. But itrsquos strange because I dont have many friends here in Mexico so itrsquos weird not to always be texting someone A lot of the time the messages are for Stalin his phone has broken. On Friday November 3rd Stalin and I went with his brother and some friends to a re http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Mexico/blog-102719.html Today is the second of November its a month since I left little old Wales I cant believe how quickly a month has gone but at the same time it feels like I have lived here for so much longerI have had a really lovely week...and its not even over yetMy first English classOn Saturday morning I had my first Enlgish class I was so so nervous I didnt sleep well at all the night before. I had http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Mexico/blog-99388.html Its been a strange few weeks its seemed so much longer and I think in some ways it still hasnt quite sunk in that Im living in MexicoThe long journeyAs you already know it was a long journey to get here...missing my flight from Toronto to Mexico City because of bad British Weather at Heathrow Airport But I made it a little later than planned to Mexico city where I had a nice stay at good o http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Mexico/blog-97645.html My last days in Mexico Me and the guys travelled for 12 hours on a night bus to San Cristobel and thats where we said our goodbyes and went our separate ways. It was really sad leaving them because I had spent the past two weeks with them and they were such fun travel companions. It was extra hard being by myself because I was tired. I spent the day in San Cristobel sorting out my transport http://www.travelblog.org//Central-America-Caribbean/Guatemala/blog-63811.html Arriving in Puerto EscondidoSo we arrived in Puerto Escondido early on Friday morning. It was so nice to be warm and dry In the coach station in Oaxaca City we bumped into two girls who we met in Hostel Amigo in Mexico City they ended up on our coach and coming to Puerto Escondido with us So we sleepily flagged down a couple of taxis and went looking for accommodation. After dragging oursel http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Mexico/Oaxaca/Puerto-Escondido/blog-61163.html Leaving MexicoI left Mexico City on Monday morning and travelled around 6 and a half hours by bus with Monika and Lucy to Oaxaca pronounced wahakah City. The coach was first class and more comfortable than that horrible Iberia Airlines plane I watched 'The Terminal' while on the plane and it brought back fond memoried of my time at Heathrow airport I was really sad leaving Mexico City and t http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Mexico/Oaxaca/Oaxaca/blog-61157.html Getting to MexicoI left Heathrow in the evening on Thursday 11th and arrived in Mexico City at 630am on Friday 12th. To get to Mexico I flew via Madrid. The flight to Madrid was good sat next to a chatty person and had a bit of a sleep. But the the flight from Madrid to Mexico City was long and tiring and the flight attendents were so unfriendly and very rude One women looked at her watch i http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Mexico/Distrito-Federal/Mexico-City/blog-61149.html My last few days were very busy. On Monday I washed all my clothes took photos check out the photos that I took around the compound you can get a better idea of the place burnt some Kenyan music onto CDs and did the dreaded packing I also had to go back to the doctors one last time. I got the all clear for Malaria and I gave the good doctor a pen for being so nice and putting up with m http://www.travelblog.org//Africa/Kenya/Nairobi-Province/Nairobi/blog-60917.html My MalariaThe doctor pronounced me Malariafree on Tuesday so I went for a celebratory beer at a hotel near the lake. But I was back at the doctors by Wednesday I woke up boiling hot on Tuesday night and my armpit pain had returned...so I thought it was best to check it out. The doctor said I had a slightly elavated temperature and prescribed me some antiinflamatories. He told me to com http://www.travelblog.org//Africa/Kenya/Nairobi-Province/Nairobi/blog-60703.html I arrived at Heathrow airport Terminal 4 at approximately 6pm. I was tired and had the start of a cold yes another cold. First things first I shopped around for the best nights accommodation...it turned out to be Terminal 2 They had seats that you could lay down on no armrests inbetween each seat see photo and they had a cafe that stayed open til 3am. After phoning home and som http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/Heathrow-Airport/blog-60317.html This week was...differentA trip to the doctorsOn Thursday I went to the doctors because I had strange pains under my armpits it stared in one and then spread to the other. It felt almost like a pulled muscle. I had no idea what it could be but trusted my instinct and went to get it checked out more for peace of mind than anything really thought that the Doc would give me the all clear.The http://www.travelblog.org//Africa/Kenya/Nairobi-Province/Nairobi/blog-56376.html I can believe how quickly time is going...Ive only got 2 weeks and a few days left here now I dont want to leave This week has been really nice and homely have spent most of my time with the family and the children.Home lifeThe week started with chores...I hand washed my clothes in the same type of washing up bowl that I bathe in and I helped wash the floors in the house. They dont have http://www.travelblog.org//Africa/Kenya/Nairobi-Province/Nairobi/blog-54001.html The childrenThis week I started working with the children. To explain a little about the organisation Im volunteering for...its called 'Children First Organisation' and its a familyrun program affiliated with an American charity called Cherish Our Children. The organisation provides preprimary education to children from the poorest families and from singleparent families in the Slum. There a http://www.travelblog.org//Africa/Kenya/Nairobi-Province/Nairobi/blog-52596.html Hello everyoneIts been almost a week now since I left sunny Swansea Ive got so much to tell you and unfortunately I dont get much opportunity to use the internet. So I have a backlog of stories for you...I'm sure I'll get around to writing them all sooner or later something for you all to look forward to Heres a little taster of my first few days here in KenyaWednesday April 5thThe plane j http://www.travelblog.org//Africa/Kenya/Nairobi-Province/Nairobi/blog-52132.html Hello from Swansea I'm down to my last week here now...all excitment is turning to nerves and my bedroom has turned into a huge mess Although for those of you who have ever had the pleasure of living with me you'd know that my room has never been the tidiest I refer now to someone's bad Medicine comment that my room looked like a junk shop heheSoon I will be trading in my hat scarf http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/Wales/Swansea/blog-49325.html