Long Distance Laura

Hello again! I bet you thought you'd heard the last of Long Distance Laura. Well, I never got round to posting photos of the last phases of my trip: an unforgettable week on Zanzibar with my sister Rachel; a couple of crazy weeks travelling around Lake Victoria with my friend Yvonne; and going on safari in the Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater. As most of you know, after a summer of freelancing, I am about to start a new full-time job at IMG Artists in West London, so it's time to knuckle down once more - until the next adventure. Some of the events that these photos encapsulate are now a distant, but incredibly happy, memory.... Enjoy the pictures - all three pages of them! And thank you for following my blog. Laura xxx ... read more

Hello! Just a little message, this time from the UK, where I have been spending a hugely enjoyable two weeks, firstly catching up with my friends in London and then celebrating Christmas in Hereford with my family. We have had snow here and I have had to dig out all my winter clothes, hats and boots again. Our New Year festivities were great fun and I now have exactly a week left before I fly to Tanzania for Phase 2 of my adventures. I hope everyone had a merry Christmas and I wish you all a very happy and peaceful 2009. I will be in touch again from Africa! Lots of love Laura... read more

Hi everyone! I am writing from Flores, Guatemala, where it is raining! Luckily this has been a VERY unusual occurrence while I have been travelling through North and Central America. Since I last wrote, I have seen many stunning parts of Mexico with my Intrepid group, travelled through Belize, including two days on Caye Caulker island where there are no cars and you can pad down the sandy streets in your bare feet, and have now arrived in Guatemala which on first impressions is a beautiful and friendly country. The group I am travelling with is loads of fun and we have done so many interesting things. We have hiked in the jungle, bombed through the Sumidera Canyon in a speed boat, visited several Mayan ruins including the famous Chichen Itza, snorkelled on the world´s second ... read more

Hello!‏ Here I am reporting from hot, sunny Mexico. On arrival in La Paz just over a week ago, I actually wasn't very well, and had to spend a day in bed sweating off my mysterious illness - nothing life-threatening, luckily!‏ That evening, I met my kayaking group for our briefing and the next day we set off on the speed boat for Isla Espiritu Santo, which is a totally undeveloped, volcanic island 18 miles away from the seaside town of La Paz, on the Baja California peninsula. The plan was to cicumnavigate it in our kayaks, camping on a different beach each night. Luckily, I managed to forget about feeling poorly for most of the time, and in the second half of the week I was almost back to my normal self, albeit with a ... read more