After a few days of culture in the charming San Cristobal meeting some indigenous folk we headed to Puebla and the village Fran lived in a few years ago. An emotional reunion with a family of the kids that Fran taught ensued and we were invited to spend the day with them and see where they live, great fun but massively humbling. Then for 2 weeks of BIG fun when our friends Carrie and Emily came out to join us. We headed straight down to the pretty city of Oaxaca and straight into the tequilas for a few days and then [View Full Entry]

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Off the beaten path to El Salvador, staying in possibly the most underveloped beach town in the world, where we were joined by our friends Kristen and Dawn. It was very cheap and very fun. As for surfing, we mostly just got pummeled by some very big waves. Our hunt for some smaller waves took us up and down the coast but to no avail, so we spent our time just watching and wishing we could join in the fun. Other than that there was nothing to do but drink some beers, swing in hammocks and watch the world go by, [View Full Entry]

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We´ve got a lot of love for Nicaragua. Spent most of our time there in San juan del sur, a litttle surf town where we were trying to hone our surfing skills. Came across a trio of amusing Texan boys who we went on a deep sea fishing adventure with and later cooked up a storm with the prized, massive yellow-fin tuna. After surfing different spots up and down the coast we took some time out from our hectic schedules and relaxed for a couple of days at an organic hideout by a lake where we feasted on some great food, [View Full Entry]

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After standing on the Equator for a good few hours we didn´t spend much time in Ecuador but hot footed it over to Colombia. Despite getting stuck in the middle of violent student protests and accidently staying in a red-light district, Bogota was an amazing place and home to the friendliest people in the world. Fact. Next, the coastal town of Cartagena which was beautiful and ridiculously, ridiculously hot. Not able to fork out for the luxury of air-con we had to sleep under the shower everynight. We met up with some friends Kristen and Dawn (who we met in [View Full Entry]

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[url='/Videos/3689.html' onclick='dialog("/Videos/3689.html?popped=1","tbvideo",600,600);return false;'] Galapagos Island 1[url='/Videos/3690.html' onclick='dialog("/Videos/3690.html?popped=1","tbvideo",600,600);return false;'] Galapagos islands 2[url='/Videos/3691.html' onclick='dialog("/Videos/3691.html?popped=1","tbvideo",600,600);return false;'] Galapagos islands 3 A couple of weeks crusing the Galapagos islands was absolutey incredible, cant begin to describe how amazing it was (although we shall try....) We were swimming and snorkelling everyday with seals, sharks, [View Full Entry]

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Lots of High-speed, high-altitude action. The mystical lake Titicaca - highest navegable lake in the world-was a little gem. We mostly spent our time on the water in various vessels. Hijaking a farmer´s rowing boat we went for a gentle row across the lake when Lucy was tempted in by the sapphire blue waters. Despite owing Mark and I a reasonable sum of one million and ten pounds (unlucky betting) Lucy challenged mark to a race - her backstroke against his rowing. Lucy didnt factor in the altitude or sub zero temperatures of the water nor the fact that she [View Full Entry]

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The Inca Trail South America » Peru » Cusco By Mark and Fran May 11th 2007 . Trail of Dreams Just a gentle 6 hour walk on the first day led us to believe the Inca trail would be a fairly easy hike. wrong. Pretty hardcore stuff. Fran was all out of energy by the second day (5 hours of uphill trekking with an (apparently) [View Full Entry]

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[url='/Videos/2944.html' onclick='dialog("/Videos/2944.html?popped=1","tbvideo",600,600);return false;'] Bolivian Wrestling[url='/Videos/2945.html' onclick='dialog("/Videos/2945.html?popped=1","tbvideo",600,600);return false;'] Dynamite Mark... Mining in Potosi Onward to Potosi, a Silver mining town. Not sure you can call it a highlight but definately the most eye-opening experience was taking a guided trip down into the mines. Definately not set up as a tourist excursion, these mines are fully functioning and the conditions were unbelivable - like stepping back in time t [View Full Entry]

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Massive culture shock crossing the border into Bolivia. The altitude literally takes your breath away - over 3000 metres high. Interesting first experience of Bolivian buses - apparently it doesn't matter that the tyre has a huge hole in it we were told when we expressed concern. 20 minutes into the journey though the engine fell out of the bottom - that did matter. We sat on the side of the road for 3 hours in the middle of a desert until a passing chicken bus took pity on us. Met Lucy and Darren in a village called Tupiza, they [View Full Entry]

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Mendoza is a pretty attractive place, at the foot of the Andes. Modern city as far as Argentina goes, great vibe - a bit of a mini Buenos Aires and famous for its wines. Greated at our hostel with an all you can eat/drink bbq - great start. Met some fun Argentinian girls who took a shine to an eccentric 50 year old man - unfortunately Fran had to spend the entire evening translating for them, editing the eccentrics words where appropriate so as to minimise embarrassment. All day wine tasting tour the following morning with a 7.15 start took [View Full Entry]

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