Thought we should check in with you all and update you on our travels! After our fun packed time in San Cristobal De Las Casas we headed to the Guatemala border with a great French Canadian couple we met along the way. We were very fortunate that Luis was fluent in Spanish which made it much easier to get around. The border crossing was like something you´ve seen in the movies. We caught a bus to the nearest town and then we had to catch a taxi along all these dirt roads to the border. Surrounding the border crossing were km´s [View Full Entry]

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Hola, its us again. Well once again so much has happened over the short time since we last wrote. We learnt so much in our 2 weeks at Genesis and managed to do lots of activities including, bike riding to Cenotes and swimming in them, visiting the infamous Chicha Nitza Ruins and participating in a local Mayan religous ceremony. We met so many people there including a great couple who were initially the chefs there for the first week. They met at a Zen Buddhist retreat where they both were for 2 years. They just got married and had decided they [View Full Entry]

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Hi again!! Well after huge celebrations and the craziness of street parades and fireworks for Fidels 80th birthday, we left Cuba and headed back to Mexico laidened with Cigars, Rum, Cuban Art and various other bits and pieces. We had so much fun in Cuba and saw so many sites. The people were so inviting and approachable, we managed to catch the Buena Vista Social Club performing at the famous old Nacional Hotel with a whole group of other travellers that we met along the way. We all then went to a secret locals Salsa club which was incredible. The Salsa [View Full Entry]

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Hey Guys Viva la Cuba libre!! Cuba is so amazing, the music is fantastic, the art is incredible, the people are wonderful, the countryside is beautiful but wouldn´t you believe it, Havana smells really bad!. Food is very simple and found in the strangest of places. Phrase of the week ' No Habla Espaniol '. Made a quick purchase down a dark alley on Wills Birthday of a box of the top of the line Cuban Cohiba Cigars. Is beno! Must dash, love to all. Will include amazing images soon! Ciao [View Full Entry]

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Hi Everyone!! Here we are in Hawaii. It was sad to leave Australia but I must say much easier to be the one going and looking forward to a big adventure than the one waving off someone. I left Cairns at about 5.30am on Thurs the 16th of Nov and headed on down to Sydney where Will picked me up and we headed on back to his favorite hangout in Sydney, Mechanarkcy. It is this big warehouse space where a whole lot of artists, set designers, carpenters, fashion designers and creative builder types work. It is the old Sydney Peters Ice [View Full Entry]

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Here is a basic layout of our itinerary so that you can all follow us. I know it is quite extensive but might be good to refer to if you are wondering where we are due to go next. (Very Surreal) xo THU 16 NOV 2006 CAIRNS to SYDNEY THU 16 NOV SYDNEY (Australia) to HONOLULU,(HAWAII) (OAHU IS.) SAT 18 NOV HONOLULU,(HAWAII) (OAHU IS.) to DALLAS FORT WORTH (USA) Arrives 1 day later. SUN 19 NOV DALLAS FORT WORTH (USA) to CANCUN (Mexico) MON 20 NOV CANCUN (Mexico) to HAVANA (Cuba) MON 04 DEC HAVANA (Cuba) to CANCUN (Mexico) MON 05 [View Full Entry]

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Arrggghhhh..... Well only 4 1/2 weeks to go and we are really speeding up now. Mel's study is finished (Yeay - Distinctions in all my subjects!) and the renovating of the flat is coming to an end and it is looking completely different. Now we just need to find somewhere to store our stuff, rent out the flat, sell the car and get out of both of our jobs. Noooo worries! Fingers crossed that the Navy lets Will out with ease and with a bit of time for dotting our i's and crossing our t's. We had a very successful "Moving [View Full Entry]

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Well the tickets are booked and paid for!!!!!! Arrggghhhh..... Lots of people have said that getting your tickets are the hardest part so bring on the fun. Its about 10 weeks away and it feels like a strange dream. This is the start of our travel blog (on-line diary). The plan is to update this as often as possible from where ever we are. I will endevour to attach our itinerary. We are busily trying to get all our bits and pieces together so that we can leave with no loose ends. Wish us luck!!! [View Full Entry]

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