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16th March 2011

WhereIsSteve
Steve Whitwell

Ay caramba!
Gracias, Heather. No pienso que voy tenir muchas problemas de Air Europa consiguiendo su gramática correcta!
From Blog: Cuba - Old Dog, New Tricks
6th March 2011

Kam Britland
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Back in school
Good to hear that you survived your first day back at school. You'll have to keep the Spanish up when you are back .....It is wet and freezing here perhaps reading your travel blog will bring us some sunshine......enjoy and look forward to reading more. K&P xx
From Blog: Cuba - I Wish I'd Listened To My Latin Teacher
24th February 2011

Heather
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ay caramba!
Que peudo decir? Estoy enviosa, pero espero que tengas una muy buena vacacion. By the time you get back you should be able to do much better than that - there will, of course, be a grammar test on the flight home (I've just arranged it with Air Europa).
From Blog: Cuba - Old Dog, New Tricks
21st September 2010

Iñaki
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no worries, when you come to Mexico you'll see tons of them. Quite cheap, huge variety and can sell them in Europe for a fortune!
From Blog: Central America - 101 Things to Buy on a Chicken Bus
11th September 2010

WhereIsSteve
Steve Whitwell

Hi John, I'm glad you got a reply at last. I think things just move a bit slowly. And amazing to hear that Caleb was released. The conditions in the asylum at that time must have been fairly horrific so he must have done well just to survive. I'm working on the assumption that Peter died BECAUSE he was in such an institution.
From Blog: Cape Town - Searching For The Missing Whitwells
11th September 2010

WhereIsSteve
Steve Whitwell

Items for the list
Shame I missed out on the Wrestler Masks. I think I might have made a purchase!
From Blog: Central America - 101 Things to Buy on a Chicken Bus
11th September 2010

WhereIsSteve
Steve Whitwell

'appy Birthday
Strictly speaking it would be 'ap'y Birthday because I dropped a p somewhere in Antigua! Those candles didn't make it to the next birthday.
From Blog: Guatemala - Flores and Tikal
31st August 2010

John dedman
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My Great Uncle's documents
Hi Steve I have just been sent email from Pretoria Archives (Free) with my Great Uncles documents in asylum as attachments. He was released from Pretoria Asylum in 1911 for 6 months to his wife Elizabeth. And made a full recovery in 1912 and was discarged from the hospital. Gives his address etc etc. But does not say what he was suffering from. Regards John Dedman
From Blog: Cape Town - Searching For The Missing Whitwells
30th August 2010

Iñaki
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Items for list
Don't know if they sell them down there as well, but inhere we also have: -Coloring books -Knife sets -Sunglasses -DVDs / music CDs -Wrestler masks -small fans that spray water -belts Probably something rings a bell or you'll see it later on
From Blog: Central America - 101 Things to Buy on a Chicken Bus
30th August 2010

Heather
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Shouldn't that be 'appy birthday candles
I kept the "H" as a souvenir
From Blog: Guatemala - Flores and Tikal
25th August 2010

Natasha
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Virtual Tour
Really cool Virtual tour of Tikal at: http://www.hoteltraveltour.com/guatemala/tikal-peten.html
From Blog: Guatemala - Flores and Tikal
19th August 2010

WhereIsSteve
Steve Whitwell

Thank you for your comments, Kam. We will be back with more tales of Steve (and his shoes) in due course ....................... Heather and Jane x
From Blog: Guatemala - Thoughts from Playa Blanca
19th August 2010

Kam
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whereissteve
Great Blog and the pics are ace. Well, what on earth happened to your shoes....ha! ha! ha! We enjoyed reading the Central American Caribbean, Guatemala, Livingston adventures. wish we were there..
From Blog: Guatemala - Thoughts from Playa Blanca
12th August 2010

John Dedman
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Census
Thankyou Steve for putting my posts on your website. I of course meant Caleb is not on 1891 Greenwich Census. He is on 1881 census aged 10 Sincerely John Dedman
From Blog: Cape Town - Searching For The Missing Whitwells
10th August 2010

WhereIsSteve
Steve Whitwell

Thanks, Inaki. I managed to get as far as Tikal for my birthday today! Still plan to get as far as Mexico at some point!
From Blog: Nicaragua - Antigua (- or maybe not)
10th August 2010

John dedman
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End of Story
Calling it a day with Caleb Pretoria Archives will not reply to my emails and researcher wants £25 a time which I am not prepared to pay. Cannot understand Pretoria not just opening the files as I have sent them all identification of them and photo copying probably one piece of paper. So I am satisfied with information Heather MacAlister gave me in her email and assume that he died in an institution in Cape Town in 1912. It says on on-line NASA 1909-1912 in institution. At least now I know what became of my great uncle and it looks as though he had an interesting life. He was an engine driver in Cape Town and probable went to South Africa with the British Army when he was 18 in 1889 as he is not on the 1881 census.
From Blog: Cape Town - Searching For The Missing Whitwells
9th August 2010

Iñaki
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Storms
You'll see it soon enough, but you wouldn't believe the storms we are getting all over the region, and i don't even live in the jungle. Enjoy the trip
From Blog: Nicaragua - Antigua (- or maybe not)
9th August 2010

John dedman
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Puzzle
I am still puzzled why my great uncle did a 12000 mile round trip from and back to Cape Town in 1908 to see his family in Greenwich. And ends up in the Lunatic Asylum when he returns to Cape Town in 1909. Perhaps he brought back some diamonds to give to his sister my grandmother Mary Dedman who got married in 1908. And also his other sister Annie who also got married in Greenwich that year. I shouldn't think so though as my grannie had a hard time of it then and found it difficult to pay the rent on the dairy shop. Just a thought
From Blog: Cape Town - Searching For The Missing Whitwells
9th August 2010

John dedman
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Archives
Still no reply from Pretoria So I have got a researcher who goes there to look at the files for me.
From Blog: Cape Town - Searching For The Missing Whitwells
7th August 2010

WhereIsSteve
Steve Whitwell

Funny you should mention volcanos...........
From Blog: Nicaragua - Antigua (- or maybe not)
7th August 2010

Helen
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natural distasters
I see that you havnt lost the knack for being in the middle of a natural disaster. If I didnt know that you were UK based at the time I might think that you went volcano visiting earlier in the year.
From Blog: Nicaragua - Antigua (- or maybe not)
7th August 2010

john dedman
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Memorial
I have had no response to my emails to Pretoria Archives. But I was just wondering if my ancestor's name is on the Memorial at Mowbray? John Dedman
From Blog: Cape Town - Searching For The Missing Whitwells
5th August 2010

WhereIsSteve
Steve Whitwell

Bike Scheme
Since writing about the bike scheme in Dijon there is now one in London. Never thought I'd ever find myself saying this but "Well done, Boris Johnson!!"
From Blog: Dijon - Steve the Stupendous and Nick the Nice
2nd August 2010

john dedman
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Great Uncle Caleb
Hi Steve, Of course I forgot to say the most important record I now have on my great uncle is that he was in the asylum in Cape Town in 1909-1912 Thanks to Heather MacAlister for that information.
From Blog: Cape Town - Searching For The Missing Whitwells
1st August 2010

johndedman
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Passenger lists
Hi Steve thankyou for reply I suppose you are correct. I think all I may have in the end is his name on the passenger list of the Guelph in 1908 docked at London. Haven't heard from Pretoria to my email with doc numbers etc. Perhaps they haven't got anything. I found Caleb on ancestry.com immigration and travel he is also on passenger list there too. Just go into ancestry free page and click onto immigration and travel and put your ancestor's details in. I put in Caleb Edwin Jesse Irving birth year 1871 male etc and I saw a Mr C E J Irving come up on incoming passengers london Then I got in touch with cousin who had bought into ancestry.com and they said it said he was on the Guelph ship from Cap Town and he was 37 and an engine driver 1908 Thanks again for everything John Dedman
From Blog: Cape Town - Searching For The Missing Whitwells

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Welcome to my travel blog. I am a sometimes teacher from northern England; a self-confessed old hippy. I hope this will keep anyone who might be interested informed on where I've been and where I am. There are so many places I would still like to see and so many things to do. I hope you'll follow my travels, leave messages and comment on my travels, my spelling and my grammar. "The only trips I regret are the ones I never took" ... full info
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