The Last Blog Home. Home sweet Home. Questions, Queries, Challenges, Confusion, Excitement, Anxiety, Sadness, Awe and Pride. Needless to say, at the end of a trip like the one we've had, a plethora of feelings and emotions come flying in from all directions. So, we're back at home. Are we different? Did we accomplish what we set out to achieve? Was it worth all that money? What have we learnt about ourselves, each other and the world? Big questions, no? And to be frank, I don't think we have all the answers. With more time and distance from our experience [View Full Entry]

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Two Little Dogs and Two Big Cities Start spreading the news, I'm leaving today............We were both very excited at the prospect of spending 11 days in the Big Apple. Goodbye hostels, noise, bus journeys, chumps and general traveling life. Hello apartment living, Soho, cool bars, eclectic neighbourhoods, New Yorkers and a new little Puggle friend called Lupe! We arrived late in NYC and jumped in a big black SUV and taxi'd to Santi & Andee's place in Soho which we were house sitting along with little Lupe. The NYC skyline by night is a sight to behold, particularly if it is [View Full Entry]

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Bienvenidos Y'All! So these three quotes potentially sum up our Mexico experience: 1. Larry (South Carolina-Former Hippie-Done Time for Dealing in the 60s-Living Retired Life on The Pacific Coast in Mexico) to Dom & Yvette (your average travel punters) insert southern drawl "Do you guys know what all the pyramids have in common? (dramatic pause) They're all on the same latitude! And why do you think that might be - how on earth could they know? (second dramatic pause) They're road signs for alien ships!" 2. Typical Traveler Dude in Backpackers Hostel: "I tell you man, Tulum without a mosquito [View Full Entry]

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Ciao South America! We Love You Argentina! The question is ladies and gents: Can you pick the missing country? England, France, Argentina, Italy, Brazil, Germany, ??? Answer after the commercial break...... So we left the land of wind and snow and headed North to Peurto Madryn in search of the Southern Right Whales. 22 hours later and we arrived at our destination on the East coast of Argentina, checked into our inn for the evening and booked ourselves onto a a trip to see these majestic creatures. The Southern Right Whale is so named as a result of their inquisitive [View Full Entry]

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Southern Splendour in Patagonia In a nutshell, Patagonia is spectacular. Politically, it encompasses the southern tip of both Chile & Argentina, that pointy bit you see when looking at a map of South America; but geographically, it is a stretch of land that on its western edge contains beech forests, crystal clear lakes, towering granite mountains, glaciers and even the world's largest non-polar ice cap. It is the only significant landmass (siginficant enough to take over 20 hours to drive from end to end!) to lie between 40 degrees south and Antartica. To give you an idea of how south that [View Full Entry]

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The City of God & Football Her name is Lola, she was a show girl... This was the song of the day, week and month and having woken up on my 32nd birthday in a barn in the Pantanals, we were treated to the following over a 24 hour period: Ute from the Pantanals to the bus stop - 2 hours Wait for bus - 1 hour Bus to Campo Grande - 5 hours Flight puchase on the spot from Campo Grande to Sao Paulo - 3 hours Bus from Airport to city Bus station - 1 hour Bus ticket purchase [View Full Entry]

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Bolivian Biking to Brasilian Bats! Sorry Mum! "Do not take the´El Calle De Morte' (Road of Death/Worlds Most Dangerous Road) to the Rain Forest!" I was advised by a good pal (Mr C Large) and told by my Mum. Well, we didn't take the bus, but we opted instead for a bike... But surely only a fool would spend 5 hours hurtling down a narrow track on a mountain bike with 400 feet drop offs waiting to catch you as you fall. Indeed, I thought, but what is it they say about Mad Dogs and English Men? However, before we jumped [View Full Entry]

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These Boots are Made for Walkin´ No, this blog is not an ode to Jessica Simpson, and we´re not strutting around a cowboy bar in hot pants and high heels here in Peru (well, Dom isn´t anyway!). In contrast, we´re on the authentic and at times, challenging, backpackers trail of Peru....From our first stop in Lima - a massive grey, urban sprawl of 10 million with an oppresive cloud/fog cover over the city for 80% of the year, to barren, dusty desert towns like Nazca that possibly COULD have been the set for some wild west music clip, to tropical [View Full Entry]

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A Spanish Dolcevita and a Footballer´s Mecca It appears both Dom & I took our Accounting lectures at uni just that bit too seriously - as after 5 months of travel, we have perfected and should re-write the chapter about Just In Time theory. Despite our heightened awareness regarding our pending heathrow-post-terrorist-alert experience we still were capable of sleeping in until midday on the day we were to fly out at 5pm. Now, this may not sound quite so bad, however when you´ve got to get to the post office to send home un-needed luggage, pick up necessities like a passport [View Full Entry]

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Mighty Blighty Having spent four months tear arsing around we were both ready to hit the UK, empty our ruck sacks and " cool out guy "! The prospect of spending time with family and good friends was very inviting and I have to say I was somewhat excited on touching down in Blighty having not seen my nearest and dearest for close to two years! Of course, I was also excited at the prospect of introducing and showing off my lovely little lady to my family, friends, neighbours, friends of friends, pets, the post man, milk man and anybody [View Full Entry]

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