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In twenty years time time you'll regret what you didn't do more than what you did do - Author Mark Twain

MDC (punk band) lyrics - Long day short life
Grow up fast and off to work
surprised we don't all go berserk
sweat it out in the sun
time to reflect, you barely got none

Out of it all what do you get
A little time to hedge your bet
Drop dead in a ball of sweat
Work your ass off to stay out of debt

Long day, short life
wake up the kids and kiss your wife
watch it all go by so quick
no time to call in sick

In the end what do you have to show
Goes so quick yet the day's so slow
Kids grow up and out the door
stare at the walls and down at the floor

Now you're getting old and grey
Nobody listens to what you say
It seems as if you're just in the way
Find yourself just counting the days

Long day, short life
wake up the kids and kiss your wife
were you free? or were you were a slave?
Rush, rush, rush to the grave

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By workshyandshameless
October 19th 2009

Lords, Ladies and Gentlemen Africa » South Africa » Western Cape » Stellenbosch

Lording it
Delaire winery near Stellenbosch, this is the view eating lunch

The last time we were here in the South African winelands was at the very beginning of this trip back in December. Before we arrived then I hadn't known anything about the winelands, or the town of Stellenbosch other than it was close to Cape Town international airport, we like wine, it seemed like a good place to begin in South Africa. Back then we went on a mini-bus tour of the winelands run by the backpackers we were staying at 'The Banghoek Place'. After this little taster at the vineyards and seeing some of the scenery we realised we should [View Full Entry]

Cape town over the ocean with table mountain behind

By workshyandshameless
October 8th 2009

Close encounters Africa » Zimbabwe » Victoria Falls

Okavango Delta

When seasonal rains that fall in the Angolan highlands make their way into neighbouring Botswana the Okavango Delta floods over 18,000 square kilometres of grassland creating islands and lagoons inhabited by all wildlife you'd expect in Africa. On previous trips to Africa we've spent time on safaris in Tanzania and Namibia, but nearly all of that time was spent within the confines of a safari vehicle. There was a trip up a river and a game walk included one time but most of the time the African wildlife experience for us has been accompanied by the sound of a diesel engine. [View Full Entry]

By workshyandshameless
September 15th 2009

Arizona Road Trip North America » United States » Arizona » Sedona

Arizona road trip

Aside from Belize with its strong Caribbean influence not a whole lot changes travelling from one Central American country to another. The attractive public spaces and town squares I couldn't stop photographing when we first got to San Cristobal in Mexico with their pastel coloured colonial churches and buildings are to be found somewhere in every Central American country. As you cross borders the jungle scenery and what lives in their doesn't change much from one country to the next. Basically Cental America is hot, and green. You could say the same about South East Asia, but in South East As [View Full Entry]

By workshyandshameless
August 16th 2009

The Hokey Pokey Water Taxi to Mango Creek Central America Caribbean » Belize » Stann Creek District » Placencia Village

just how good does this look

It sounds like I made it up, but no, the hokey pokey water taxi to mango creek is the name of the boat trip that was the final leg of our journey from Granada, Nicaragua to Placencia, Belize. There was a bus ride on offer for less money than the boat, but with a name like the above there's only one choice really! It took three days to reach Placencia, much of the way using the bus company Tica Bus and backtracking through most of the Central American countries we've visited so far. Long days in the bus over nighting in [View Full Entry]

another crushingly horrible day on the boat

By workshyandshameless
July 22nd 2009

The rain forest Central America Caribbean » Nicaragua » Isla de Ometepe » Merida

isla de ometepe

**The photos here are courtesy of big Carl who we spent time with on the Rio San Juan, and who was kind enough to let me upload some of his photos since I left my camera up a volcano a few weeks back. One of the countries high up the list of places I've always wanted to see is Costa Rica. Like the name Borneo is evocative of primeval forest so dense and remote you might never find your way out again, so Costa Rica to me is synomynous with verdant green rain forest home to lots of unlikely looking creatures [View Full Entry]

By workshyandshameless
July 9th 2009

The loss of the camera in the rum jungle Central America Caribbean » Nicaragua » Granada » Parque Central

Is it a smart move to pass overland though a country five days after a military coup? The bus company seemed unconcerned because they had re-started the service through Honduras to Nicaragua after initially closing it, so following their lead we booked two tickets. In truth other than time wasting at an endless amount of military and police road blocks the bus passed though Honduras no problem. The army did board the bus at one road block which I could see visibly flustered the staff aboard the bus, but all the soldier did was look heavily armed, officious and moody, and [View Full Entry]

By workshyandshameless
June 26th 2009

The route of no hope - to the Ruta de las Flores Central America Caribbean » El Salvador » Suchitoto

ruta de las flores

We took a mini-bus from San Cristobal to Panajachel by Lake Atitlan in neighbouring Guatemala. It took over nine hours, which is close to the limit of time you can spend inside a vehicle and still remain in good humor. I had expected we'd be doing the trip in an over-crowded mini-bus in the South East Asian style but that didn't turn out to be so. In Central America they don't seem to operate using the Asian 'shoe horn system'. The system where the object for the bus company is to sell as many bus tickets as possible regardless of minor [View Full Entry]

By workshyandshameless
June 8th 2009

One month of school North America » Mexico » Chiapas » San Cristobal de las Casas

no rush hour for this guy.
I don't normally photograph people, but he was looking the other way and I couldn't resist. People just sit and while away the hours in San Cristobal.

In total Lynn did four weeks of Spanish classes at 'La Casa en el Arbol' but I just can't pick it up as fast as her so I'm doing five. Its time consuming and there isn't really time to fit much else in, so there's not really all that much to tell here. The days, particuarly my days, are more or less full with the lessons and then the homework. By the evenings all I feel like doing is staring at the TV, which is really just another type of Spanish lesson in itself because now I understand a little Spanish [View Full Entry]

Lynn with our teachers, Gabriella and Minerva

why can't all bars be as good as this one

By workshyandshameless
May 29th 2009

Madre de Dios! North America » Mexico » Chiapas » San Cristobal de las Casas

San Cristobal

Two aeroplanes we boarded in Los Angeles suffered technical difficulties before take off. We had to exit the first aircraft before it moved off from the terminal for reasons nobody explained. No problem, although we knew a delay of over two hours or more would probably mean we´d miss our connecting flight from Mexico City to Chiapas. But the second incident that caused us to have to disembark an aircraft before take off was more memorable. As the plane accelerated during take off I was looking out of the window when in practically the last moment before the aircraft left the [View Full Entry]

By workshyandshameless
May 13th 2009

More road trip to somewhere I won´t forget anytime soon North America » United States » California » Yosemite National Park » Yosemite Valley

I wonder if it gets any better than this

Yosemite is set up for people on short breaks that don't mind spending lots of money quickly. The price of accommodation in and just outside the park is stupid expensive, and once you´re booked into these places you´re held to ransom to eat in their overpriced restaurants because there's nowhere else to eat nearby. So me and Lynn stayed well away from all that in an little country town called Mariposa 43 miles from the park entrance. It was nice, nice and cheap and surrounded by mountain scenery. By luck when we visited Yosemite it was Spring and we found out [View Full Entry]

l´m at the bottom of the tree on the right

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