Here Elias Rios Sanchez proudly explains the history & the making of his award-winning agave. Made even more interesting as he had little English, we little Spanish, but we managed!
Puerto Vallarta - Week 1 September 2nd 2007 Friday 31st August
After an early (7am) start we made our way to the TTUR bus (an aircon public bus) stop. We decided to try this way rather than the easy way of grabbing a taxi as we had enough time to change our mind if it didn't work. This was Judy's idea of a bit of a challenge! The first bus ignored our wave as we weren't exactly at his stop, the second one took off as soon as it dropped ... read more
North America » Mexico » Jalisco » Puerto Vallarta The site of advanced Amerindian civilizations, Mexico came under Spanish rule for three centuries before achieving independence early in the 19th century. A devaluation of the peso in late 1994 threw Mexico into economic turmoil, triggering the worst... ... read more
We first backpacked in Eastern Europe in 2001 visiting Netherlands, Slovakia, Slovenia & Italy. In 2002 we spent the whole 12 months backpacking around the world. This was before blogs so find details here: http://members.iinet.net.au/~weggs/weggs_world/index.htm
In 2007 we enjoyed another 6 months. This time we organised some home exchanges to help the budget, meet new people and be able to kick back and relax in a few places. Hawaii, San Francisco, Mexico, Croatia, England, Scotland, Canary Islands, Czech Republic, Austria, Netherlands, China & Tibet were all visited either briefly or fo... full info