Aussiedreamtravellers

Pamplona. Friday 28th Dec 2012 We left Cucuta at 7.30 on a bus for Pamplona where we had planed to stay the night. The night before Bernie asked how long would it take to get from Merida to Pamplona. I did my lonely planet calculation added an hour for the border and said 9 hours. Unfortunately with the traffic, waiting in lines and an accident we took 13 1/2. We stayed at hotel Ursua for 2 nights. Sat 29th Dec 2012. The building hotel Ursua is over 400 years old and has been a hotel for more than a 100 years. It was built by the founder of Pamplona. His name was Captain Pedro De Ursua. The huge room we were in, was a family room and has a double bed and 4 single beds, with ... read more

Mexico Adventure September 2011 to July 2012 An introduction of the beginning: We ask ourselves how we spent so much time here in Mexico, considering we had only 1 month of pre-arranged commitment in Chiapas de Corzo which is in the state of Chiapas. Prior to leaving Australia we decided to do a TEFL course so we had something else to fall back on whilst travelling the world, so this in mind lead us to Mexico for the month of September it was bums up & heads down learning how to teach English, and hopefully receive a certificate that is world-wide recognized. This we passed!! Thanks to Joanna @ Dunham Institute in Chiapas de Corzo… A must watch video: Los Parachicos in Chiapa de Corzo (Chiapas, Mexico) - YouTube url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nj38... read more

Panama City to Colombia. Thursday 29th Nov 2012. Panama City to Capugana After catching a taxi to the domestic airport at Albrook we were told the plane is delayed by 45 min. We now had 2.5 hr wait. We bought a coffee and took up the opportunity to work on sorting out our photos on the computor. After we got our boarding passes we headed for customs,it takes a while to get thru customs. They dissappear with your passports for about 15 min, why i don't know. Finally leaving at 11.10 am for Puerto Obaldia for a I hour flight. Arriving there we walked to centre of town to get our passports stamped for exit. Guess what it was lunch time. While waiting we found out that you need 2 copies of your passport as well. ... read more