The shore of Lake Nicaragua, Ometepe

The end of the road - well in Central America anyway

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July 15th 2006
Hi everyone Well, no excuses: I'm just rubbish!! It's been an embarrassingly long time since I last updated my blog which means I've now got four countries to tell you about. Lucky you! However, four countries is a lot of miles and quite a few chicken buses so to spare you all the "and then we got on a bus" type of detail, I´ll just do a quick post-card style summary of my favourite events of t ... read more

North America » Mexico » Distrito Federal » Mexico City

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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