Scare stories – Mexico

Posted June 14th, 2010 by admin and filed in Central America
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Beautifully painted buildings in Oaxaca. Click on the pic for more!

Beautifully painted buildings in Oaxaca. Click on the pic for more!

It was on the Greyhound bus from Los Angeles to Tijuana that two American lads (with Mexican family) and a Mexican man did their best to tell us every horror story about the country that you could possibly think of.  Fake Police who rob you. Real Police who shoot you if you don’t stop for them (because you think they’re fake). Armed robberies.  Muggings on the underground in Mexico City.   Pickpocketing.  It seemed faily certain that we would not survive unscathed.   Continue Reading »

Between adventures

Posted June 5th, 2010 by admin and filed in UK
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View from the Malvern Hills. Click on the image for more photos.

View from the Malvern Hills. Click on the image for more photos.

Most of the readers of this blog will know that we then spent a month back in the UK from mid-April to mid-May, because I saw you! My brother lent us some wheels, lots of people lent us their spare rooms and we had a fantastic time on holiday in the UK.   Continue Reading »

Glowing and plundering

Posted April 10th, 2010 by admin and filed in Australia
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Kangaroo at Elanda Point.  Click on the image to see more photos.

Kangaroo at Elanda Point (photoshopped!). Click on the image to see more photos.

Our next stop was the land down under, where the Men at Work would have us believe that women glow and men plunder.  The men also drink beer and chunder too according to the lyrics I found, but that’s hardly an advert for the place is it? Continue Reading »