Day 49
It has just occurred to us that we are almost one third of the way through the trip. This neatly coincides with the conclusion of our week long Spanish course (very arduous, especially when you have got used to not doing very much at all in life!). Jo and I are both now much [...]
Day 38
We are currently in Montezuma, a small beach town on the Nicoysa peninsular of Costa Rica. It takes approximately 2 minutes to do a lap of the town by foot, but after a fair amount of long hot journeys and big cities this is idea. We have our first cabina on the beach (yay), [...]
Day 22
Last night Jo and I finally made it to see a futbol match in South America. We saw River vs Estudiantes play at a local stadium in Buenos Aires. I do not know much about futbol over here, but we are told River are top of the league so it was a pretty good [...]
You may have noticed the absence of photos in our blogs. This is because it is proving quite difficult to easily upload images to the site from some of the hostels we have been in. Instead I have been uploading photos to a kodak gallery which I will shortly be emailing to as many people [...]
Day 21
As we boarded the final leg of the flight from Salvador to Buenos Aires we were suprised to see a familiar face. Moshe, who we met in Salvador, and who left for BA at least a day before us. He has missed a connection, which fortunately for us meant we got to travel into [...]
Day 20
Today we leave Salvador. I am very glad to leave. Carnaval was fun, if not quite what I had expected, but it really takes it out of you. The area in which we were staying, the Pelhourino, was where the more traditional drumming processions took place. Literally right outside our window, all night. Looking [...]
Day 16
There are two ways you can spend carnaval. The first, which is the cheapest option, is to be part of the crowd who watch the carnaval processions from the side of the street. The locals call this being piposca (meaning popcorn). The other way is to join a bloco, where you pay for a [...]
While packing this morning I noticed that Lucifer wasn’t in his bin. I think he’s in my rucksack.
:/
I’m in Palolem with my buddies from Panjim, it’s another beautiful palm fringed beach. but this time with a pleasant mix of travellers, hippy types and package holidayers. If anyone ever fancies two weeks in goa on the cheap, this is the place to come.
There was a fantastic rainstorm two nights ago which was fun, [...]
I’ve been staying in Pajim for a few days, Panjim is the state capital of Mumbai. It’s a useful hub for getting to places and a nice place to meet people. I’ve met a nice bunch of travelers who I’ve been hanig with for a few days chatting and having nice dinners.
Hooray.
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