Archive for June, 2006

Sock it to em Socceroos!

Monday, June 19th, 2006

Day 123
Last night we watched the Socceroos play their first world cup game, against Japan. We went to watch the match with Karmen and Tim, our great hosts in Sydney, in a old theatre televising the match on their big screen. The room was a sea of green and gold, and while the Aussies may [...]

Travels in Tinseltown

Monday, June 19th, 2006

Day 118
Our weekend in Hollywood was indeed packed with glitz and glamour, although not that we expected this when we arrived. As we landed at LAX aiport we discovered that there was no room at the inn in the hostel we had planned to stay at, and instead found ourselves on our way to Hollywood [...]

Not so scary Mexico City

Monday, June 19th, 2006

Day 114
Maybe we are hardened travellers by now, but after so many warnings about safety in Mexico City we have been really pleasantly suprised to find it a friendly, clean, and easy to navigate place. Best of all is the super efficient and cheap metro (underground) which surpasses London in every concievable way.
Have [...]

Caribbean paradise

Friday, June 2nd, 2006

Day 11 0
Well, we are back now in Cancun having spent the better part of 2 weeks on the beach! With our fingers crossed for sun we first headed to Isla Mujeres (Island of Women), just off the coast of Cancun. The sun came out for long enough for us to [...]