Traffic signs – Cuba
Not often you see traffic signs like these … But they are everywhere in Cuba – reflecting the more traditional modes of transport that many Cubans use.

Not often you see traffic signs like these … But they are everywhere in Cuba – reflecting the more traditional modes of transport that many Cubans use.

What do you do when you have an empty hotel thanks to a global pandemic? You get creative – literally! I’m a big fan of all the initiatives the Hotel Sisimiut has either started or is involved in. On my first visit to Sisimiut, I ate my bodyweight in Greenlandic food at their Traditional Greenlandic…
We get frustrated and start to complain in Australia if we have to queue for more an a minute or two to achieve whatever it is we are trying to do. But really we have nothing to complain about. If you are not on a package tour to Cuba – you must get used…
When I was in Kyrgyzstan 2 years ago, I really wanted to participate in the walking tours offered by Bishkek Walks. Dennis from Walking Almaty (the Green Bazaar and Golden Quarter tours are two of the best walking tours I’ve ever done) recommended them to me, but unfortunately I did not have enough time, given…
Anyone who read my post about visiting the Puppet Workshop in Bukhara, Uzbekistan, knows that I’m completely enamored with puppetry of any kind. It really doesn’t matter if it is just a sock puppet (I’ve made a few of those for bemused people) – I love the artistry and suspension of belief that necessarily accompanies…
There are several things in Latin America that try your patience if you let them – people who take one look at you and push in line in front of you because they assume you don’t speak the language, waiting for who-know-how-long when the chicken bus you are on stops for who-knows-what reason (there is never an…
I was hankering for an awesome Empanada de Viento this afternoon so I decided to walk the 45 minutes from where I’m staying to Parque La Floresta and my favourite chefs in all of Quito. Seriously, all the food from these food carts is incredible! An Empanada de Viento is a heavenly mixture of fried…