For everyone in Australia who loves to use limes in their cooking and their drinks… How about 12 juicy (yes they really are) limes for 50 cents?
OK – I know I’ve been here for 2 weeks for very few blog posts, but you won’t believe me if I try to explain how busy I am! A rundown of my day: 5am (ok, so I haven’t quite made it out of bed at 5am yet, but I’m getting closer! Currently 5:30am): wake…
An update … After 5 days, James did eventually get out of the mud in Kazakhstan with the help of the firemen, the army and this surprisingly small-looking, but obviously bad-ass truck! Apparently it had an anchor to keep it stable while it pulled the truck out… Welcome back James!
Hi all – Just a quick note to let you know I’m disappearing for a bit… Where am I off to? Well, I start here (no surprises 🙂 ) Then head to Nepal for 2.5 months of hiking, and Kenya for a month before returning home to Australia for Christmas. I will catch up eventually…
For those of you keenly awaiting my blog posts on Easter Island and Antarctica – they are coming, I promise! The delay has been caused by my absolute immersion in the Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant – the Unbeliever, the final installment of a fantasy series written by Stephen Donaldson. I have always loved…
La Mariposa Spanish School and EcoHotel is very well known for rescuing dogs (there are now 45 and counting!) but they also rescue other animals as well. Only a few weeks after we arrived, Pedro heard a macaw calling from a house while waiting for a mototaxi. He asked to see the bird (which was obviously…
Did you know that you can see the Southern Cross and Pointers from Nicaragua? I was really very, very surprised to discover this the other night! Very, very low on the horizon – but there they were, peeking out from between the tree branches at the Albergue Celentiname where we spent the night on…