Welcome to this weblog by Roy Jones. Here you'll find the diary of a backpacking trip through Latin America, musings on life, living as an expat in the Caribbean, as well as plans for a bicycle tour through Europe and beyond.


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12/03/10 Interval Sprints - 5x100m, 5x75m, 5x50m, 10x25m - Enjoyed that one.

Month: February, 2009

Pedasi

Days 282 to 293 – Wednesday 28th June to Sunday 9th July 2006
I arrived in Panama City in mid afternoon, and didn’t want to travel out to Penonome that same day so I checked in at Zuly’s, the hostel I stayed at back in February, and caught up with goings on in the World Cup, [...]

New home

I have created a new home for the blog about Latin America, to which I have added new ‘About‘, ‘Planning‘ and ‘Route‘ information pages, which summarise the whole blog and provide equipment lists and reviews. I will be adding the final chapters in the coming days, with trip conclusions to bring everything to a long [...]

Site Makeover

I am in the process of updating the site and making it look pretty as I think it needed a little tlc. Let me know your thoughts on the new layout.

Panama & San Blas Islands

Days 265 to 281 – Sunday 11th to Tuesday 27th June 2006
I flew back to Panama, spent a week with Yami and returned to Cartagena. I then tried to go south to Medellin, but the buses were a little bit of a problem due to the FARC in the region, so I decided to take [...]