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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10.03.10 (AM) - Intervals - 2 x 800m ~ 2 x 400m ~ 2 x 200m ~ 2 x 100m

Month: March, 2009

Iraq: On The Tourist Trail?

Although Iraq is probably not on many peoples holiday list, it seems as though it is already being bandied as a possible tourist magnet. Deborah Haynes of The Times writes:
“Known as the birthplace of civilisation, Iraq is estimated to have between 20,000 and 100,000 historic sites, which should keep history-hungry travellers, as well as professional [...]

Little by little

Little by little, one travels far.
J. R. R. Tolkien
British scholar & fantasy novelist (1892 – 1973)
The mathematics of repeatedly carrying out a task are astounding. The numbers add up very quickly. For example, if you chose to ride a [...]

Fitness: Goals and Motivation

I stopped going to the gym last year.
I didn’t stop training though. I now train at home.

Website Updates

I have just updated some of the sidebars so they are in drop down menus which I think is more aesthetically pleasing and it also is a little more functional rather than having to scroll down loads to get to the archives section.
I also added some tabs onto the Route page, to which I plan [...]

Fridays thought!

As Friday comes around again, some thoughts to take into the weekend;
Now that it’s all over, what did you really do yesterday that’s worth mentioning?
~Coleman Cox
You can tell more about a person by what he says about others than you can by what others say about him.
~Leo Aikman
Anyone can carry his burden, however hard, until [...]

Penonomé & Toabré

During the week, Yami invited me to spend a day with her at her clinic, in the tiny hamlet of Toabré in the hills outside Penonome. In order for dentists and doctors to receive permission from the government to work as medical professionals in Panama, upon completion of their degree/doctorates, they must complete two years [...]