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As you may have noticed from photos on previous posts, Dominica is pretty mountainous. Whe ...

When we first arrived in Dominica, Yami and I went up to Portsmouth, which is the main tow ...

After hiking segment one of the Waitukubuli National Trail, it was only proper that we sho ...

The past year has seen the opening of a new hiking trail in Dominica - the Waitukubuli Nat ...

Freshwater lake is Dominica's largest lake. Found high in the mountains above the Roseau V ...

It was a while ago now, but Yami and I went out during Dive Fest on a whale watching tour ...

A few of the many cruise ships that come to Dominica on an almost daily basis from Decembe ...

The reason I'm in Dominica is to work on a road rehabilitation project on the road from Lo ...

Thought I'd post a few quick/short posts on life in Dominca, starting with the view from m ...

Last Sunday, Yami and I went on a catamaran cruise along the west coast of Barbados. We we ...

I played my first 18-hole round at Apes Hill just before Christmas. As you can see from th ...

Still dark when the alarm went off at 5:15am, I had second thoughts about joining in on th ...

To keep up with the lists of equipment purchased, I have a couple of items to add to the l ...

Recently I had to go to nearby Dominica as part of work, and as luck would have it, the bo ...

Derek Johanson - entrepreneur and owner/writer of popular blog Live Uncomfortably - has re ...

Although there hasn't been much activity here for a while, I haven't neglected planning fo ...

Who says it takes a lot of money to travel? Keiichi Iwasaki has spent the last eight ye ...

A few weeks ago I travelled to Guyana on a few short trips with work. I stayed a few days ...

Travel blogs are not only an interesting read, they are useful to research places & equipm ...

A few weeks back I had a few old cans lying around, so I made an attempt at a soda can sto ...

The third in the series of random photos from 11 months in Latin America comes from Nation ...

My first experience of the real Mexican taco came at about 9pm on 1st October 2005 in Guer ...

What constitutes a good travel blog? How much information should be included? Which to ...

A short series of photos from the aftermath of the Iran elections, direct from twitter.... ...

The second in the series of photos highlighting good trips in Latin America comes from Tor ...

I recently read a good article about planning, written by Leo Woodland over on crazyguyona ...

I've decided to do a series of random photo posts, highlighting a good day or excursion fr ...

Another week, another item of equipment. This time its the comfort factor taken care of wi ...

"Plod forever, but never believe you are going to get there." Those are the words that ...

"I’d love to travel, but I just don’t have the money." Have you ever heard anyone sayin ...

Its official. I have started buying things for the tour. On Thursday I ordered two sets ...

In researching countries on the route, one of the foremost questions in my mind concerns v ...

I recently read an entry on Peter Gostelow’s blog regarding a calendar post and the monthl ...

I recently wrote a review of my packing list for Latin America, here are six of the less o ...

I have been looking at things I would like to take with me, for both practical and comfort ...

Although Iraq is probably not on many peoples holiday list, it seems as though it is alrea ...

Little by little, one travels far. J. R. R. Tolkien British scholar & fant ...

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

I have just updated some of the sidebars so they are in drop down menus which I think is m ...

As Friday comes around again, some thoughts to take into the weekend; Now that it's all o ...

During the week, Yami invited me to spend a day with her at her clinic, in the tiny hamlet ...

Days 282 to 293 - Wednesday 28th June to Sunday 9th July 2006 I arrived in Panama City in ...

I have created a new home for the blog about Latin America, to which I have added new 'Abo ...

I am in the process of updating the site and making it look pretty as I think it needed a ...

Days 265 to 281 - Sunday 11th to Tuesday 27th June 2006 I flew back to Panama, spent a we ...

Days 256 to 265 – Friday 2nd to Sunday 11th June 2006 Where the blog left off, I had just ...

Hmm well, wow. Two years have passed since I wrote my last piece on this blog. Two years! ...

Day 255 – Thursday 1st June 2006 Check out was 11am. Come 10.45 we rolled out of bed and ...

Day 254 – Wednesday 31st May 2006 Waking up again a little fragile, it was straight into ...

Day 253 - Tuesday 30th May 2006 It is amazing how a little dip in the sea can clear your ...

Day 252 - Monday 29th May 2006 Aaron and Jon had to get to Bogota for their flight to Rio ...

Day 251 - Sunday 28th May 2006 Not a day of much action, it was mainly sitting around & r ...

Day 250 - Saturday 27th May 2006 Waking up with enforced freshness (due to no alcohol sal ...

Days 247 to 249 - Wednesday 24th to Friday 26th May 2006 In reality after getting to bed ...

Day 246 - Tuesday 23rd May 2006 I woke up about 8am and we were still moving. Apparently ...

Day 245 - Monday 22nd May 2006 Aaron & I woke up early as planned, packed our things up a ...

Day 244 - Sunday 21st May 2006 When we were in Quito we had been told that everyone heads ...

Day 243 - Saturday 20th May 2006 We waited until lunchtime to go to the airport to take o ...

Days 240 to 242 - Wednesday 17th to Friday 19th May 2006 Waking up for my first full day ...

Day 239 - Tuesday 16th May 2006 I woke feeling groggy, packed my stuff, woke Aaron and we ...

Day 238 - Monday 15th May 2006 I rose early again with the intention of catching a bus to ...

Day 237 - Sunday 14th May 2006 I woke up early and decided to make my way north. There wa ...

Day 236 - Saturday 13th May 2006 Arriving at 9.00am in Mancora (north of Peru) about 18 h ...

Days 227 to 235 - Thursday 4th to Friday 12th May 2005 I had planned on staying in Lima o ...

Days 224 to 226 - Monday 1st to Wednesday 3rd May 2006 After waiting around in Arequipa f ...

Days 222 & 223 - Saturday 29th & Sunday 30th April 2006 After a few hours sleep I got up ...

Days 218 to 221 - Tuesday 25th to Friday 28th April 2006 After waking up late we made our ...

Day 217 - Monday 24th April 2006 I think it was a 4.30am get up as we needed to catch o ...

Days 213 to 216 - Thursday 20th to Sunday 23rd April 2006 After a rather restless night I ...

Day 212 - Wednesday 19th April 2006 A nightmare day. Things started ok, we caught a bus t ...

Days 210 & 211 - Monday 17th & Tuesday 18th April 2006 I got up early to watch Spurs and ...

Days 208 & 209 - Saturday 15th & Sunday 16th April 2006 Not much to report from these two ...

Days 205 to 207 - Wednesday 12th to Friday 14th April 2006 As we had celebrated Robin's 2 ...

Day 204 - Tuesday 11th April 2006 Meeting for breakfast at 7am before setting out to the ...

Days 202 & 203 - Sunday & Monday 9th & 10th April 2006 After the coldest overnight bus in ...

Days 200 & 201 - Friday 7th & Saurday 8th April 2006 Friday wasn't one of the most eventf ...

Days 198 & 199 - Wednesday 5th & Thursday 6th April 2006 After arriving in Potosi at 2am ...

Days 196 & 197 - Monday 3rd & Tuesday 4th April 2006 We awoke to much better weather - su ...

Day 195 - Sunday 2nd April 2006 5am came around pretty sharpish. There was a little supri ...

Day 194 - Saturday 1st April 2006 As we awoke in the village we found out just how remote ...

Day 193 - Friday 31st March 2006 After nipping into Tupiza town to get some breakfast (a ...

Day 192 - Thursday 30th March 2006 Close by the town of Tupiza there were a few opportuni ...

Day 191 - Wednesday 29th March 2006 Arriving at the Bolivian border at 7am the formalitie ...

Days 188 to 190 - Sunday 26th to Tuesday 28th March 2006 After the Saturday evenings eve ...

Day 187 - Saturday 25th March 2006 Part two of The Road Trip started out with a very unin ...

Day 186 - Friday 24th March 2006 Once our hire car had arrived, we loaded our stuff uop a ...

Days 184 & 185 - Wednesday 22nd & Thursday 23rd March 2006 To celebrate my success at lea ...

Day 183 - Tuesday 21st March 2006 Having made myself a promise to see more of nature and ...

Day 182 - Monday 20th March 2006 Not particuarly enjoying the ricketiest bed in the world ...

Day 181 - Sunday 19th March 2006 Having decided not to go out drinking I woke up full of ...

Days 179 & 180 - Friday 17th & Saturday 18th March 2006 The overnight bus was an absolute ...

Day 178 - Thursday 16th March 2006 After having a poor night out drinking in Mendoza, and ...

Day 177 - Wednesday 15th March 2006 Mendoza is the wine capital of Argentina and the 8th ...

Day 176 - Tuesday 14th March 2006 After being rudely awoken by some nasty little insects ...

Day 175 - Monday 13th March 2006 Wanting to get back to Argentina I needed to take a 7 ho ...

Day 174 - Sunday 12th March 2006 I wanted to return to Argentina on the following day, wh ...

Day 173 - Saturday 11th March 2006 After travelling for 24 hours mas o menos the only thi ...

Day 172 - Friday 10th March 2006 The huge distances between points of interest in Argenti ...

Days 169, 170 & 171 - Tuesday 7th, Wednesday 8th & Thursday 9th March 2006 I wanted to do ...

Day 168 - Monday 6th March 2006 Although I was a little tired from the previous evenings ...

Day 167 - Sunday 5th March 2006 A pretty quiet day all in all, my hostel was a decent pla ...

Day 166 - Saturday 4th March 2006 I thought it would be a good idea to hire a bike for ...

Day 165 - Friday 3rd March 2006 No rest for the wicked. It was up early to catch a bus to ...

Day 164 - 2nd March 2006 It was an early start as I was heading for a day of walking in t ...

Day 163 - Wednesday 1st March 2006 I was pretty shagged by the time I reached Esquel at 7 ...

Days 161 & 162 - Monday 27th & Tuesday 28th February 2006 At midday on Monday I boarded a ...

Day 160 - Sunday 26th February 2006 Either I got really pissed or I needed a decent kip b ...

Days 158 & 159 - Friday 24th & Saturday 25th February 2006 The final day of hiking began ...

Day 157 - Thursday 23rd February 2006 Having been ill the day before I was a little bit c ...

Day 156 - Wednesday 22nd February 2006 Despite waking up a few times in my tent I manage ...

Day 155 – Tuesday 21st February 2006 I woke up slightly stiff, but after 10 hours sleep I ...

Day 154 – Monday 20th February 2006 I woke up half an hour before my alarm and lay awake ...

Days 151 to 153 - Friday 17th to Sunday 19th February 2006 Having Jones as my surname I f ...

Day 150 - Thursday 16th February 2006 A Swiss couple, a Polish guy and myself hired a car ...

Day 149 – Wednesday 15th February 2006 I had thought about cycling to a place named Punta ...

Days 147 & 148 - Monday 13th & Tuesday 14th February 2006 Not wanting to overstay my welc ...

Day 146 – Sunday 12th February 2006 I woke up pretty early considering, however this prob ...

Day 145 – Saturday 11th February 2006 After getting in at 6.30am I decided not to spend a ...

Day 144 - Friday 10th February 2006 I decided the city needed some more time devoted to w ...

Day 143 - Thursday 9th February 2006 Lucia and I got up early and set off for the city ce ...

Day 142 - Wednesday 8th February 2006 Martin works as a boss of a few "Campos", which are ...

Day 141 - Tuesday 7th February 2006 Arrving in Buenos Aires airport was a totally differe ...

Day 140 - Monday 6th February 2006 My time in Central America was up. I had my flight at ...

Day 139 - Sunday 5th February 2006 The late nights and not being able to sleep cauht up w ...

Day 138 - Saturday 4th February 2005 I am turning into my Dad. For my third date with Yam ...

Day 137 - Friday 3rd February 2006 I invited Yami out for the day to Portobelo, but she a ...

Day 136 - Thursday 2nd February 2006 Bit of a nothing day really, I was tired from the da ...

Day 135 - Wednesday 1st February 2006 Panama City is hot. Very hot. The women are hot and ...

Day 134 - Tuesday 31st January 2006 Having a week to spend in Panama City I decided to ta ...

Day 133 - Monday 30th January 2006 No visit to Panama City would be complete without seei ...

Days 131 & 132 - Saturday 28th & Sunday 29th January 2006 Feeling a little groggy after F ...

Day 130 - Friday 27th January 2006 The rain hadn't eased up in Boquete when we awoke, and ...

Day 129 - Thursday 26th January 2006 The hike from Cerro Punta to Boquete is known as Sen ...

Day 128 - Wednesday 25th January 2006 The only reason I went to David was to take a trip ...

Day 127 - Tuesday 24th January 2006 After catching a water taxi to the mainland of Panama ...

Day 126 - Monday 23rd January 2006 The region of Bocas del Toro is supposed to have some ...

Days 124 & 125 - Saturday 21st & Sunday 22nd January 2006 As time was running o ...

Days 122 & 123 - Thursday 19th & Friday 20th January 2006 The two Argies left early on T ...

Day 121 - Wednesday 18th January 2006 The town of San Juan del Sur is a mecca for the sur ...

Day 120 - Tuesday 17th January 2006 I woke up at 5.45am ready to climb the volcano, howev ...

Day 119 - Monday 16th January 2006 It was a beautiful morning on the island of Omotepe an ...

Day 118 - Sunday 15th January 2006 It had to happen eventually. I had to leave the Black ...

Day 117 - Saturday 14th January 2006 My late night meant that I nearly missed the big gam ...

Day 116 - Friday 13th January 2006 Almost 30 minutes east of Granda lies a volcanic lake, ...

Day 115 - Thursday 12th January 2006 Given the events of the night before, it was probabl ...

Day 114 - Wednesday 11th January 2006 A lay-in would have been ideal after the travelling ...

Day 113 - Tuesday 10th January 2006 I felt I was running out of time with still three cou ...

Days 111 & 112 - Sunday 8th & Monday 9th January 2006 After a sound sleep and a hearty br ...

Day 110 - Saturday 7th Janaury 2006 6am. That was the time that the only ferry to mainlan ...

Days 108 & 109 - Thursday 5th & Friday 6th January 2006 The problem with impromptu drinki ...

Day 107 - Wednesday 4th January 2006 It was a reasonably early start, up at seven to meet ...

Days 105 & 106 - Monday 2nd & Tuesday 3rd January 2006 In times gone by there were appare ...

Day 104 - Sunday 1st January 2006 New Years Day is a public holiday in Honduras and as su ...

Day 103 - Saturday 31st December 2005 Although the village of Omoa was chilled and very p ...

Day 102 - Friday 30th December 2005 After an indifferent nights´ sleep I woke up early wi ...

Day 101 - Thursday 29th December 2005 After a night of disturbed sleep due to the poor lo ...

Day 100 - Wednesday 28th December 2005 When travelling by bus in Guatemala there is a def ...

Day 99 - Tuesday 27th December 2005 Another lazy day, however I wasn't hungover! I just d ...

Day 98 - Monday 26th December 2005 A lazy day if ever there was one. I rose late, sunbath ...

Day 97 - Sunday 25th December 2005 Surprisingly, I woke up fresh and early after a pretty ...

Day 96 - Saturday 24th December 2005 Christmas Eve! A pretty quiet day all in all, the ka ...

Day 95 - Friday 23rd December 2005 I woke up and decided to have a shave for the first t ...

Day 94 - Thursday 22nd December 2005 I had arranged to meet up with the lad who had been ...

Day 93 - Wednesday 21st December 2005 With only 4 days to go until Xmas I had yet to see ...

Day 92 - Tuesday 20th December 2005 My final 4 hours of classes came and went, I said goo ...

Day 91 - Monday 19th December 2005 With only 2 school days until Christmas I began to ser ...

Days 89 & 90 - Saturday 18th & Sunday 19th December 2005 I had thought about going away f ...

Days 84 to 88 - Monday 12th to Friday 17th December 2005 Its funny, but the more I learn ...

Day 83 - Sunday 11th December 2005 The student hotel I was staying at included 3 meals a ...

Days 79 to 82 - Wednesday 7th to Saturday 10th December 2005 I woke up feeling much impro ...

Day 78 - Tuesday 6th December 2005 After getting my scuba diving certification I wanted t ...

Days 76 & 77 - Sunday 4th & Monday 5th December 2005 In order to gain my scuba diving acc ...

Day 75 - Saturday 3rd December 2005 After having yet another early Friday night I woke up ...

Day 74 - Friday 2nd December 2005 I woke up unable to walk. My legs had stiffened up and ...

Day 73 - Thursday 1st December 2005 Volcano San Pedro reaches a height of 3,020m Above Se ...

Days 71 & 72 - Tuesday 29th & Wednesday 30th November 2005 I thought Panajachel was a dec ...

Day 70 - Monday 28th November 2005 I wanted to get a few things done in the morning befor ...

Day 69 - Sunday 27th November 2005 Whenever I look on the web, I always click onto the BB ...

Day 68 - Saturday 26th November 2005 Much of the morning was spent having my first experi ...

Days 63 to 67 - Monday 21st November 2005 to Friday 25th November 2005 I had signed up fo ...

Day 62 - Sunday 20th November 2005 4am came around much too soon! That was the time my bu ...

Day 61 - Saturday 19th November 2005 12 hours sleep sorted me out and I was ready to hit ...

Days 59 & 60 - 17th November & 18th November 2005 I woke up on Thursday with the intentio ...

Days 57 & 58 - Tuesday 15th & Wednesday 16th November 2005 After a surprisingly ...

Day 56 - Monday 14th November 2005 About two hours drive from Palenque are three natural ...

Day 55 - Sunday 13th November 2005 As we were staying 400m from the entrance to Palenque ...

Day 54 - Saturday 12th November 2005 I had originally planned to get up early on Sunday m ...

Day 53 - Friday 11th November 2005 Near to San Cristobal lies a series of lakes known as ...

Day 52 - Thursday 10th November 2005 They say you learn something new every day. Today I ...

Day 51 - Wednesday 9th November 2005 After spending much of the previous evening planning ...

Days 49 & 50 - Monday 7th & Tuesday 8th November 2005 When I arrived in San Cristobal at ...

Day 48 - Sunday 6th November 2005 Yet again, it was a slow start to the day. When I did g ...

Day 47 - Saturday 5th November 2005 Saturday started slowly! Having got back to my hostel ...

Days 45 & 46 - Thursday 3rd & Friday 4th November 2005 After a journey that took me about ...

Day44 - Wednesday 2nd November 2005 At the start of the trip, there was a comment left on ...

Day 43 - Tuesday 1st November 2005 I caught the bus to Veracruz on the Gulf coast in the ...

Day 42 - Monday 31st October 2005 I wanted to get out of the hustle of the big city as I ...

Day 41 - Sunday 30th October 2005 Sunday is musuem day. The supposed biggest and best mus ...

Day 40 - Saturday 29th October 2005 When I woke up I wasn't sure if I was going to have a ...

Day 39 - Friday 28th October 2005 The hostel I was staying in - Hostel Moneda - ran two f ...

Day 38 - Thursday 27th October 2005 After nearly 4 weeks in Mexico I finally made it to t ...

Day 37 - Wednesday 26th October 2005 I wasn't really in the mood for doing much, but one ...

Day 36 - Tuesday 25th October 2005 After a night in the hostel (this didn't rank as good ...

Day 35 - Monday 24th October 2005 Basically I spent the day travelling from San Luis Poto ...

Day 34 - Sunday 23rd October 2005 I neded to leave Zacatecas. I had been meaning to get o ...

Days 31, 32 & 33 - Thursday 20th, Friday 21st & Saturday 22nd October 2005 I had original ...

Day 30 - Wednesday 19th October 2005 It was 1548 when the Spaniards founded a settlement ...

Day 29 - Tuesday 18th October 2005 I had heard good things about the colonial city of Zac ...

Day 28 - Monday 18th October 2005 I woke up around sunrise so I could visit the town of T ...

Day 27 - Sunday 17th October 2005 Musuems in Mexico are generally free to enter on Sunday ...

Day 26 - Saturday 16th October 2005 After waking up with my legs covered in mosquito bite ...

Day 25 - Friday 14th October 2005 I left Vallarta and caught the bus for an hour to the t ...

Day 23 - Thursday 13th October 2005 I had been offered a lift down to Puerto Vallarta by ...

Day 23 - Wednesday 12th October 2005 I left Mazatlan to make my way to the tiny island ...

Day 22 - Tuesday 11th October 2005 I woke up hoping the sun was shining and low and behol ...

Day 21 - Monday 10th October 2005 I arrived in Mazatlan at about 11am and tried to find a ...

Day 20 - Sunday 9th October 2005 Not much happened today, so I wont write much about it. ...

Day 19 - Saturday 8th October 2005 After another quality breakfast, Rob & I said goodbye ...

Day 18 - Friday 7th October 2005 Note: Breakfast was equally as good as dinner the previo ...

Day 17 - Thursday 6th October 2005 If Rob and I were to catch the train bound for Chihuah ...

Day 16 - Wednesday 5th October 2005 This was a day for travelling from Baja California in ...

Day 15 - Tuesday 4th October 2005 After a sound sleep I got up eager to see a few of the ...

Day 14 - 3rd October 2005 I arrived in La Paz surprisingly fresh at around 9am after my 2 ...

Day 13 - 2nd October 2005 When I woke up I thought I´d try and sort out my Tourist Card, ...

Day 12 1 October 2005 After leaving the boys at San Diego Airport, I was on my own. I t ...

Day 11 - Friday 30th September 2005 The day began with a welcome lay in, before we return ...

Day 10 Thursday 29th September 2005 We checked out of the Orbit Hostel and made our way t ...

Day 8 - Tuesday 27th September 2005 Having checked out of the Hotel, we were picked up pu ...

Every weekday morning, the Stratosphere hold a $25 no limit holdem poker tournament. I dec ...

Sunday was a bit of a write off sue to our lack of sleep Saturday night. I layed in until ...

With a 13.45 flight from JFK to Las Vegas, wechecked out of the hostel and headed straight ...

The previous evening, whilst on our quest to find where New York's beautiful girls went in ...

Day 3: 22nd September 2005 After all the events of the previous day we were not up quite ...

Day 2: 21 September 2005 Waking up refreshed and full of beans, we were ready to see the ...

Day 1 - 20th September 2005 The four of us arrived in New York after our flight, checked ...

Its about two and a half hours before I leave to go to the airport. Didn't sleep too well ...

I'm packed and ready to go! Here's what I'm taking The list is as follows.... Clothes ...

I am officially unemployed. I finished last Thursday, and I must say that after two workin ...

Although I haven't posted anything on here in a while, the trip is still going to happen. ...

There have been changes to the plan. I am to be joined in the US by at least one, and poss ...

I decided to take option b) and turn down the job. My main reason being that I think ri ...

A couple of weeks ago I recieved a phone call from an employment agency specialising in in ...

Got a few little bits and pieces done, I'm now immune to Yellow Fever after having the jab ...

I don't want to carry a laptop with me everywhere I go, and as a result I've been thinking ...

I have been looking for a way of putting a different picture up on the site everytime some ...

After waking up slightly fuzzy headed and a little tired, I was pleased to note that I had ...

The three Aussies headed off to Stockholm to catch a flight that evening, and I was alone ...

After waiting in the airport, taking the 1 1/2 hour flight to Gothenburg City Airport and ...

I booked my flight to start the big trip last night. I now depart on 20th September, rathe ...

I am off to Gothenburg in four days, am starting to look forward to it now. I think I am h ...

No entries for the last few weeks, had a lot going on which really made me think about wri ...

I was sitting at work on friday, casually surfing the net - as is my inclination to do - w ...

I have got some of the links up and running (top right hand side of the page), which I hop ...

Thursday night drinking is for winners. Friday morning hangovers are for losers. I was bot ...

Having recently seen the remake of the film "Alfie" starring Jude Law (and I must admit, l ...

So this is it. Welcome to the blog, weblog, travelogue, or any other kind of log you can t ...