Its official. I have started buying things for the tour. On Thursday I ordered two sets of Panniers, the Altura Fusion 40 in red. Evans Cycles had a good deal on at £50 for the pair, so I decided to take advantage and order them there and then. They arrived at my parents house on [...]

Day 137 – Friday 3rd February 2006 I invited Yami out for the day to Portobelo, but she already had plans, so we arranged to meet up in the evening instead. When I got to the bus station and boarded the bus I was sat next to a screaming kid.

Day 96 – Saturday 24th December 2005 Christmas Eve! A pretty quiet day all in all, the kayaking had been quite enough exercise for the festive period, so after getting up early, I read, sunbathed, wrote in my diary and updated the blog.

Days 31, 32 & 33 – Thursday 20th, Friday 21st & Saturday 22nd October 2005 I had originally planned to spend only two nights in Zacatecas but I was having a really good time just hanging around and doing not much. Also Tuesday and Wednesday had been let downs in terms of nights out, and [...]