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Costa Rica, Liberia – Jan 2008 Regina I took a TransNica $28 bus to cross the border into Costa Rica today. Most of the paperwork was done by the bus conductor: he collected our passports and returned with visas in hand a while later. We proceeded to customs down the road but they did not [...]

The Monkey Hut, Lake Apoyo, Nicaragua – January 2008 Portnaster Situated on the shores of the beautiful Laguna de Apoyo, a 200m deep volcanic lake, the Monkey Hut is a great place to chill out for a few days and wash the dust from your hair. There is a variety of accommodation to choose from. [...]

Manchester – July 2007 mcdog It was raining in Manchester. It was raining everywhere in the UK according to the radio. It had been raining for almost the whole six weeks we had been back in the UK. Did we care? Not then we didn’t, we were sitting in the airport, watching planes take-off in [...]

Bulgaria, Balchik – Nov 2007 Dogrose November saw us pay a return visit to Balchik, a charming Bulgarian port town on the black sea coast. We were back in Bulgaria looking at properties for sale and to get a feel of what the country’s like in the winter months. It was a definite contrast to [...]

Hostal Puritama, San Pedro de Atacama, Chile – Nov 2007 Regina “A late arrival 11 PM arrival and no hotel rooms! No taxis, dark streets, heavy luggage, looked like a real adobe pueblo save for the bars, restaurants, hostels, live music, drumming, fire pits and young Chileños and Europeans. We finally got a place for [...]

Bolivia, La Paz – Oct 2007 Regina How could I forget the sights we saw on the way to the main plaza and cathedral? There are vendors everywhere. They are usually women called cholitas in native dress which consists of a shiny fringed shawl over a skirt with many meters of fabric and many pleats. [...]

Bulgaria – Ethnographic Museum, Varna Mary Carter Down a little side street close to the city centre you will find a quaint National Revival Period Mansion that was originally built for a Varna merchant (c. 1860) and which is now the home of Varna’s Ethnographic Museum. It did take a little finding (we walked by [...]

One of the things you’re sure to see on just about every menu in Mexico are Quesadillas. Folded corn or wheat tortillas filled with anything and everything then either dry fried in a pan or baked in the oven until lightly browned and crisp around the edges.