Soooo, as I was saying, we booked a mini-bus from Koh Chang to Siem Reap for about $25 each. We thought that a reasonable amount considering the distance and border crossing. I had heard that the road in Cambodia was not paved and quite painful on the rear, but that’s what you gotta do when Read More »
Today was our first and only full day on the Isle of Skye. The Isle of Skye is part of the Inner Hebrides Islands in western Scotland. We started out on the A855 north out of Portree towards Old Man of Storr. Unfortunately, we couldn’t see this see this famous rock formation because it was Read More »
We left Mexico City in high spirits at 7am (it was the only time we could extricate the truck from the car park), after 4 great days there, and headed East towards Oaxaca. After a long days drive we were exhausted. At about 8 pm, without any warning, the Motorway we driving along ended. There Read More »
As some of you will know my visit to Chichen Itza was always going to be a special and moving trip for me. A very special person who is no longer with us used to show me photographs of this place when he visited there some years ago. They were what inspired me to travel, Read More »
June 30, 2006 York Do you like history? You will like York! Do you like history? Are you the type of person that likes to know everything about history? Do you like seeing medieval ruins and amazing sites? Well, if you answered yes to all of these questions you will probably like York. We certainly Read More »
On the opposite end of town, next to the amphitheatre, is St. John’s Church. The exact origins of the church have been forever lost in time but there are two main speculations as to when it was built; one account reads that it was created in 689 AD and another source states it was built Read More »
The Chester Amphitheatre was originally made of timbers but was replaced with stone. The dating of the amphitheatre is generally believed to be around the 70s AD. It measures 193 feet by 164 feet and could hold an amazing 7,000 people. You have to imagine back then there wasn’t as many people as there are now Read More »
After an excellent night’s sleep (it must have been down to my new, improved roommate) we had an enormous full English breakfast courtesy of Angus (as we were all now calling her). We needed the fuel as we were starting the trip with an ambitious eleven mile walk from Bolton Abbey back to Grassington. We Read More »
36 hours after leaving Rio we finally made it to Cusco in the heart of Peru. To be fair the canceled flight was a blessing in disguise as our airline put us up overnight in a plush hotel. The bellboy didn’t quite know what to do with our oversized rucksacks. Understandably, after so long traveling Read More »
When Jan and I decided to go to South America each of us had a destination in mind that stood out from the rest. For me it was the Amazon. For Jan it was Machu Picchu. I reminded him of this the day before our Inca trek began, as he sat across from me on Read More »
