Dancing In The Dark Lands
October 2014 - Part 2But before long the tranquillity was invaded by these two: Carmen and Vreni from Germany. Their arrival was rather well timed as today was Oktoberfest at…
Like Dolphins Can Swim
September 2014After the storms of July and August, the blue sun-shiny September days were a blessed relief. This is low season here in Bocas, but I have no idea why:…
Jinja Island Guests
(Couch) Surf’s Up!
August 2014August came around as it invariably does. Lots of thunderstorms but also some amazingly sunny days. Not one for hiding my light under a bushel, I gave my seventh…
New Adventures in Solitude
July 2014I returned from Glasto with only a few days to run around and see everyone. The next day, my brothers Alex and Mike accompanied me and regulars Brian and…
The Greatest Show On Earth
Glastonbury 2014The last blog entry was rather heavy, so let's have some levity, eh? As noted, Casey and I were now in Liverpool. So of course we had to give…
On The Beach
June 2014At the beginning of the second month on Jinja, Casey and I awoke to a wonderful sight: four baby chickens! We called them Caska, Grey, Les and Ninja. Prev…
Jinja Island Boat Dock Morning
A Man, A Plan, A Canal…
May 2014Case and I were picked up by Ian in the morning on his little blue and white speedboat, the Sea Nile, a 1970s Luger – hilariously carpeted, as were…
Ruta Maya 15 – And So To Jinja
Saturday 26th PM - Wednesday 30th April 2014After waving goodbye to the ruins of Copan we jumped a taxi back to town, picked up our things from the backpackers, went…
Ruta Maya 14 – Wrack and Ruinas
Friday 25th - Saturday 26th April 2014In a fit of stupidity that seems rather impressive, even for me, we took the overnight bus all the way from Flores to Guatemala…
Ruta Maya 13 – Tikal Tikal Little Star
Tuesday 22st - Thursday 24th April 2014We were picked up from Ya'ajche' campamento in the morning and driven the short distance to the border. Leaving the Mexican side was a mere formality,…