Hola! Como estas? My llama Julie! De donde eres? Since travelling - and perhaps a little topsy turvy here! - I am now learning Spanish. I could have done with simple phrases I am now learning - above I say "hello, how are you? I'm Julie. Where are you from?" That simple phrasing would have …
Tag: travelling
Koh Pha’ngan/Full Moon Party!
Joe from Co Down, who says he's average when we were talking and he said his friend had commented 'there seem to be no fat travellers' as most are thin, attractive if not stunning!! (Then there are exceptions like me...! He looked awkward! :o) But he was nice, attractive as the Irish are! Red haired almost, pale skinned, he …
Chill Out Zone
As part of being 'a traveller' I am learning to take down time. That is slowing down, sitting and watching, sitting and thinking, wandering the streets with a vague direction but no definite plans, and even just staying 'home' - wherever that might be at the time - just pottering, playing, writing or resting. Although …
Settling back…??
Well, am I settling back? I'm trying. It does actually feel - as most people say - that I have not been away, sadly. The rain and cold doesn't help, and this is still summer here! The local area I left from, and lived in always, is still the same as are most people there …
Monkey business!
Amazing day in the Amazon!!!! After lunch at the lodge, we went out 3-6pm to the rescue site Monkey Island, where monkeys and other animals are set free after black market trades. There were woolly monkeys, squirrel monkey, capuchi monkeys too. We saw a 6ft Anaconda slithering to freedom after just arriving, whilst the other …
Camping in the Amazon!
When we camped, which is usually the last night of the tours - hadn't been sure whether to go or not, and Susan and Tom had returned to Iquitos the previous day - I didn't realise this and just thought I was going on a new jungle walk so didn't tale anything like extra clothes! …
A day in the life …of a traveller
Today is Thursday, 18 Feb and I got up in Napier, leaving at 9 am on the Naked Bus* to Wellington New Zealand and breakfasted in Hastings down the road half an hour. I am able to use my bargain Naked Passport bus ticket (30 trips between towns for just $246 or £123!) to get …
Fascinating Fauna
Out last night to see the kangaroos come out at dusk, we saw about 80 just round Molly's Run, the fantastic 'b & b' where I am staying with a friend. Just four guest rooms, I am in the top room overlooking farmland leading to the sea, on the north of the island near Smith …
Chill Out Zone
As part of being 'a traveller' I am learning to take down time. That is slowing down, sitting and watching, sitting and thinking, wandering the streets with a vague direction but no definite plans, and even just staying 'home' - wherever that might be at the time - just pottering, playing, writing or resting. Although …
What’s today? Yes, wats today!!
This was my pland, and what I said to myself this mornin, which made me smile! I visited two very different and unique wats in Ubon Ratchathani today. One by the Mon River, what a lovely name, which I'd meant to visit, and surely Wat Supattanaram is the pretttiest gardens ever, and so peaceful! Huge …
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