San Cristobal to Tuxtla to Oaxaca The Treda drugs seemed to kick in overnight, but I didn’t sleep that well. I felt pretty bad when I woke up. Sophie went out for a bit and left me in bed, this is becoming a routine! I got a bit more rest, and then we walked down…
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Mexico 2016 – Frontera Corozal to Comitan – Day 7
Frontera Corozal to Comitan – 15th Nov 2016 (Tuesday) We began what can only really be described as an epic day of travelling. Epic is an overused word, and I use it here knowing that. But it really was a big day. We started by getting up really early, knowing that we had a lot…
Mexico 2016 – Palenque to Frontera – Corozal Day 6
Day 6 – Palenque to Frontera Corozal – 14th Nov 2016 (Monday) We woke up feeling well rested, which wasn’t surprising as we’d slept for 18 hours in the jungle paradise. We headed to the pool for a swim, then checked out and started our journey to Frontera Corozal. We decide to go luxury and…
Mexico 2016 – Arriving in Palenque – Day 5
Day 5 – Arriving in Palenque – 13th Nov 2016 (Sunday) Urgh. The overnight bus. It’s as if my bowels know. I got the shits. Bad times. But apart from that, the bus was fine. I sat near the loo. Thank goodness the bus wasn’t too full. We arrived in Palenque at 7am, and cleaned…
Mexico 2016 – Coba, Valladolid and Merida – Days 3 and 4
Day 3 – Tulum, Coba, Valladolid – 11th Nov 2016 (Fri) We rose early to get on the bus to Coba. It took about an hour, and Sophie managed to get a juice from a street vendor before we left. Coba, like Tulum and Cancun, is in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo. The early start was great…
Mexico 2016 – Days 1 and 2
In the morning on Wednesday 9th of November we start our journey to Mexico. 16 days of sun, sand, food, ruins, and… tacos.
5 August – the Kunming adventure … nightmare
First Published 9 August 2012 At 4am, on the hell-train, they turned on the lights. We arrived at 5.10. It is now 5.35 and we’re sheltering in the Chinese equivalent of KFC, named Dicko’s. It’s a bit of a joke, but we’re here and last nights sleeper wasn’t as terrible as the first one. I…
Rant #3 – Chinese toilets
Having been in Japan where they wash their bum after every toilet stop and have fake water sounds to cover up your business noise, coming to China was expected to be a bit of a culture shock.
4 August – Black Dragon Pool and Driving to Dali
Later start today, but woken early by the normal mass exodus of tourists off on their coaches. I braved breakfast on the roof. It was the same hotel in Lijiang as last time. The roof breakfast set up was really quite strange. Small table and chairs as if we were at primary school. Then at…
Rant #2 – Cha Hua Hotel, Dali
Yuck. We just checked into our hotel in Dali, China and it is horrible. It is our first night in accommodation whilst on this tour organised by a travel agent. The room is really dirty. The toilet doesn’t flush. The bathroom is disgusting. The shower is a joke. They have provided us with around 8…
Linz’s First blog
We found WiFi tonight in a bar in Shangri-La old town. We’re now at the end of our 3rd day on the tour in rural-ish China. The countryside is amazing, particularly today, but even these small ‘towns’ are more like cities-probably bigger than Leeds, just made very recently in the ‘old style’ to attract tourists-mostly…
3 August – Shangri La and sunburn
Shangri La, on the tibetan plateau at a height of 3500m above sea level. Highest I’ve ever slept. Pretty cool. Strange dreams though. Early start woken by some one knocking on the door at 6.30am. Presume they were on another tour, or they were annoyed at being woken to get on their bus so decided…
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