The day has dawned. Another one out of the box. Warm, sunny and a wind of about 5 knots from the NE. By 12.30pm it’s 30.4deg C and rising, with 73% relative humidity. We have a great camp site, about 600m from town and 100m from the beach, with…
It was great to wake in an air conditioned room and have a warm shower. After a hearty breakfast it was down to business calling possible suppliers for a new fridge, or parts for the old one. From our homework done last night and discussions over the last week or…
Today we are staying put. A day of rest. Our german companions Heike & Peter are moving out but before they departed we had a great chat with them about their travels up through South America. Giving us some invaluable tips of where to go and where not to, too.…
It was a ‘rough camping’ spot last night, but a flat grassy area beside a lake. There were restaurants around us but so were there countless dogs and they barked, on and off, all night. A vehicle came in and shone it’s lights on us around 3am but while I…
There was a shout from Sarah at 7am this morning, “it’s starting to rain”. Rain, what’s that! It was a good enough reason to get out of bed and get the show on the road. I should have had a cold shower last night after tramping over the amazing ruins…
Today is the day negotiations with the indigenous people commenced at Waitangi. Tomorrow’s a national holiday, Waitangi Day. Waiting Day (the 6th) is the anniversary of when New Zealand achieved it’s administrative independence from Australia and became a colony of Britain 180 years ago. It wasn’t till 1953 that we…
After being disturbed last night by the fee collector not long after getting into bed, the night passed peacefully, despite the occasional fireworks. I had to put a photo in todays blog. It was taken yesterday at the edge of the silica pools. A professional photo shoot was taking place…
Today is the official start date for the annual festival. We are close enough to the village square to hear sporadic outburst of band music from an early hour, signalling the beginning of festivities. Not that it stirred us enough to get up and join in. It’s a relaxing day…
Gee it was hot last night. This morning I had decided to forgo breakfast in an effort to starve the bug that as been troubling me. On the road by 9.30pm our destination is Oaxaca (Wahaka). It’s a most pleasant drive, soon climbing over a mountain range. The road is…
Last nights camp worked pretty well. A little bit of grass for the caranex and with the back of it against a block wall. A nightclub nearby played for a while but sleep came easy and the morning was a bright and clear one and the wind from yesterday had…