As Jen mentioned, our new temporary residence is nothing glamorous, however the sleeping quarters are larger and brighter. Wifi is better too. The aircon works fine and we have a shared kitchen to prepare and cook food. What else could we possible wish for…? Just one thing…Poki..:) It’s a 3…
Montezuma features in today’s blog. Oh! it was a long time ago but his deeds live on, in microbia. A juice cocktail with the previous night’s meal started to impact during the early morning, and the day ended in a blur, for us both. It wasn’t till Jen, who wasn’t…
A little history. The Spanish landed in South America around 1500 and by the mid 1550’s had colonised much of the territory known as New Grenada. Santa Fe de Bogota was it’s capital. Enter Simon Bolivar, of aristocratic Venezuelan origin. He had returned from Spain and with the help of…
A groggy start to the day. Arriving at the hotel last night at 7pm, following a 7am start from Wineham, a two hour flight from Gatwick to Madrid and then a 11hour flight to Bogota. Our hotel room is above a busy old town, street. So this morning we were…
Wimbledon has commenced and semi-finalists are becoming known in the Euro 24 football competition. England have staggered through with a singular scarcity of goals. This weekend there are some important games in the Rugby Union international calendar. New Zealand All Blacks playing England in Dunedin. South Africa are playing Ireland…
I guess you could say the commencement of the final stage of this world journey, is under way. The last six months have flown. Apart from a couple of brief journeys south of Rotorua, our days have been spent around the house. Jen in the garden and me, mmm, doing…
Wherever you are, continuing with your travels or taking a break. With family or friends, or home alone, like us, enjoy the festive season and we hope you will look ahead to the New Year, for what it could bring, with eager anticipation. Brother Ash drove three hours to Auckland…
We can now report that the Santa Clara has berthed at Rotterdam. Arriving on the 13th due to both a late departure from Durban and storms in the north Atlantic. Poki is now on Terra Firma. We’re off to Holland We were probably a little over optimistic to expect the…
While there is not much happening in our immediate world, there have been massive developments elsewhere. Firstly and vitally, we have a new government in New Zealand, not Aoteora. The previous administration were trying to foist on us inhabitants, without a moments consultation, a new name. The arrogance. There were…
Today dawned fine and sunny. However for Jen, it didn’t matter. She was very unwell. Running a high temperature and uninterested in life. The cause, I suspect an infected Tic site that had become increasingly nasty looking and poisoning her system. On arriving home in the UK yesterday at 11.30am…