I arrived back in Guatemala City & stayed at a nice B&B close to the airport. I got in late in the evening and headed straight for bed. The next morning I had breakfast and headed into Guatemala City. I decided to take a chicken bus and had to enlist the help of a local to point me in the right direction. Once on the bus it was a fairly straight trip with no funny incidents. Except that I went straight through the city centre & out the other side befo...

After finishing my trip in South America I decided to fly back to Paris and surprise Anna. I also wanted to hop over to the UK and help Liz sort out some stuff with my flat. Well I sent Anna a text saying that I was sending her a present and that it would arrive on the 10th April. She said that she was away in Sweden for Easter & would only be back on the 11th. So I said that was ok. I flew to Paris and stayed one night and then surprised her at her flat when...

With sadness I left Sydney saying goodbye to my wonderful friends Sly & Trinks. They did a wonderful job of looking after me during the time I was there and I am going to miss them. For those of you keen to see what the Hamiltons are up to go here - http://www.xpd.com.au/I flew about 20 hours to Beunos Aires with a short stop in Santiago - Chile. Was awesome to see the Andes from 30 000ft. What an impressive mountain range. BA was very hot and I took a taxi t...

I have had a slow and quiet week in Sydney. I did however manage to catch up with friends of mine Barbara and her son Daniel. Daniel was 5 when I last saw him and he is now 11 years old. What a difference time makes J. I spent 2 days with them and it was great to catch up. Barbara also has 2 wonderful dogs and Mason is particularly cute as he is rather large and loves hugs and being cuddled. I also managed to catch up with Sean. Whilst in Vietnam Sean and I got h...

It was great to be back in SA. It was 2 years ago since I was there. My folks picked me up from the airport and I went back to Carletonville. It was my Mum’s birthday the next day and I had bought her a pink pearl necklace, which she loved. I spent the week doing admin and spent time with the folks. On the weekend I went and saw my friends Rautie, Maureen & Gerrohn. It was great catching up with them and I realized good friendships do stand the test of ...