We have left the sun and beaches of the Pacific coast for the highlands in the northest of El Salvador. This part of the country was the scene of tragic massacres in the 1980s during the civil war, and Perquin was the base of guerilla resistance
Welcome to my adventures! Travel blog revival - this time, Central America with Paddy the boyfriend. We were in Guatemala for a week, and are currently in El Salvador with a possible stop in a bar in Honduras during a football match so I can wave my Swiss flag about a bit.
I'll be staying in touch with whoever reads this while we're out and about. Leave me messages!
Enjoy!
We have left the sun and beaches of the Pacific coast for the highlands in the northest of El Salvador. This part of the country was the scene of tragic massacres in the 1980s during the civil…
Arrival in El Tunco means we get to go surfing!!!
As Paddy and Dina are beginners, we all decided to hire a teacher with our boards. I'm glad we did because we were about to be negotiating the…
A friend of Paddy's from a previous trip to Guatemala has a house on the beach in El Salvador, and he let us use it. It was our goal to reach it, and from Antigua it took 3 days, but we made i…
We said a hot and sweaty bye bye to Guatemala today, and hopped on the first of six buses needed to reach our destination. The concept of a direct bus to anywhere in the country doesn't seem t…
Gaynor
Salut ma belle!
Thank you for your text message. What a laugh! Wanted to get back to you but the phone didn't stop ringing last night...so it was a little late to answer your last text.
Have you had any amazing curries yet?? remember if you can get on a cookery course..I'll happily pay you for a second hand course!
Guess what? It's still raining here...another storm last night and it is still raining as I write to you. Went up 'our' mountain this morning and there have a few little landslides on our path! The steps were loaded with debris from the mountain.
Enjoy the rest of your stay in Mumbai, only 4 more sleeps to go???
Have fun!
Love
Gaynor x
Grandma
I was talking to dad on Sunday and he said that by today, Tuesday, you would be in Mumbai (Bombay to me). There will be quite a different ambience there from Vietnam. So, I hope you'll complete your account of this spendid odyssey with your views about India & the Indians.
I've greatly enjoyed following your journey through the Blog and the maps and photographs, almost make it feel as though I had been there myself.
Looking forward to seeing you in August,
love Grandma
Emma
Laura, your photos are STUNNING!!!!! shot gun having one printed in HUUUAGGEEE to cover my wall...(or something like that haha)
much love.
miss u lots
xx
gaynor
Hi there!
Missing having you around in HKG, shopping not the same without you! Typhoon Fengshen turned Tropical Storm hit us on Tuesday night and it still hasn't stopped raining since. Guess the 6 continuous days of sunshine and intense heat was the price to pay... Enjoyed reading your latest entry, it's almost like having you ...a good giggle. Make the most of your time in Vietnam - it's sounds bril! x
"Uncle" Philip
Hi Laura, great to catch up with your "explorations"! Considering all what's happening to you and the lovely way you write about it, I think you should plan to edit a book and deliver some conferences about how to survive "in the wild"! Sorry to hear about the theft... but luckily you're well insured... thank you who? Regards from the entire RICHARD's family! Take care and enjoy the rest of your amazing trip. Philip
Emman
So it seems like youll be taking over the kitchen this summer when we have dinner parties eh laura!!! i will definitely have some of that chicken and cashewnuts please! (and everything else u mentioned!!!) love hearing about everything your doing. its wierd thinking your doing all these amazing things while we live a boring regular european life! looking forward to hearing about the next adventure of LAURA THE EXPLORA!!!
much love
xxxx
emman
ps. richard, laplace transformations arent as exciting as one would hope...but i can do them! and thats all that counts :)
Dad (Cool)
Pipsqueak
The Thai cooking course sounds great. I can't wait for you to demonstrate your new skills. Remember I told Mum that when I retire I'm going on a cooking course in Tuscany? Well, maybe I'd better start re-thinking my plans...
I agree with Emma B that your posts are really great (and it's not just because you're my daughter). BTW, Emmlette, those Laplace transformations sound pretty exciting too...
Keep on truckin'
Dad x
Emmanuence
MATE! your posts are hilarious! ive laughed out loud PLENTY of times! i only just realised this morning that ud updated so much! i just read it all when im suppose to be revising for exams..oops. sounds like ur having quite the adventure! some scary points too...good shout with taking the train over the bus! haha.
aaah man, as interesting as learning about thermodynamics, laplace transformations, moments of inertia and all that other mumbojumbo is...i really wish i wasnt! haha. ur trip sounds incredible! altho, we do get to build stuff these days which includes milling, drilling, cutting, etc etc.
miss u lots laura!! xxxx
grandma
What a girl ! I read your blog yesterday and kept being told I'd not addressed my message properly but did the same today and here it is. The competence,courage and humour of the way you're whizzing about these places is astonishing. So the next news probably will be from Thailand. I look forward to that.
Odile
Hey, Pips... Grandma sent me a message because she could not post a message today, and was asking for help, so I am trying... Keep on posting stuff, we really enjoy this!
eyraud domi
Super ce site où on peut suivre tes aventures. Je crois que tu es maintenant à Singapour. Je vais suivre les prochains épisodes, le feuilleton me pla^it. Bises
Philip
Hello travelling beauty! In her first message, Odile mentionned that "cousins" were asking about you: so here I am your "3rd cousin" (or first cousin twice removed, or whatever...!) checking out your travel blog and enjoying it very much. Keep on the good job, we'll be following "virtually" your footsteps! In the mean time, take care of yourself and keep enjoying your wonderful trip. @ Swiss kisses
