So I'm at the end of my first day of this, my travelling life for the foreseeable future! And what a nice first day it has been! It was spent wandering around the old town of Cartagena- I had thought of following the walking tour in my guidebook but soon seemed to have strayed off the walking tour route and not wanting to have the book permanently in my hand I decided to just wander. It was the perfect place to do this and the perfect thing to do after over 24 ho...

So.....a week has passed since I left Manchester. I was very sad to leave the place that had become my home. It was hard to say goodbye to friends up there but I know we'll stay in touch.....I have enjoyed the first of several weeks down south with my family and also visiting some friends; it has been great catching up with people. I seem to have been very busy, which is probably a good thing as it leaves me no time to think about/worry about my departure into th...

School finished yesterday so today is not just the first day of the school holidays but is also the first day of this next "stage" of my life....the real adventure of course starts 4 weeks tomorrow when I'll be getting on my plane to Colombia. However before then I have several more weeks of catching up with friends and family....so far there have been 4 leaving dos (plus a cheesy 70s and 80s night out, not an actual leaving night out, but a fond fare...

Had a relaxed final day on Caye Caulker (25th). Woke up to some thunder and rain so wasn't expecting sunshine, but by the the time we'd gone for a late breakfast the sun was out and it was as hot as ever! I had a brief look in a few shops on my wander back to the hotel and realised how very small the island is! I escaped the heat in the air conditioned internet place then relaxed at the hotel for a bit, chatting to others who were there. Once it had got a little ...

Well, what can I say? The picture says it all! Currrently in beautiful Belize on the island of Caye Caulker. We have 2.5 days here as part of the trip. Better rewind a couple of days first as we had another stop in Belize before coming here. We left Guatemala on Saturday 21st and travelled to San Ignacio. It was a couple of hours drive to the border and probably had the quickest border crossing of the trip there, our tour leader sorted our exit from Guatemala and...