Hola everyone, I am writing this blog at 23:00pm on the 6th Nov from an OCC bus, bound for San Cristobel from Palenque, a journey estimated to take 5 hours, but this is Central America we're talking about here, it'll probably take another 2 hours at least :) So where we left off in Oaxaca.  Myself and Andy were staying at the same hostel so we treated ourselves to a lye in after the last big night that we had well.  We didn't really have any plans apart from...

Hola todos  I arrived in Oaxaca, Mexico yesterday (1st Nov) with Megan and Michelle from Hostel Amigo in Mexico City.   The journey was approximately 6 hours by bus, but the scenery along the way was pretty cool.  It was what you would envisage the Mexico country side to look like, quite arid, hilly and full of cacti. We arrived for the day of the dead celebrations, which are particularly famous in this area of Mexico.  The holiday focuses on gatherings of...

Hello everyone, I completed my epic journey across the world, 5 separate plane journeys. I have had no sleep for a good 48 hours at least, so I am absolutely shattered. I met my family at the airport on my way through which was amazing, it was so nice to see everyone again and catch up properly. We also went and checked out Norman the Tropical Ulcer and friends at an English pharmacy and were instantly told to go to A&E before my flight the following mo...

Hello hello, I am again writing this blog from my iPod, this time sat aboard a coach destined for KL. (For Pauley, Ric and Jeff) This is a nicer coach than the one on the way here, it is a double decker, no one on it and I have the seat fully reclined, without worrying about crushing anyones legs, it's all good :-).  Gona miss you guys loads, had a quality time over the past 8 days, you all look after yourselves, big hugs xxx Back to the blog. The date is 28t...

Today 26th. I am writing all of these blogs down on my iPod now to keep note of everything. We decided yesterday that we were going to head to the Perhentian islands, off of the east coast of Malaysia, which is where we currently find ourselves. I must say, it is really beautiful here. We are staying on an island called Pulau Perhentian Kecil on Long Beach, which has the only few bars on the island, but it literally feels like there are no more than 30 people...