I think that I’ve started a love affair ! I didn’t mean to, I wasn’t even supposed to be there – Maybe it’s fate ? She is beautiful and sensual, she is wild and exciting, she is dark and mysterious….. She is Brazil ! Once upon a time, many months ago, when I was planning […]
The Republica Oriental del Uruguay (basically, the Republic to the east of the River Uruguay) is one of the smallest countries in South America and, apart from the towns of Montevideo or Colonia, is often overlooked by travellers. As I had enough time I thought that I would do a small tour of Uruguay to […]
Did you know that Argentina is 1 hour ahead of Chile ? Nights of the “Pool Table” I was on a bus from Punto Arenas to Ushuaia with a british couple, Mark and Kay, whom I’d originally met on the boat from Puerto Montt to Puerto Natales and who I had subsequently bumped into in […]
On the 14th April I found myself in a plane descending to anew continent: South America. After a year spent in the tropics my body and wardrobe were to be in for a shock – cold weather !! Santiago It was a dark, cold and wet Friday evening when I landed in Santiago and the […]
A Feeling of Dejá Vu Monday 27th March 2000 will go down as a very special day in my life. Why ? Because it’s the only day, so far, that I’ve lived twice !! I left Fiji at 7am on Monday 27th March and eventually landed in Tahiti at 11:30pm on Sunday 26th March – […]