Welcome

This blog starts from the time I spent in Baghdad 2006 to 2007, when I wanted to record some thoughts and give friends the inside mail on a crazy environment. Since then, after some time out from a broken ankle and between times working in London, I've been on the road again around eastern Europe, NZ and South America. So far. This continues with the hope of telling anyone who's interested about the new places I'm seeing and the people who make them interesting.

On the right you can find links to previous posts. I need to figure out how to get the order of current posts right. Maybe having used this for a few years it's the kind of thing I should have sussed...

Thanks for looking. Enjoy!

Sunday 14 February 2010

Ready to go again....

At long last, it's time to find my passport, brush up on my Spanish and get ready to go back West. I've got Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, the northwest of Argentina and my beloved Buenos Aires in my sights. 100 days in which anything can happen.

London was great for 8 months while it was warm and there was lots going on. Ibiza was a nice touch too. But then it got cold. Man it's been cold. I haven't had a proper winter in 4 years so this was a big shock. There I was in BA a year ago, grimacing at news of the snow and subzero temperatures and feeling so smug to have missed it. Well, I've paid for my smugness and then some. In fairness if it wasn't so cold, and logical to hibernate, it would've been hard to save for this trip. As it was, it's been easy.

When I got to BA 14 months ago today, I'd been on the road for 5 months starting in eastern Europe so I was ready to drop anchor for a while. Now I've been in London 11 months I'm itching to get on the road, and there's a lot I already want to see. I can't help feeling this will be the real South America. The Pre- and Incan South America. With freshwater dolphins, jungle life, the Galapagos Islands and the world's highest cities.

Vamos!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Hope you have / had a safe journey. Sorry to miss you on Wednesday but we won our case! Thanks for your help. Kathy