January 2011
10 posts
“Hello, friends. Just to let you know I have not forgotten ye or this dear blog....”
Buenos Aires Bits and Pieces
Suddenly, after two months in Latin America, I have been hit with a real urge to learn Spanish. Properly. Y’know more than “do you have…” and making a rubbing myself down with a towel action. Why the sudden, rash decision? So I can move to Buenos Aires!
What a wonderful city! It has everything, EVERYTHING a very-happy Lindsey could want. Good food, [pretty] good coffee,...
The Steak Diaries
We did it. I did it. A week of meat - Argentine style.
First off, I’d like to show my appreciation to all the people throughout my life who have made this achievement possible. Dad, Mum, you have always been there for me, bringing in the steak from the outside BBQ. Peter Benson, your steaks are legendary. Such fond memories; a little part of me still thinks of the Marrawah Pub as The...
Tanned, Buenos Aires
And no, I’m not talking about Ned.
Haw-haw, Macaw! Our last days in Central America
It’s been pointed out that I haven’t written a blog post for over a week! Oh the shame. And especially disgraceful now I’m on the home stretch. Picking it up. And GO!
Doesn’t Macaw Mountain sound like it should be a theme park on the Gold Coast? It’s actually just short jaunt out of Copan Ruinas, Honduras. It was my highlight of this cute little town, but I...
Home Time
Hello there, Blogland, it’s been a long time in between drinks, eh? Speaking of drinks, I feel I deserve a stiff one after the stressful decision making of this week. And Mum deserves one too, after hours on end to Qantas! [Insert important reminder here: Oneworld Round-the-world and possibly ALL round-the-world tickets suck MEGA balls] The time has come for this little one to head home.
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Save the Turtles - Take Viagra! Cayos Cochinos
Another day, another picture perfect smattering of tropical islands. Upon first glimpse of Cayos Cohinos, I mentally gave myself a boot up the arse. I WISH I were one of those travellers that knew their Moon guide inside out (Hello, Jason from our Raggamuffin trip!) and had a better idea of the places REALLY worth visiting in a region. I cannot believe we spent over a week on shit-pile (it pokes...
Sambo Creek - A Beach of Chooks and Kittens
Oh Sambo Creek, how you soothe the soul! A long, sandy beach with WAVES - just what this homesick Marrawah-ian needed. Okay, so it’s a little different to Green Point Beach with the colourful boats, grazing chooks and Garifuna blokes chillin’ while their ladies do all the hard work - carrying stuff on their heads.
But oh! The bliss of having the option of walking in the sand for as...
Ned Rings in the New Year
Guatemalans and Hondurans (I can’t vouch for the rest of Central America, but hey, lump them in too!) LOVE their firecrackers. Apparently they’re illegal (word on the street in Honduras) but that doesn’t stop people letting them off day and night. ALL day and ALL night. A particular highlight was being inside the little ATM room at the bank on Utila and some little bastard...
Kick with your legs straight - you're not on a...
Thanks for the swim-tip, Peter. I’m sorry I can’t stop calling you [Scuba] Steve. It’s just that you are our scuba instructor and you look so much like the actor who plays Frank (his real life name is Steve) on the Betta Milk ads. And I guess you don’t go much for students giggling at your Northern English accent when you’ve got a hangover so bad, you’ve...
