Jo

About Jo

Mum, wife, cleaning OCD, cake maker extraordinaire

Somewhere over the rainbow

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Well another country and stamp in our passports. It turned out to be cheaper to fly and have 2 nights accommodation than catch the 36 hour bus to Iguazu from Mendoza! So on Friday we boarded our TAM flights to …

Posted in Argentina, Brazil | 3 Comments

Trekking Fitzroy

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Wow, we have just returned from a wonderful 3 day trek from El Chalten to see Cerro Fitz Roy and Cerro Torros. After our torrents of rain in the Torres Del Paine we have been blessed with sunshine, blue skies …

Posted in Argentina | 11 Comments

Six go to the Lakes District

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As we left the hot dusty desert and freewheeled into Tecka hoping to make it before we ran out of fuel, the pointy snowy peaks of the Andes came into sight. A huge smile crossed our faces not only that …

Posted in Argentina | 6 Comments

Waiting for our wheels.

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While everyone at home is experiencing cold freezing conditions we have arrived in South America to hot summer days and nights. Santiago is Chile’s capital city and although it has some high rise, it seems a less frantic city than …

Posted in Argentina, Chile | 10 Comments

On the road again.

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After 3 ½ weeks with family in Belize, it is now time for us to start travelling again – packing everything away and lugging backpacks and cases onto different forms of transport to continue our adventure. San Pedro has been …

Posted in Guatemala | 10 Comments

It’s all different, but nothing’s changed

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Well it is 12 years since we were last here in Belize, so how has it changed?  One thing that hasn’t changed is that we are sitting here having a powercut…..fortunately Matt has just got out of the shower! Unlike …

Posted in Belize | 22 Comments

Maya be, maya be not.

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We arrived in San Pedro on Ambergris Caye after talking the water taxi from Chetumal in Mexico. The boat ride took about 2 hours and we arrived as the sun went down behind the horizon. It was very warm, and …

Posted in Belize | 13 Comments

Family Fun

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Wow what a change in temperature and weather. Arriving in London to rain and 4° leaving Hong Kong with sun and blue sky and 23°!!! But it was very exciting seeing our families for an early Christmas. As we came …

Posted in Before we go, Uncategorized | 8 Comments

Sleepless in Hong Kong

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We have arrived in Hong Kong following a sleepless adventure on the sleeper bus to Shenzhen. The bus was late arriving at Yangshou, so we didn’t get on until 11.30pm instead of 10.30pm. The bus has three aisle’s of 2 …

Posted in China | 15 Comments

Cor.. what a way to catch fish!

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We are staying in the beautiful courtyard hostel of the Giggling Tree at Yangshuo. We are right in the heart of the beautiful Karst mountains and nestled between the Li and Yulong rivers. Here bamboo rafts drift up and down …

Posted in China, Uncategorized | 13 Comments