Location Location Location – what more can I say – I know that phrase so well. It couldn’t be better. Our place is 5 minutes walk to the central square where families gather for fun, singing, dancing and daily rituals of Mexican living.
I really wanted to stay in Guadalajara Centro District but struggled to find anything suitable and so it was, I stumbled by accident on a website called Olivia’s Apartments, it was in Tlaquepaque (pronounced Cluka Paakki). Read More
Hit the Love button – this place is outstanding…we’re living in the mellow suburb of Tlaquepaque (pronounced Cluka Paaki) within the city of Guadalajara – (pronounced Guah-dah-lah-hah-rah) go on try to say it.
Once you get your english tongue around these spanish letters the name and sounds conjure a special sort of place and we are certainly not disappointed. Read More
What is a Nomad?
It’s anything and everything you want it to be” – said Des
“Nomad – a member of a people having no permanent abode, and who travel from place to place to find fresh pasture for their livestock”
We’re not exactly taking any livestock with us – we are travelling place to place with our life on our backs looking for fresh pasture for ourselves.
First stop Housesitting for Buddy in San Francisco a ten day stopover en route to Mexico.
We are pleasantly surprised…Des and I will be comfortable here. Read More
It’s not a fantasy, I realise – the big travel dream is actually beginning!
As long as I can remember I have had a desire for long term travel. And I’m not talking about the 2 or 3 month trips that we’ve done in the past. I mean seriously experiencing the world, living in exotic destinations, living rough, climbing mountains, living and socialising with the locals, getting to know other cultures, eating the food, smelling and breathing the foreign air.
1977 was the year we heard the sounds of Abba, Fleetwood Mac, Rod Stewart, Bee Gees and Hot Chocolate…. you sexy thing… Read More
A warm aura of romance and mystique hangs over the five villages. Inset like gems in the craggy coastline these villages will have you feeling like you’ve wandered onto a movie set.
I’d never heard of this place until I asked a young Italian in Queenstown “what is the best place to visit in Italy’ She answered without doubt Cinque Terre.
I’d never heard of it let alone knew where it was.
What I did know was I had to go there. Read More
Gibbston Valley – New Zealand’s Famous ‘Valley of the Vines’
Just a short 20km drive from Queenstown is a picturesque valley laden with grape vines… Read More
The overwhelming culture of the country is often best represented in the cuisine. Nothing epitomises the vivacity of the Spanish social life better than tapas and raciones.
But do you really know what they are?
What if you get up your nerve to wander into a bar, and you find that there is no such thing on the menu? Read More
Visiting Madrid?
Not many places in the world will you observe the equilibrium of old and new carried off with as much sophistication as in Madrid.
The delicious aroma of Balinese herbs and spices waft in the air as I relax with a Bintang (Bali beer) at the outdoor banquet table ready for a culinary feast of epic proportions! The last few hours my nine new friends are at the best cooking class in Bali. We’ve been chopping, mixing, grinding, blending, pounding, cooking and putting together a Balinese feast. Read More
