Panic and diving with hammerheads is not a good mix. But luckily I picked up a quirky phrase that saved me from doing anything stupid. “Don’t open your mouth to the devil.” I heard this unusual one up in an unusual place – the Galapagos Islands. It came as a warning from my Israeli-born SCUBA […]
Whenever we write about Australia, this picture inevitably makes an appearance: That’s the path to the perfect beach near Carmen’s parents home in Perth. If we ever got homesick on our 18-month odyssey, we looked at that snap and imagined being there. This morning that fantasy became hot-footed reality. We went to the beach with […]
It’s after 10 on Wednesday night and the place is almost deserted. It’s just me, a French fellow I’ve just met named Christophe and a huddled table of Ecuadorians downing tequila shots. Welcome to La Mesa, Cuenca’s hottest salsa club – and unfortunately we’re a little early. Time to learn salsa The music is right […]
“How do my nails look,” I ask Dave, holding them up for him to see. I’d just bought a purple nail polish and had spent the past hour giving myself a manicure. “Yeah, great,” he replies, not looking up from cricket website he was reading. I sigh and glare at him, willing him to look […]
Cuenca isn’t a particularly large city but it has enough museums to satisfy even the most die-hard museum loving tourist. When Dave and I first started travelling we almost felt like we had to visit every museum in every town to ensure we truly understood the culture of a place. These days we’re much more […]
