Frostbite run

Today we had the annual Lothians & Borders Frostbite run, the event has suffered sometimes with the weather but today we were lucky the recent storms seem to be keeping the really bad weather at bay. Patches of ice across the roads and frozen puddl…

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San Blas & Chacala

After Mazatlan, I was hoping for some remote beach camping. We headed south down the pacific coast of Mexico, with a plan to try to arrive in Puerto Vallarta by Christmas (this would give us about 5 days). When driving in Mexico, it seems that most drives takes us about twice as long as we...
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Potosí: The saddest place in South America?

Jupapina, near La Paz, Bolivia [by Paula] We’ve just spent our third Christmas and new year away from home. As we’re living in a proper house and have been temporarily adopted by Emma, Rolando and family, it was more like a ‘normal’ Christmas than the others. There was...
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Starting the book

It is incredible to think that the last year actually happened. In many ways, it already feels like it was a dream – thank goodness we have the blog and the many photos to remind us of what we experienced, lived, enjoyed! Together, we have been in discussion about the book. Our aim is...
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Mazatlan- Glory days

When I was a freshman in high school (a long, long time ago…) I had a boyfriend for a brief time who was a senior, and for his senior graduation he went with a bunch of his friends to Mazatlan. It was the first time I ever heard of Mazatlan and I had visions of […]
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12/31/2013 – 180 days/16643 miles

Here’s how I spent the rest of my time in Jaipur… Hawa Mahal. I’d say that the backside of this building provide the best photo                              Jantar … Continue reading →

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A toast to 2013

This has been one of the most challenging and rewarding years, and most of my clearest memories are of the moments that were similarly both difficult and beautiful. Here are some of the year’s stickiest memories. Chiapa de Corzo fiestas…
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