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Day 2 We woke later today and had a lazier morning, which was needed. Clearly our walking stamina isn’t up to scratch! At breakfast I almost stacked it right into the scrambled eggs but managed to avoid completely embarrassing myself in front of other hotel guests and staff. Alex had his back to the food… Read more

Having slept reasonably well, we awoke early (thanks westward-going jet lag) with thankfully no altitude sickness of note. Once fresh and clean, we went down for breakfast. Decent hotel fair, good coffee, nice fruit and actual real scrambled eggs! Not that awful powdered stuff. They also seem to do various brothy soups which are very… Read more

Well after a fairly uneventful 9 hour flight, during which I napped and watched Dune 2 (man those films are long!) and ate some pretty decent plane food… we were in Business class after all, darling (Alex is clever with airmiles), we made it to Botgotá. Immigration wasn’t terrible… perhaps about a 35-40 minute queue.… Read more

Having obviously slept terribly due to nerves/excitement/apprehension and a hangover (well it’s the last time I was gonna be able to drink for free – thanks Dad!) the 4:15am alarm was particularly unpleasant. Did a final shuffle of my bags and were soon off to the airport (again, thanks Dad!). First stop: Barcelona. A spot… Read more

Well, I have purchased many things. I am still awaiting some of those purchases (pronounced per-chases… because it’s important you hear my tone of voice) and in that exact moment as I bemoaned that I was awaiting some items good old Amazon delivery knocked on the door. I mean… an undisclosed online shopping store? Because… Read more

Hello, welcome and thank you in advance for bothering to read my stuff and nonsense about my travels. I cannot promise that they will make sense or be coherent in the slightest. This is more or less just a way of keeping friends and family updated without sending multiple emails. Anywayyyy…. Why go travelling now?… Read more

How can I, a very tall lady, maximise my rucksack space? Read more