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Through a corner of Tamil Nadu by bus
The next stop on my itinerary was in the town of Thanjavur, about 300km south-west. My original plan to get there from Mahabelipuram had been to take a bus back up to Chennai then catch an overnight train south again. … Continue reading
Sooo, that was nine months ago
After Easter Island, I flew back to mainland Chile, spent a day, mostly in a lovely hilltop park, in Santiago and then flew back to the UK. I’d foolishly booked a flight with a change in New York, not realising … Continue reading
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I may be blogging about Chile but I’m in Russia
It is time to come clean to any readers who don’t know, but whilst I am still telling you about Chile, from whence I returned to the UK in late April, I am actually now in Russia and have been … Continue reading
Taken aside by the Peruvian police
I took the train and bus back to Cuzco the day after visiting Machu Picchu, spent the night there and then flew to Lima early the next morning, having decided against a 23 hour bus journey. Just as I was about … Continue reading
La Paz
La Paz is not a world heritage site, but I do try to ‘do’ capitals and it is also the nearest city to my next site. I arrived on an overnight bus from Santa Cruz, where I had changed back … Continue reading
A slight shortfall in the travel planning department
I was sitting in my Caracas hotel room the night before I was due to fly to Suriname, finding out more about the capital Paramaribo on Wikitravel, when I discovered that as a British citizen I was supposed to have … Continue reading
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Christmas in Cuenca
I spent Christmas Eve and Day in Cuenca and whilst that wasn’t specifically planned, I’m glad that’s where I ended up. I’ve never spent Christmas away from home before (and I don’t think I’d like to again) but the town … Continue reading
One bus, three countries, seven nationalities
The border between northern Guatemala and Mexico is in the jungle, so to reach my next heritage site I had to go via Belize on a bus that the internet whispered existed but about which it was impossible to get concrete … Continue reading
Border crossings and funny money
I’m writing this is in El Salvador, so at this point the blog is about ten days and four heritage sites behind. But as the next site is in Guatemala, this seems like the right place in the action to … Continue reading
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A grave diversion
I took an overnight bus back from Santiago to Havana with the intention of hopping on the morning bus to my next stop, that left an hour or so after my arrival. Unfortunately it was fully booked so I had to … Continue reading
