Category Archives: Musings

We interupt these ramblings…

Posted on September 9, 2013 by Jax

…for a real-time update! Now, as you may or may not realise, my blog entries are not contemporary with the visits they describe, indeed I am currently running about four months behind. And you might well have noticed that there … Continue reading →

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Paragliding in Pokarah

Posted on June 15, 2013 by Jax

With neither the fitness or equipment for trekking, the standard traveller activity in Nepal, I thought I should find another way to enjoy the Himalayas whilst I was there. So I took a bus to the small lake-side town of … Continue reading →

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Through a corner of Tamil Nadu by bus

Posted on March 6, 2013 by Jax

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 →

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Sooo, that was nine months ago

Posted on January 30, 2013 by Jax

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

Posted on August 29, 2012 by Jax

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 →

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Taken aside by the Peruvian police

Posted on May 9, 2012 by Jax

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 →

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La Paz

Posted on March 23, 2012 by Jax

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 →

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A slight shortfall in the travel planning department

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Jax

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

Posted on December 29, 2011 by Jax

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 →

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One bus, three countries, seven nationalities

Posted on December 16, 2011 by Jax

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 →

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