A Xolo Called Yolo, an Ancient Dog Breed in Mexico
On a Monday walk in Mexico City we met Desire (Deh-SEER-eh) with her Xolo dog called Yolo. Little Yolo had been abandoned and then rescued by Desire. The 3500-year-old Xoloitzcuintli is […]
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The Genocide Museum in Cambodia
The notorious S-21 prison in Phnom Penh has been turned into a Genocide Museum cataloguing one of the atrocities of Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge. Portraits of torturers covered […]
To Throw the Horse Out the Window: Gauchos in South America
A saying relating to gauchos is to ‘tira el caballo por la ventana’ – ‘throw the horse out of the window’. It means to spare no expense, something gauchos do with regularity […]
Buying a SIM Card & Data in Mexico
In Puerto Vallarta we went to several places to find a SIM card but they turned out to be only available at the ubiquitous OXXO, the 7/11 of Mexico. ¿Está […]
Arenal Volcano in Costa Rica
March 25, 2011. We didn’t get off as early as we had hoped. First Al insisted that we wait for the woman to come and take our breakfast order. Of […]
Point No Point on Vancouver Island
My friend and I had travelled along the West Coast Road (aka HWY 14) as part of a sketching trip in 2003. Sue and I followed a path that ran […]
Ireland, a Nation of Story Tellers and Poets (and Pubs)
‘This is my HOMELAND’, a home on the bleak landscape of the Donegal Peninsula in the Republic of Ireland. Ireland is a nation of story tellers and poets. It started early […]
Berck-sur-Mer on the Opal Coast of Northern France
Berck-sur-Mer was a famous ‘spa’* town in the 19th Century. The beach at Berck-sur-Mer with a church and the old Sanitorium in the background. The Sanitorium is being torn down […]
Zihuatanejo on the Mexican Pacific Coast
December 8, 2019. One of the other guests in our hotel had mentioned Playa Ropa, up the highway a short ways and then down a steep walkway.We decided to try […]
Salt Flats near Salta in Argentina
Las Salinas Grandes (Great Salt Flats) in the High Puna of Argentina are at 3,450 metres (11 320 feet) above sea level. Pools of turquoise water and mounds of salt.Salt […]
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