Earlier in the summer we had considered a trip to Somerset and on to Devon and Cornwall. This didn’t materialise as we discovered this part of the country was packed with UK “staycationers” and because of various Covid restrictions. However, we felt we still had time for a quick visit…
Well, we survived our second round of 14 days of self isolation. This time it was much harder and I was starting to feel like a caged animal. I did ‘escape’ twice. Once to walk to the letterbox down the lane to post some urgent documents. I saw no one…
The last 5 days have been pretty amazing. A mix of staying in some fabulous luxurious and historic locations, with camping. Being with family, meeting friends and new extended family. None of this was anticipated or planned for this year. The only downside being the news, a couple of days…
Having been in the U.K. for 7 weeks, Poki has just caught up with us, 2 days later than scheduled. We collected her from Southampton Docks last Monday afternoon. This turned out to be a very simple procedure. Much to our extreme delight and after weeks of worrying, she is…
Thursday, 4th June: We have the luxury of 2 bedrooms in our apartment. The decision was made to sleep in the back bedroom. We have an abundance of ceiling fans and air conditioning units in both bedrooms. Great, we thought. However, the fans on full speed clonk and rattle and…
Life had been carrying on in our bubble routine. Monday, 25th was different, though. We were lazily eating our porridge, in a state of semi undress, when there was a knock on our door. Sarah, somewhat agitated. “We’re going into the village in 5 minutes to get certificates from the…
We have now been here for 55 days and as Dennis has mentioned the rainy season is starting to set in. On Friday evening and for most of the night, we had torrential rain. Accompanying it, a plague of flying ants. Despite shutting the windows, we were inundated with them.…
We have now been here for 6 weeks. When we left the UK in May 2018 and during the years we were planning this adventure, we never dreamt we would face something of this nature. It never entered our heads that we could be “stuck” like this. Who would have…
It’s some time since we last posted. Yesterday morning two groups left the camp site and headed for home. Home for many of them was a long way away. The first group, two French citizens, Jeremy & Chloe, and an Italian Pasquale left by taxi for Guatemala City airport at…
I expect you may be wondering what we have decided to do. After a long discussion with Pierre, we learned we could leave the Land Rover here (for US$50 a month) and we could get a driver to take us to the Mexican border. After much hair pulling and swinging…
