Had a last visit to the Harbour City shops this morning for a couple of hours and bought some earrings.  Then caught the minibus back to the hot…

Tried to book for a harbour dinner and cruise this evening but there weren't enough numbers, so no cruise.  Went back to Harbour City for s…

Open the bathroom door and it smells really smokey, so ring Guest Services mgr and arrange for a different room for tonight.  Go down to tour de…

Had a big sleep in, checked out around 12 and caught a cab to the airport.  Cheaper than on the way in, not peak hour traffic.  Flying Cath…

I’ve arranged to go on a tour to the DMZ.  I’ve always wanted to go to Panmunjom, the joint security area used by the UN and North Korea, th…

Wake up with alarm at 8 but decide to go back to sleep.  Eventually wake up around 2 pm.  About 4 pm I go downstairs and have a glass of wi…

Land around 8:30 and a taxi tout comes up to me.  Don’t know if they’re legal here, but I always go to the rank, which I attempt to do.&nbsp…

Get up late, pack and check out around 11:30.  I get a taxi into the shops, not far, but my feet are still sore from yesterday.  I’m look…

Had breakfast, which was quite good, although certainly not at the standard of the Clarion Sign in Stockholm.  Caught a cab to the Terminal to c…

This entry is only included so that the map shows the visit to Tallinn

When I changed the time on my phone last night I did something wrong so alarm didn’t go off.  Woke up at 10, instead of 9.  No breakfast …

Meet for breakfast at 9:45 and don’t leave the table until just after 11.  We pack and take our suitcases downstairs and then set off for the …

The good news is that my suitcase has turned up overnight.   A full breakfast is included and we meet at 9 in the breakfast area.  It rea…

Get up at 7 so that I’m packed and ready to check out by half past.  The staff here are great, much friendlier and more helpful than in NY or …

This entry is only included so that the map shows the correct route.

I’m tired this morning, but it’s probably because I walk so much during the day.  I try to use the wifi in the lobby, but it isn’t working…

I get up around 9; looks like I’m finally over my jetlag.  I buy a ticket for the tourist bus and spend the day riding the buses, walking th…

I set my alarm for 8 but am still tired.  Go back to sleep and don’t get up until about 2.  Don’t know if this is still jetlag, but I m…

I had planned to go shopping this morning but even though I’ve had lots of sleeps and slept well at night, I’m still exhausted.  It’s all …

I go down to breakfast by 9.  It’s a magnificent spread but I don’t eat much.  I get a taxi to catch the Madrid Vista Tourist bus, ther…

Land in Madrid late morning.    As usual I'm at the gate furthest from anywhere.  It's a long way, even with travelators.  Aft…

When I wake up I expect to be feeling 100% but I’m still very ordinary so don’t check out of the hotel until 12:30, spending most of the morning …

I wake up and feel terrible and dizzy and exhausted.  I look at the medication I took last night and realize that I took a little too much, also…

Today I get up early and catch the Hop on Hop off bus at 8 am from Times Square.  It’s the only way to ensure that you get a seat on the top o…

I wake up with a cough and aching all over.  Don’t get up till around lunch time and then go for a walk up to Times Square and around some of …

Tour bus picks me up at 9:15 and we go to the Old Post Office, where the tour actually starts at 10 am, so I have over half an hour to wonder around.…

Left for the airport at 1/4 to 5 am!  Arrived at around 5:30 for a 7:05 flight, to find that it isn’t leaving until 8:30.  However I’m …

Marcos and I meet up in the dining room around breakfast time and decide to go out for a walk.  Later in the afternoon I have a boat tour for 2 …

I’m to be picked up at 8:30 for the tour, so have some fruit for breakfast at 8:20, to be ready in time.  At 5 to 9 I ask Katya, where is the …

Picked up by the Plan driver before 9 and driven to Granada.  Plan offered to take me there, as I wasn’t going back to Managua.  There ar…

I’m picked up by Plan driver in Plan car/ute at 7 am to drive to Juigalpa.  At Juigalpa I’m introduced to Bismarck, the field worker, and Em…

I have a shower, now this is a different shower.  There’s only one tap, but a shower head that sends out slightly warm water when the tap is t…

Katya picks me up just after 9.  Apparently you’re supposed to be at the airport two hours before your flight, but once again it’s quite unn…

Do the blog in bed until 9:15, then shower.  Continue with blog during/after breakfast until after 12.  The guys next door decide this is …

Katya picks me up at 9 for a day trip to the Canal and Gamboa.  The Miraflores Locks are about 20 minutes from Canal House.  A large, moder…

After breakfast I spoke to Samantha, the manager, about a tour for tomorrow.  She explains that they will have to work out a price for me as usu…

A bird has nested in the flower box outside Mauricio and Marcela's bedroom window.  First there was one egg, now there are two.   Today…

This morning Mauricio, Marcela and I were going to go to the Botanical Gardens but there is a problem with the new car, so Marcela and I took a cab t…

This morning Mauricio and Marcela drove me around the city to see local sites including the Basilica. Afterwards we went to the top of Nutibara Hill …

This morning Mauricio drove Marcela and I to the metro station.  The metro is a train which runs above the ground and often well above the stree…

I got up at around 20 to 7 to watch F1 which started at 7 am.  Mark Webber finishes ninth and it’s generally a boring race, except that Massa …

I get up at 7 am to watch F1 qualifying on cable.  Mark Webber is number 8 on the grid.  After that I go back to bed and sleep for a couple…

This morning I was rather tired after last night and not really interested in having a lesson, so we played card games and then Scrabble in Spanish. …

Lessons in the morning.  After lunch went in to FRiDAY’S yet again.  In the mall there were budgies in a cage in the sun without any wate…

Lessons as usual, but this time another big interruption.  The student who Mariana teaches in the afternoon, a blond woman of 66, had been in an…

Lessons this morning.  We started off in the dining area as it was quiet because Fran had taken the children for a medical assessment at around …

Lessons as usual this morning.  Lunch, then went to FRiDAY’S again to use the wifi.   Today's trivia:  People drive up and down th…

Spent a lot of today doing homework, fiddling with the computer and reading.  Played a couple of hands of cards with Mariana.  Checked emai…

Had a bit of a sleep-in as no school today.  After a long breakfast and discussion, it was decided that Maria Jose and I would go to the place c…

Lessons during the morning as usual.  Discussion at lunchtime re whether I want to visit Cotopaxi, very high mountain, and/or Otavalo, very popu…

Lessons this morning but with a few interruptions as Jean Pierre had complained of a very sore arm last night and it turned out that he had broken hi…

Lessons from 8:30 until 12:30.  Lunch around 1 pm.  At 2 pm went to San Luis in the nearby Laureles del Valle shopping centre with Marie Jo…

Lessons 8:30 till 10:45, then Mariana accompanies me to a hairdresser.  It takes at least half an hour up the steep hill, only to find that the …

The morning starts with coffee and juice and then there are lessons from 8:30 until 12:30, which we have in an airy room next to my bedroom.  Lu…

Wake up before 7 and watch F1.  Mark Webber’s car dies about halfway through the race, so it’s not that exciting a race for me, although Lew…

I set the alarm for just before 7 as the F1 qualifying session for Hockenheim is on cable.  Mark Webber is 8th   on the grid.&nbs…

Had to get packed before going to school and didn’t get there until just before 8:30, but had warned Rafael that I might be late.  Some of the…

School 8 until 12.  During my lesson Rafael takes me to the Panama hat factory, which is very interesting.  Did you know that Panama hats a…

School from 8 until 12.  I go home for lunch and later go to the bus terminal to buy a ticket for Ambato to Quito, which I forgot to buy on Mond…

Morning at school, then find a place with wifi for lunch.  La Goda; it’s very nice but expensive for Cuenca.  I go back to the school at …

Walk to school just before 8.  My teacher’s name is Rafael.  We spend around 2 ½ hours in class, mostly it’s revision of grammar, comp…

I have a big sleep-in.  About 10:30 I get dressed and go downstairs but it’s very quiet, so I go back to my room.  Around 11:30 we have a…

I have breakfast and spend a couple of hours doing the blog then go to the terminal.  The bus leaves at 1:30.  There are more people than s…

Oscar has arranged for the driver to take me to the bus terminal at 8:30 at no cost, very kind of him.   The bus leaves shortly after 9.&nb…

I have to say this entry is from Chiclayo, because of the vagaries of the website.  But I'm in Piura.   The first picture is for you Judy…

I have heard from the school in Cuenca and finally the arrangements for Cuenca are back on track.    I ring Gloria re the arrangements f…

The bus leaves at 2:30 and I’m allowed to stay in my room until 2 pm when I’m taken to the bus terminal.  This is a local bus, Emtrafesa.&nb…

I wake up just before 7 to watch F1.  Of course the tv that worked perfectly well last night doesn’t work this morning.  The man can’t …

7:37 am men start hammering.    I’m very tired and have an appointment with the doctor, re the MRI results, at 10:30.  Take a tax…

I get up at 4 as I’m being picked up at 4:15.  The plane to Ica was booked out so I’m going with a private driver.  I’m told this wil…

More hammering this morning.    I am picked up at 10 for a three hour tour of Lima.  I find out fairly quickly that the “guide”…

This morning I wake to the sound of hammering.  They’re building behind this house and also next door and/onto this house.  Very noisy.&n…

I got a fright last night when I looked to see what time my plane leaves on Tuesday, to discover that I’m leaving today at 3 o’clock.  Watch…

I seem to have got into the habit of not doing much on a Sunday.  I notice that Hewitt is playing Federer tomorrow morning 7 am Arequipa time, s…

Got up to have a shower.  First it was hot, then turned completely cold and I couldn’t get any hot water at all.  Had to get dressed and …

Was picked up at 6:30, picked up the others from their hostal and drove towards Colca Canyon.  Stopped a couple of times for photos.  Arriv…

We left around 8:15 for Chivay and Colca Canyon.  It is at Colca Canyon that you can see condors fly.  I was pleasantly surprised with the …

Have a nice sleep in, shower and get to breakfast by 10.  I only want coffee, my weak aqua sucia (hola Lau).  Finish yesterday’s blog.&nb…

Farewelled the others around 8:30 and then packed my bag and tidied up.  Today is Inti Raymi and they are going to the Plaza to see the celebrat…

Went to school this morning, no splint so Allison and I could take a smaller taxi.  We had some difficulty getting a taxi because there were s…

I got up at ¼ to 7 to watch F1.  When it finished I was very tired and went back to bed.  Didn’t get up until 11:30ish.  Had a show…

I speak to Daniel this morning about my cell phone.  He says that I need to put 00 or + before the 61.  So how come my phone worked without…

Next Tuesday is the biggest party in Peru for the whole year, and I’m leaving in the afternoon.  It is the festival of Inti Raymi and although…

As the other part of my “poetry at MPSL” I had a meeting at 7 am with a guide.  The early start means that it’s before most tourists have …

I am outside the house at 8 and Manuel arrives with the van very promptly.  It is clean and comfortable.  We are at Poroy before 8:30 to ca…

This morning I have to go to the school for my lesson.  Although it isn’t very far from the house, it’s up a very steep hill so A and I catc…

My grammar teacher, Fanny, arrives and I have a lesson from 9 until 12 at the house.  Then A, M and I have lunch and sit outside in the sun for …

I get up about 8:30.  Today is fathers’ day in Peru.  The weather is overcast, like most of yesterday.  After the glorious sunshine …

  Last night I slept with lots of warm clothing on as there’s no heating in the bedroom.    Have breakfast with A and M and ar…

I get up at ¼ to 7 so that I can leave at 7:15 by taxi.  The porter comes and takes my case.  I leave the room and lock it.  Just as …

Had some breakfast and then we (7 plus guide) walked into town and to the Virgin de la Candelaria Church and the little chapel of candles.  I di…

I am typing this from the Hotel Rosario de Lago, Cocacabana as the sun sets over Lake Titicaca, Bolivia.    This morning when we left La…

Today I’ve arranged a full day tour with Fremen USD127.  For that I get a driver and an English-speaking guide, can go at my own pace without …

Have brunch again.  Ring Jaira to confirm tour for tomorrow and meeting for dinner tonight.  I have a relaxing morning and have some salad …

Breakfast is included so I decide to indulge.  Breakfast hours are 7 until 10:30, so it’s really brunch for me.  I was about to do my blo…

Helpful staff, free wifi in room, great meals in restaurant. Close to Witches Market. Very popular, so is definitely better to book.

L picks me up with a taxi driver who lives in the same “house” as her at around 8:45.  Trip to the airport, about 20 minutes is BOB25, AUD3.…

After my Spanish lesson I give L her present and she is very happy.  I tidy my room and start packing so that it won’t be too much work tomorr…

After L left around 12:15 I rang for a clean towel as they’d hung the dirty towels back on the rail.  After having a shower I went down and go…

This morning I had a shower for the first time since the fall.  I’ve just had to wash as best as I could as the shower is in a bath and too di…

Morning is the same as usual.  L comes to my hotel from 9 till 12.  When she comes I sit on the bed and rest, with an ice pack on my knee…

L came from 9 till 12 as usual.  I was feeling rather ordinary after breakfast; too much sugar and salt in the diet, need to change this.  …

I have breakfast in the dining room and then go for a walk to see if I can buy the watch.  No, it’s the boy again and he still doesn’t know …

The usual start to the day but I decide that breakfast will be my last meal in bed.  After L leaves I put on the splint and go for a short walk.…

Breakfast in bed again.  L from 9 to 12.  Spanish homework.  This evening I tried out the splint and went out with Lilliana, the …

Well, it’s getting a little boring here.  I had breakfast in bed again and L came from 9 to 12.  They can’t go and get the splint for m…

Not much to report.  I have to wear this splint type thing on my right leg to stop my knee bending – getting it tomorrow.   Getting my …

The bed was more comfortable than the other one, so it looks like I’ll be staying here for the next week and a half.  Before breakfast I asked…

I slept really badly as the bed was very hard, so I ask in the morning if there is any chance that they could find me a softer bed.  As I suspec…

I have big plans for some last minute sightseeing in Potosi, but by the time I’ve had breakfast, tidied the room and packed my case, it’s nearly …

Stayed here in June 2008. I injured my knee in a fall at this hotel and was there for two weeks. Breakfast was brought to my room as I couldn't go d…

Went down to Casa de Moneda at 10:30 and the lovely man tells me that there aren’t enough people for a tour in English but perhaps there will be on…

After a continental breakfast (included) I spend the morning relaxing, sorting out emails and trying to catch up on blogs.    I digres…

Stayed here in May 2008. Helpful staff, wifi in room, automatic heating at night time, unless you turn it off. Small bedroom for one person, but ad…

We leave around 9:30 and stop at a little town called Tica Tica where Marco and I walk through the town and Cecilio picks us up at the other end of t…

We leave around 10 and walk partway up Volcan Thunupa for a view over the salt flats.  Marco has got the key to an exhibition of pre-Incan mum…

It wasn’t quite as cold as last night, but I had a really bad cough during the night which woke Marco up, two doors away.  When I woke in the …

I’d been given instructions as to how to use the hot water and in the morning I attempted a hot shower, however it was lukewarm at best.  I mu…

Please note that I've had to say that I'm in Uyuni, when I'm not.  The map/site hasn't heard of the Salar de Uyuni in this location.  When …

Stayed here in May 2008. Staff were nice but hotel very cold. Big bedroom with tiny heater and hard bed. Hot shower.

Well the bubble had to burst some time.  I had trouble sleeping during the night and woke up with a major cold.  Had a big breakfast and th…

Went down to breakfast and what a spread!  The usual variety of bread/toast, jam, local cereals, fruit, juice, also sweet and dry biscuits, what…

Got up at 5 for a 7 am flight.  Lovely views of the Andes and sunrise not long after takeoff.  Approx 2 hour flight.  John N it was a …

Really enjoyed my stay here in May 2008. Certainly not cheap, but they provided a lot for the money. Helpful staff, unbelievable breakfast included…

Today I went on a trip that Jose had planned for me.  I’m not sure whether he’s trying to be helpful or just testing my endurance ;-)&nbsp…

Did my blog and tidied up this morning.  Then got on the Turistik bus tour 15.000p AUD33.86; double decker red bus; attendants speak at least tw…

  I’ve given up on the idea of taking the bus to Calama so went to the Lan office in town.  It’s the first time that I’ve been into …

I’m tired tonight.  Had a very interesting day.  Before going out I lost yesterday’s blog into the ether so will use Word first, then c…

Saturday 10 May.  Left Perth about 15 minutes late 12:30 am.  When I got on the flight attendant said 11A  upstairs, front row, n…

This entry is for the purpose of getting the locations correct on the map.

Got to Santiago airport early afternoon.  Shortly before reaching Santiago we saw the Andes; a lovely sight out of the window and looking like a…

Stayed here in May 2008. Jose is an excellent host and went out of his way to help me to enjoy Santiago. Would definitely stay there again. I stay…