Bus travel in South America is fabulous. It’s not often you’ll run across an opening statement about South American transport that positive, but what options are there? Train services barely exist, and in those areas where trains are available they are generally intended more for tourism than … Read more...
Continue reading...Over the years I have often toyed with the idea of making some sort of record of the years that I have spent in Thailand. 30 at last count, and continuing – it’s interesting to see the reaction sometimes, when a person asks how long I have been living in Thailand … Read more...
Continue reading...I weighed in at 100kgs when I left Canada – that’s about 220 pounds – and I am 1.88 m tall (6’2” for old timers). I mention this because it has a certain amount of importance to the entire story. Despite my more or less … Read more...
Continue reading...I have a photograph somewhere, one I took on the last day I was in Colombia. The picture is of a sticker stuck on the back of a transport van, and it simply says “Colombia es Pasion!”. I couldn’t agree more, and of the … Read more...
Continue reading...Grand Plans change, and so did mine. The original 9,400 Kilometers of travel actual turned into approximately 14,300 kilometers over 60 days. Certain portions of that travel turned into flights, however, as long-distance bus rides were definitely taking their toll, and I had no desire to add to them unnecessarily. With the … Read more...
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