Unexpected Luxury and Romance on a Cargo Ship

We couldn’t take Baja Ferry with a puppy so we ended up on a cargo ship, and we’re so glad we did! You’ll never guess why.

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Crossing to Tierra Del Fuego

As the bottom of the South American continent narrows it dissolves into a group of islands, and that is where we are headed – Tierra del Fuego.  My guidebook says it was so named by Ferdinand Magellan in 1520 when he… Read More ›

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The Vistula Spit.

The Curonian Spit is a strange land formation extending on one side from Lithuania to Kaliningrad, and then again as the Vistula Spit from Kaliningrad to Poland. Only 600 meters wide in places and almost completely forested save for the one or two small towns, it opens to the unforgiving cold and beating waves of…

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Russian Trains and Barren Planes: The Estonian Coast

October is rarely a month that one chooses to spend heading north. With every flock of migratory birds we opposed, we had to remind ourselves why it was we were doing this. When the rain and the wind picked up, we really started struggling for answers. Then we reached Haapsalu, and were swiftly gifted a…

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Mazatlan – The Old Port and El Faro

At the southern end of the peninsula where Mazatlan rests, there is a pyramid of an island with a lighthouse perched on top. It is known simply by the Spanish word for lighthouse, El Faro. The small hotel we are… Read More ›

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House sitting in Chile finished

House sitting in Chile can be fun. But for us, it’s over. We were parked up for just over a month, and we’ve now got ichy feet. This is what we have been doing. Tennis of course Sarah made a quick trip to Ireland and France to see family, and to check out some Tennis. …...
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