The best of Mexico on a plate
In the last week of our Mexican return, staying on Isla Mujeres, we took advantage of a reasonably good forecast for the first few days to take a taxi into […]
Category Archives: Transport
Puerto Morelos to Isla Mujeres – part 3
The stunning light and sound show we caught on our first night in Valladolid – projected onto the side of the 16th century Convent we were staying next to – vividly […]
Puerto Morelos to Isla Mujeres – part 1
It had been a long flight from Manchester to Cancun, packed into a Boeing Dreamliner with the package holiday crowd (at one extraordinary point the cabin had been lit up with […]
PFB Latin American Awards 2014 – Part 2
So, here it is: the second and final instalment of our much-awaited PFB awards. As always, the judges were forced to make tough decisions, but after much chopsying we have […]
Day 300: Come bus with me
Overland miles: 14256 Bus hours: 436.75 Empanadar: 96 We are standing in the austerely framed Plaza de Armas in the centre of Lima, simultaneously trying to unfurl handwritten banners in […]
Day 299: The only gringos in town
Overland miles: 14045 Bus hours: 428.5 Empanadar: 96 As our last weeks approached rapidly, we realised we needed to get away from llama jumper wearing gringos, test our true travelling mettle […]
Day 275: Machu Picchu
Overland miles: 13564 Bus hours: 401 Empanadar: 85 Machu Picchu had been on our list of travelling must dos for some time. Well, more specifically, my list. Jovian, for once, […]
Day 263: Things we used most
Overland miles: 12975 Bus hours: 375.5 Empanadar: 80 Half-way through our trip, Prawns For Breakfast, feeling if we are to be honest, just a little sorry for ourselves, published our […]
Day 247: Atacama to Uyuni, Part Three
Overland miles: 12085 Bus hours: 348.5 Empanadar 73 The final day of our trip dawned and it was all about the main event, those mystical miles of salt flats. We […]
Day 246: Atacama to Uyuni, Part Two
Overland miles: 11785 Bus hours: 348.5 Empanadar 73 Most people awoke the second day of our trip feeling very groggy. Getting a good night’s sleep at altitude is difficult. I […]
Prawns for Breakfast 