Hotel Casavieja San Cristobal de las Casas

... initial; ">Lunch us over and was light. As always pics to follow. Now we chill and wait for the game

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... stepped in his peanuts... Ok she didn't step on the peanuts)

The game itself was a blowout in favor of the Eagles. Doug was highly critical of the refs and fans in attendance. Joshua and Doug nagged on the refs audio system throughout 3 quarters of play. He fixed the ...

Saturday morning I leave Boston for Bangkok via London. I have been studying my Thai. In the Thai language, you say that you sit on the plane, rather than fly. "Nung Bin." That is certainly what I will be doing. Nung Bin Nahn; sitting a long time!

I am really excited and very busy with details. I can't wait to see Noah and Sumalai, the happy young couple!

... of my living arrangements (please feel free to write me!):

YOUR ACCOMMODATION:


Name:
Brenda and Gerhardt Valentyn


Residential Address:
108 Tramore Road
Southfield
Cape Town 7700
South Africa



Host Tel Number (direct):
021-706-7645


Host Tel Number (mobile):
083-976-1846/082-890-9586


Postal Address:
4th Floor Letterstedt House
Newlands ...

... what an XO is, it is the laptop designed by and for OLPC, designed especially for children and for use with free, open source software. I tested and inventoried 11 XO laptops and packed them in my trusty EMS rolling dufflebag for the first leg of their trip. The XOs are in Hanover, NH.

I leave soon for Bangkok, Thailand with my precious cargo. After a rest there, VVV here we come!

... After buying tacky flags, sombreros and even a Zapata moustache, we looked suitably like Gringo tourists on the ****. For some reason our Mexican friends took us to an Irish bar, where we completely missed the President's speech and the celebrations at midnight. The night gets a bit hazy after this but it was great fun and certainly done in the true Mexican fiesta spirit.

Independence Day was one big hangover, but the following day we managed to be ...

... station. The agent that stamped our passports didn't even ask us to pay the $10 U.S. fee for keeping our tourist cards. I wondered if the Mexican government was trying its best to staunch the loss of tourist dollars due to the recent pandemic scare by waiving this fee. For 10 pesos each we got into a taxi and took a 5 minute ride up a steep hill to the border. The smell of burning trash was hanging heavy in the air as we hopped out of the taxi to get our entry ...

... taking a photo. Other than that, the advice was to act in a solemn manner keeping in mind that this was a place of worship. That would mean to observe quietly and to stay out of the way. The old phrase of “be seen but not heard” came to mind. We were also cautioned that the floor would be scattered with burning candles and not to knock over or disturb the candles. He also advised that should it happen that we were to notify him immediately.

The olfactory senses ...

... Bolivia. This was particularly true at the time in 1999 because I was coming from Chile, a country that percentage wise has perhaps the smallest indigenous population in South America. Chile is the most European country in South America so it was a breath of fresh air and a burst of color to come to Bolivia and La Paz, in particular, to see all the indigenous people. Of special interest were the women with their bowler hats.

The indigenous women of the San ...

... over el circo, allowing a constant rainbow of lights to filter in as the music shakes the paint off the walls. as the restaurant turned into a nightclub after 9pm, we'd busily close and clean the kitchen, dismantle the dining area, pull the bottles off the shelves behind the bar, pack away our stock and count the day's takings. this final act, although tiresome at the end of each long day, was a transformation from chill out to spill out, laid back to reggae shack ...