Patagonia Austral Arinsal

... make an Italian blush, still teaching the Pope a lesson, I guess. Of course the sex ads go off like magic at 6am, so instead of naked couples doing all kinds of mutual gymnastics, you have to make do with pec’ and ‘cep ads of individuals doing all kinds of personal gymmastics so that they’ll be attractive enough to lure someone into doing mutual gymnastics with them. Whew! It’s confusing, but I think I’ ...

we've had some problems getting to this stage, and so haven't been able to keep the blog up to date. So far everything is now working out fine, and we have arrived on site to be able to set up in the light, and the campsite has electricity, so we are ok to get written up today. Hopefully ...

WHAT THE BROCHURE SAID: The Col de Port (1249m) is a beautiful climb and has a great descent to Tarascon.

Unfortunately the rest of the days route is on fairly major roads filed with cars heading for
Andorra to do some tax free shopping. Soaking your feet in thermal waters in Ax is highly
recommended, before taking on the seemingly endless Col de Puymorens (1915m).

We are now ...

... the terrace, but was told I'd have to go inside to get the set menu - no problem, I went inside and sat out on the second floor terrace. I sat around for about 20 minutes, with a group of waiters seemingly on a break, sitting and chatting at a table inside.

I decided to go down to the main floor to get a menu and get some service. The original waitress came back up a few minutes later, informing me that the restaurant was closed. WTF??? Shoddy ...

... pass (right in the middle of a ski hill) and south of Andorra before turning back up to the country. Now PG does things in strange ways but for this I will be eternally grateful. It was beautiful with the sun shining on the snowy peaks, the stone villages in the valley, the ruins of old outposts. Really sugoi!! With all the photo stops and windy road we still managed to get to our hotel by 18:30. They gave me the internet rate I wanted and all is ...

Probably like you, I had no idea there was a country located between France and Spain. Well, turns out there is - a beautiful little country located in the middle of the Pyrenees mountains called Andorra. Though the smallest European country, it has the second longest life expectancy of any country in the world and is renowned for ...

I woke up at about half past five and pulled myself from my bed- half five really is far too early after a night on the town. After getting massively lost in the corridors of the Centric Hostel (painting all the doors the same colour was a cruel trick) I eventually stumbled down to the desk and checked out. About ten minutes later I got to the bus station and managed to procure a bottle of water from the one vending machine in the whole place that actually worked (if you get ...

... not exactly the best snow, however Andorra's ski season started the weekend prior so there is a decent covering of snow on the hills and mountains. We head out, with Luis and his daughters also to a hill just behind their apartment, very convenient but deceptively hard work to walk up. The next hour or so is spent going down the hill very fast on sleds and then walking back up considerably slower. Sian did her best to try and hurt one of the children by ...

... couch still snoring. I find the kids can speak basic English so help teach them how to count and colours in English. They are bright kids. Today is the best day. Snow day, and what better way to start a snow day than a trip sledging. I keenly invite the kids to come along too and we find ourselves climbing a 100 metre long hill just behind their house. Perfect. I step forward first offering to take one of the kids down with me. A sledge with a ...

... a little day trip and I got an absolute gusher on the coach home. It would not stop. Kay had to run up and down the aisle blagging tissues off people, which I crammed to my face in an ever increasing ball. When we got back to our room I peeled it from my face and dropped the whole lot into the bath, leaving a scene not disimilar to the shower in Psycho. When I took my coat off it turned out that quite a lot of blood had ...