Via Don Ana

... called Santa Ana. Itīs very beautiful, and not at all like San Salvador. It is clean, and full of young people. Santa Ana actually has El Salvadorīs first University. It seems very artsy and hip. As Kirsten said, the people are amazing! I still canīt ...

... , conducted on milk crates with lots of singing and chatter. I loved their sense of humour and lightheartedness. The conversation flowed easily. Ana had some assignments to do and our long day had made us tired, so we left the party early. Ana had a treat ...

... iconic (Statue of Liberty, Wall Street, Ground Zero, Empire State building - from the Rockafeller, Times Square, Central Park, Harlem!) I don't feel like I'd really got to know its more interesting places such as Soho, East & West villages and ...

... getting to the ruins is a rather adventurous experience. Javier and David inform us that the surest route to Copan from Santa Ana is through Chiquimula, Guatemala. After a cheap breakfast with David at a local pupuseria, we pay $10 each (gasp!) for ...

... abandon me at a time like this, just repeatedly tried to to override Jess's realism with barely encouraging, half hearted utterings of 'don't worry' and 'we'll definitely make it...' And we DID make it. At an imperceptible point in the crossing, the ...

... nbsp;The weather was better - hot & more sunny than Samui.  We explored a bit up on the roof of our hotel, via the fire stairs - don't think we were meant to go up there, but there was a good view of the city. The people in Bangkok were still ...

... lucky. The town is definitely on the quiet side because no one can get into town and the people that were here are all leaving via bus. Since we havenīt had access to internet, radio or TV weīve been out of tune with whatīs been going on in Bolivia. ...

... huge group of reasonably unimpressed looking Japanese tourists jumped out of their warm bus and into the drizzle. We walked along Gran Via to the pedestrian shopping area and took refuge from the rain in the El Corte Ingles department store, where we did ...

... in Fiji.  My friend Justin and I decided to spend two weeks on the main island, where we would transport ourselves via local buses, homestay in a mountain village, soak up the UV rays on beautiful beaches, and take a PADI SCUBA certification ...

... wild horses, or had to get through the mud and the dogs chasing after the van, who knows! The flight left and I sat there thinking, I don't think I will be coming back to this Island in a hurry. I wasn't impressed by it as much as I thought I would be. ...

... sale') at 1 p.m tomorrow. Cesar says that he will meet me at Hostal El Naranjo at 2 p.m. (Clearly he knows something that I don't about posted departure times.) He will settle me onboard the boat then. He has actually taken my hammock and supposedly will ...

... pass everyday. my male friends are very protective of me now more than ever. i feel safe with them around, and i certainly don't feel alone. a journalist called me yesterday, and she's going to write a short article for the corriere dell'umbria. the ...

... a tour of the Peace Tower but are told that all visits are cancelled today due to "an event"...even the guides don't know what it is. As such, Ana and I head back to the locks on the Rideau Canal. This is also particularly photogenic...I, however, am not ...

... and fought a huge wind storm. Day 15 We went to lhete via jomson, met up with graham and Karen again. Day 16 We hiked ...

... grid of enclosed family tombs stretching four miles. The departure from the insanity of Cairo into al Qarafa is quite drastic. Photos don't capture the eeriness the physical presence does, hence I will not be posting any pictures of the few I snapped. We ...

... apartment from Lokrum, I was informed by Dennis and Darren -- the two Croatian-Canadian boys who were also staying there -- that 'Baca' Ana, the crazy Croatian grandmother who lived in the same apartment was making us dinner. We weren't sure if this was a ...

... changing of the guards (a heavily policed exercise behind locked gates with a brass band as accompaniment). We were invited (via Susan Gregory) to Ana`s house.  Ana is a born and bred Peruvian (now living in London) who was back ...

... above are from a mural in one of the spaces. The evening showcased a diverse range of Art from visual to performance. Ana's cousin and I suppose mi prima también had her first solo exhibition. We are big fans Mayuko's work and it was special ...

... before we left home, but not transport). They can't do it, and refer us to the east side of the building. Told here they don't sell tickets, and directed upstairs, where we see a train picture on the window. Ask for a train ticket to Suzdal, told there ...

... ).  But - nooooooooooooooo!!!!!!  It was closed!!!!!!  Why?  WHY?  WHYYYYYYYYYY?!?!?!?!?!?!?   Back to Plaza Santa Ana - 8:30, and still no sign of B&H.  By this time, I was getting restless - there was a crafts ...