So now my friends I have a bright and bold bathroom floor. I was anxious at the beginning it would be too much, especially with all the crisis hangovers, but I love it.
THE MATURE ART OF TRAVELLING ALONE. MY NEW EMAIL IS: OldBirdTravels@proton.me PLEASE LIKE AND SHARE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE POST!
Category: GALLERIES, MUSEUMS AND ARCHAEOLOGY.
All the culture you want and dream of.
REBECCA LOST IN THE FORBIDDEN CITY. BEIJING CHINA.
As awful as my train arrival (initiation by fire) had been and my crying into my t-shirt covered filthy pillow the previous night, nothing could have prepared me for the onslaught of rabid Chinese tourists and misery of the Forbidden City. (
IN BOGOTA, COLOMBIA ALL THAT GLITTERS REALLY IS GOLD.
I must be honest it was a relief to be in the shiny new bit of Bogota and not be watching my possessions so hysterically, there’s no doubt that although much improved there’s a tense edgy feel in town even with a lot of police with guns evident in some parts.
RUSSIA AND ST. PETERSBURG ROCK!
OR OF TZARS AND PALACES and THE HERMITAGE AND ALL THINGS GLITTERY AND GOLD.
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MEDELLIN, COLOMBIA. THE DRUG CARTELS AND ESCOBAR!
Call me paranoid, but such is the power of this mans legend, I’m not publishing this until I’ve left Colombia, Pablo did bring down a passenger jet too and I don’t want to jinx my flight!
THE ONLY PERSON HAVING A NEW KITCHEN PUT IN AT THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT!!
OR. I’LL SAVE MY VITRIOL, CONSPIRACY THEORIES AND HISSY FITS TIL LATER WHEN IT’S ALL NORMAL AGAIN.
ALERT: This is a very late post but because of being on the road due to having a new kitchen fitted and my house being unfit to live in. I stayed in Richmond first hence going to Hampton Court the following day all was closed in the vicinity so no Ham House etc. Then the hotels all closed so I was kicked out of Z Hotel and finally returned home to chaos and builders dust and god knows what other filth. So from the lockdown I have been piecing my house back together and unpacking and sterilising all my shit and giving it all new order. In other words I’ve been too fucking busy and freaked out to write. Each surface I clean and old things that turn up make me feel, much like the lock in this will pass organically and all will be well. Semi normality has returned so now this old bird will sing again.
Continue reading THE ONLY PERSON HAVING A NEW KITCHEN PUT IN AT THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT!!
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OF STONE WATERFALLS. HIERVE EL AGUA, MERIDA, MEXICO.
Or infinity pools in heaven.
Alert: this was posted ages ago but now fits in sequentially and bears a second look at. I am updating it as I was in a rush before and this place would go on my top 10 list of places to go in the world!
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SUMMARY OF COLOMBIA AND PERU TRIP.
Or old birds must travel there!
Such highs and lows, much like the mountains to the plains. God I have loved this adventure.
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CENTRAL AMERICA, GUATEMALA AND BELIZE. A SUMMARY.
Or I loved it but it’s harsh….. oh, and Belize the same.
ALERT: I’M SHOWING YOU THE PRETTY PICTURES SO I DON’T PUT YOU OFF COMING HERE WITH WHAT I SAY! A LOT OF GUATEMALA HASN’T BEEN POSTED YET AND THIS IS ONLY GETTING DONE AS I’VE BUGGERED MY FOOT HERE IN MEXICO SO AM HAVING TIME OUT AND REST AT THE POSH MARRIOT IN VILLAHERMOSA.
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LAST LOOK AT COLOMBIA AND PERU.
You know that you’ve reached the end of the line when you start taking pictures of your bedroom floor tiles (however pretty) and that it’s time to leave!
Old Bird Travels Solo! 