French resort looks for ‘creamers’

Posted on Apr 13, 2010 under Blog update, Travel news | No Comment

That doesn’t sound right. But it’s in France so it must be ok. An Atlantic resort is actually seeking applicants for the position of suntan lotion applier.
Les Sables d’Olonne, is offering €850 (£750) a week to one man and one woman to rub lotion on to tourists from mid-July to late August.
The two “creamers”, as they [...]

Madagascar? That’s just a film innit?

Posted on Apr 13, 2010 under Travel news | 8 Comments

Crikey, it’s no wonder parents are terrified of letting their kids travel the world on gap years. It’s surprising they make it to the right country at all.
A study has revealed that 1 in 10 Brits between the ages of 18 and 30 think Kazakhstan is a fictional place from the film Borat and 8% [...]

An Education

Posted on Mar 25, 2010 under Blog update | 5 Comments

A young Indian boy with adorable curly hair and a yellow checked shirt that has been buttoned up wrong runs past to try and catch a scrawny puppy that has worked itself free from the tree it has been tied to. Before anyone can tell him to be careful, the boy is out of sight.
We’re [...]

Peru hits me with a Brazil nut

Posted on Mar 25, 2010 under Blog update | No Comment

Well, after a quiet few days with nothing to report (apart from the fact that I treated myself to a manicure and pedicure – it cost me all of £4 in Miraflores) it all seemed to happen yesterday.
I was waiting for Rhonda to arrive and didn’t really know what to do with myself so I [...]

Heading north, turning red and heading south again

Posted on Mar 25, 2010 under Blog update | No Comment

In Huanchaco (near Trujillo in the north of Peru) now which is a small fishing village with nice beaches. It’s popular with surfy types, might even give it a go myself.
I’m trying to make my way up to Ecuador but it’s so chilled out around here I’m not sure if I’ll make it.
I should be [...]

Nazca Lines and inner ear issues

Posted on Mar 24, 2010 under Blog update | No Comment

Well, I wasn’t sick. But I did feel terrible and couldn’t look at the actual lines for very long. I was a complete wreck when I came off and was very shaky. I had taken travel sickness pills and was wearing those band things on my wrists but they didn’t stop me feeling like the [...]

Living with the locals

Posted on Mar 24, 2010 under Blog update | 2 Comments

We then went to back to Cusco… LOVE IT THERE!! The main square is gorgeous and all the buildings have been kept in their original state, unlike Lima where all the buildings are much more modern.
We had a couple of mad nights that involved much too much alcohol and silly dancing and then we had [...]

Star trekker

Posted on Mar 24, 2010 under Blog update | No Comment

I did it! Was a bit on the tricky side but by the time we started I had adapted quite well to the altitude and that didn’t really cause many problems. It was hard to catch my breath but I had fewer problems with the altitude than most. In fact I finished the second day [...]

Penis pots and bananas

Posted on Mar 23, 2010 under Blog update | 1 Comment

Erotic ceramics. Lima has a whole museum dedicated to erotic ceramics. They like their fertility symbols here and it was hard to keep the sniggering to a minimum. At the Rafael Herrera Larco Museum there were men depicted having sex with animals, dead people, being rather dominant with women etc. It was all a bit disturbing [...]

Goooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaal!

Posted on Mar 15, 2010 under Blog update | 4 Comments

South American football. Absolutely crazy. That was an experience. Never been to a football game like that in my life, the atmosphere was amazing. Peru were playing Ecuador in a World Cup qualifying match in Lima and we’d managed to get tickets for 25 soles, so about a fiver.
When we got to the stadium there [...]

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