Well one could mistake this person for the hunchback of Notre Dame! Alas its me all dressed up for the mosque – yes yet another mosque. We are starting to suffer not from ABC disease but ABM disease (another bloody mosque for those of you … Continue readingLuxor – by Deb
On our first morning in Aswan we were picked up early by our guide Saidz for our tour to the High Dam, unfinished Obelisk & the Philae Temple. He spoke beautifully and was quite knowledgeable about the sites we were visiting. As he had let … Continue readingAswan & Abu Simbel – by Mike
Due to the surprising amount of requests the on-going CohenRosenberg Adventures continues. After a great week in Manchester catching up with all the cousins (thanks again Mark & Ruth) we found Jason at London airport & continued on to Cairo. The first day was spent … Continue readingCairo – by Mike
Unlike most of the other towns we have visited Phonsavan has not reached a level of friendliness to it’s tourists. The locals are alright but the tour operators are arseholes. There are some great things to do here but it is overshadowed by a darker … Continue readingPlain of Jars
Abandoning the number headings ’cause it’s too hard to remember what day it is. Deb last wrote about our final day in Chiang Mai, next we spent 9 hours on a bus heading to the north until we hit the Mekong river which at this … Continue readingSlow Boat to Indo-China
OK so I said I wouldn’t blog…..but it’s early and the hostel is great and has FREE internet, so…. Day 1 The boss has me racing to catch skytrain to get to the river so we can go up and down get off get on…etc. … Continue readingChiang Mai
Our last stop and what a land. Way up in the Guatemalen highlands a volcano collapsed and created a lake of some 120 sq klms. Over the centuries small towns have emerged around the lake and we spent 5 days exploring most of them. Each … Continue readingLake Atitlan
This town is like a large Trinidad, Cuba..in that it is full of wonderful old Spanish colonial buildings and very touristy…but in a good way. Heaps of Cafes and restaurants but not much live music. The town is surrounded on 3 sides by mountains and … Continue readingAntigua
Imagine a national park with 10,000 hills…fairly easy, now imagine if each of those hills was actually a Mayan temple or other structure that was merely overgrown. Now you have an idea of what Tikal is like. We arrived about 3>00pm yesterday and spent a … Continue readingTikal
This is an island off Belize that is approximately 800m long and around 20m wide at its thinnest. It has one main street and a couple of lanes. There are no vehicles to speak of except golf carts which also operate as taxis. The main … Continue readingCaye Caulker