San Salvador

Now to the present... left Bolivia and am now in San Salvador. Will be here til Wednesday morning and then off to Nicaragua and Honduras, then back to El Salvador (that covers about the next three weeks). Most of you know I actually was a little disappointed with central america last time I was here, and I confess that on second glance, I'm not sure my opinion has changed. The people are really nice, and i love the tropical feel and the natural parts of the landscape are stunning, but the cultural landscape is dominated by shopping malls, big cars and fast food outlets. I went to try and get a few things from the shops today and the mall was awful- and I am generally not too anti mall, i like a bit of a shop anywhere really, but it was noisy and it was very difficult to get there by foot and i just thought, god help us if this is the way the world is going! Anyway, other than that, its not so bad to be here... the hotel is nice and the people are nice and I am looking forward to going to the office tomorrow and catching up with my friends from last time I was here.

Bolivia by Horse

Next was two weeks in my beloved Bolivia. It was lovely as usual. Nothing particularly exciting to report but its just nice. Did a few fun things while there including going to a 'dance party' which involved the basement of someones house, beers and two cuban dance instructors and was basically a group dance lesson where you get to drink beer in between songs and laugh alot and be silly which was very fun. I also went horseriding one day which was beautiful.

Lake Burley Geneva

Next stop was Geneva. Had four days there for work. It was nice to see my team all in one place, and also Sue Graves and Vic Wheeler were in town so got to go and catch up with them which was fun. The weather was grey and rainy until the last day I was there, when I took the opportunity to walk along the lake. It was lovely with people out drinking along the waterfront, lovely spring flowers in bloom and even people sailing. Lake Geneva has a fountain the same as Canberra’s and Sue had said she and her sister used to jokingly call it Lake Burley Geneva… so it was fitting that while I was walking along a sailing boat with an Australian flag was cruising under the fountain, just in case I was missing Canby!

London with Hot Dog and Cathy

Sorry for being a terribly slack blogger this trip. Can't use work as an excuse this time, it has been busy enough but less busy than usual, but have actually managed to fit a tiny bit of having a life in too. So anyway, I will do a blog for each country to stick with tradition. Starting with London... I mentioned that I went back there and went out on the town with Hot Dog Dave and Cathy, so here is a bit of a photo of Davy to prove it...

I love Bolivia

Hello from Bolivia. This is a test

Sardinia

ok, photos are below. It's hard to believe there could be quite so many beautiful blue beaches! Sardinia was just lovely. The amazing coastline is relatively undeveloped which makes it really nice. We did not very much at all except lay on beaches, go on a boat trip, eat pasta, seafood, gelati and drink loads of wine (not very good for diet!). All in all a relaxing and delightful holiday. Went back to London for a few days and caught up with Hot Dog Dave- went out on the town with him and Cathy and then sneaked off to Geneva with a bit of a hangover! In Geneva now for work until Friday and then on to Bolivia.

Holiday in Sardinia, then London, now Geneva