North America

Asian art museum

Ringing in the New Year at the Asian Art Museum

After landing in LA the day before christmas, we decided to drive up and spend New Year’s Eve in San Fran. However all of my internet searches revealed that we’d missed booking the bay cruise dinners, people actually bagged their…
LA

10 things we loved about LA

It has taken me thirty-nine years to visit LA (America)! I hasten to add that for at least the last fifteen of those years I have dragged my feet about visiting the good ole USA, muttering things about their disastrous…
yacht

20 things I learned living aboard a yacht

Following our very successful canal boat experience in Gloucester, we decided to spend some time living aboard a boat in La Paz, Baja California. On our trip to Mexico in January 2018, we signed on the dotted line to spend…
CSI

Get your geek on with CSI Las Vegas

From the moment CSI Las Vegas graced our screens, we were addicted! This was WAY back in the early 2000s though when digital TV was just getting started. However; we could rarely watch an entire season with the episodes in…
Whale Shark

What to expect snorkelling with whale sharks

When we were given an opportunity to assist with researching whale sharks we seized it with both hands and headed for La Paz in Mexico’s Baja California South.  We were all so excited to swim with these elegant beasts and…

Where to eat vegan in Mahahual Mexico

Being vegan in Mahahual was incredibly challenging and very costly. Each meal cost us around 400-500 pesos which is roughly £15-19/$21-26.  So in a bid to save money we attempted to only eat two meals a day and buy our…