Friday, October 30, 2009

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Love, birds and the wild sea

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We have been seeing lots of these blue-eyed pidgeons about lately. Theyre quite pretty.

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Harry tries the local dish - Ceviche, (raw fish in lime juice, chilli and corriander) and has a foodgasm. I have several photos of this and he's pulling a simmilar expression in each one. Apparently he's not going to eat anything else from now on.

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16th century carved wooden ceiling of the spanish inquisition courtroom

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Winged souls flying above the church. Below the streets, catacombs house 200,000 human skeletons

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Harry picks through the pebbled peruvian shores to find the most beautiful stone

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it was too hard to choose

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kiss!


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If you squint your eyes, maybe that could be me. Harry looks like Wheeler from Captain Planet.

Lima, Peru

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We have our portrait drawn in a busy art market. Will try to post a picture of the outcome. A little hilarious.

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Yes... Harry IS always eating! Here he is with some rice pudding and goopy apple sauce off a cart in the park. Oh, and a nice church.

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You and me forever baby!

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And in Lima the policemen ride segways...

Monday, October 26, 2009

Goodbye Chile, thanks for the 'vomitos'

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Umm... Yeah thats the bit about the major food poisioning and the being on deaths door for 48 hours and having to go to hospital. Another adventure!

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Harry absorbing the culture even as he sleeps on the beach

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And the eccentric owner of the resteraunt will serenade you as the oil goes down...

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THE local dish of Valparisio... Chips, egg, boiled onion and meat. Mmmm... feel the grease beating through your veins...

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For James Mac... Briony and a pair of "Paps"

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Me in Pablo Nerudas windowsill

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The furnicular, a little box like cable cart that takes you up the steep valparaisian cliffs. Built in the 19th century, there are 13 still in operation.

Thursday, October 22, 2009

Santiago and Valparaiso

Hello to all, and welcome back. After a significant break we are again travelling together. Now of course as a boring married couple! But we will do our best to convey the fun of our adventurous honeymoon...

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The mighty Andes stretching forever below our plane

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Hello Llama with a hat! It`s a snazzy hat, we like it.

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Harrys Chilean, Everything in a pot - muscles, fish, steak, bacon, chicken and sausage!

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At the top of st Christobel

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Harry exploring the gastronomic delights to be had...

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Briony and... wait thats not Harry!