Central Asia (Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan)

Cuba 2007

I'd said that I wanted to go to Cuba before Fidel died - and so as I anticipated that his years were coming to an end, I thought I had better do it now. In saying that, I'd not comprehended what it meant to go to a socialist country - I mean, I had been to China, the last bastion of communism - how different could Cuba be?

Right: Drinking a rum and grapefruit drink in a farmer's house in Vinales, Cuba.

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Peru 2007

A return to the country that I had lived in for years - more than a holiday it was a return home... To the right, a picture of Ariana reaching the highest point (4600 metres) on the Ancascocha trek. For group emails from this action filled month...

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Indonesia 2007

Australia's nearest neighbour and yet a world away... Always a little discouraged by the Bali image I'd put off an Indonesia - only to discover that closeby was a wonderful archipelego of tropical islands, each with a different culture and so much to explore... I took classes in the unique Balinese instrument Gamelan (right)

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Myanmar (Burma)

Without a doubt Burma is our favourite country in the world. This seems rather ironic as the democracy leader Aung San Su Kyi advises tourists not to visit. Yet the people are wonderfully generous and unspoiled and following our first trip in 2004, we returned 14 months later in 2006.

Judy is pictured here in little visited Rakhaine province where our ferry between Sittwe and Thandwe made a "tea stop" and women and children followed us curiously in the street. Enter here

Peru 2005

For two years Ariana shared a home with about 45 people and 13 children in a communal house in the historic suburb of San Pedro, Cusco. She shared with this family many birthdays, religious holidays and even the birth of Eddy (small boy on right of picture.) For anecdotes and stories from Peru

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Sapo champs - dos gringas and the italian stallion

Thomas, Honni and I won the Sumaq Misky Sapo competition... What is sapo you say? Its the game of the incas and involves throwing coins into a frog's (sapo) mouth... Its much harder that it sounds and our win involved literally weeks of training before hand. For the 2005 Photo Gallery Enter here.

India 2004

They say that you either love it or hate it... India was a big challenge for us, a trio of women. It's like no other place on earth, its a complete assault on the senses, 24 hours a day. Ruins, palaces, exotic culture and spicy foods... India has it all...

We shared these travels with fellow Walpolian Kristel and celebrated her 21st birthday in fine style in Khajuraho.

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