David Coats

The highs of Peru

David — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 12:12:33 +0000

I’ve been in Peru little over a week now and I have one word to summarise. High!

I spent three days in Miraflores, Lima, which is really pretty and very western. There are big shopping malls, wide roads and nice places to eat. I even managed to find an english speaking hairdresser for my long-needed haircut. [...]

Hello South America

David — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:06:58 +0000

I’m on the plane from San Jose, Costa Rica to Lima in Peru, 10km above a desert coastline which is presumably Equador. After my last post things changed fairly dramatically. Aoifer couldn’t cross the Costa Rica/Nicaragua border, despite having a photocopy of her old passport, a police report, a document from the Italian (EU) consulate [...]

Nicaraguan Passport thieves

David — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:44:31 +0000

I’m nearing the end of my time in Central America which i’m feeling quite sad about, as this has been such a great place to explore. Despite a few hiccups – breaking camera, damaging iphone and the copious amounts of rain, Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua have been fabulous. They are all such different, [...]

Central American Adventure

David — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 22:35:28 +0000

Been a while since I updated, but I can explain…. I´ve just been having too much fun!

Sydney was simply awesome. Big thanks to Alex and Dorota who were fantastic hosts and showed me a really great time. My Sister is also in Sydney so it was like taking a brief break back home. After Sydney [...]

Denpasar. Origin of the next terrorist attack jets?

David — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 21:05:54 +0000

I arrived in Sydney at 6am on Tuesday morning after a long drawn out flight from Indonesia. Bali’s Denpasar International airport, like much of Indonesia and South Asia in general, is a disorganised chaotic excuse for an airport. I’ve decided at the end of the trip to finish my travel blog with some ’superlatives’ awards [...]