Travels with Hayley

Today started with an egg white omelette with squash blossom at the hotel restaurant – don’t worry, I’ve not turned into some kind of health nut, I just really wanted to try squash blossoms! Turns out they are very tasty and taste rather like sautéd greens, so now we are all educated on that and…

Up before the larks (or the Mexican bird equivalent I suppose…) as the car picked me up at 5.20 to head out towards the pyramids. Hilarity ensued as I got straight into the drivers seat, I forgot it’s the opposite side here! ‘Do you want to drive?’ asked Juan Carlos – only a person who…

Welcome to Mexico! Or ‘Meh-hee-co’ as I’ll be pretentiously pronouncing it for the duration, obviously… Day 1 was entirely taken up with getting here, lovely flight with BA, tons of leg room and delicious food – how often can you say that! My home for the next 5 nights is the Hotel Zocalo Central and…

Determined to get one last, early morning walk in (I leave for the airport tomorrow at 6.30am), I got up and had a wander around town. Having done the more touristy side last night I headed for the local area which was centred along one long main road with shops selling everything from agricultural equipment…

Day 14 So day 14 and 15 are being updated together as unfortunately Day 14 was a bit of a wash out. I’d obviously eaten something that didn’t agree with me at some point so was up in the night with a sore stomach. With the aid of medication, water and prayer to all and…

Sitting by the pool by 6.45 this morning, watching a big family of Cambodian kids, Mum, Dad and Grandma all splashing about in their life jackets and having a whale of a time. Grandpa stayed away from the frolics and very seriously carried out his morning stretches and exercise regime watching from the side. The…