Third to last flight on Interjet which was very similar to AeroMexico…loads of room, although we did have to pay for baggage which was a surprise. San Francisco on first glance, reminds me of a cross between Auckland and Wellington but with fog, not wind. The people are super friendly and polite with downtown (where we were staying in a hostel just next to Union Square) full of skyscrapers and colonial buildings. Restaurants and food markets abound everywhere...

I have to say Aeroméxico was one of the best airlines we have flown to date…love the legroom. Flight no. 27 down, three more to go. Oaxaca is a little beauty. A city of around 250,000 people tucked at the nexus of three mountain-flanked valleys and filled with colourful colonial buildings amongst cobbled streets, brimming with fabulous craft markets and street food stalls day and night. The city is centred around the tree lined Zócalo (town square) which we ...

Wow that was a long flight; 11.5 hours! I was surprisingly OK, but Josh suffered a bit as he was squashed in the tiny economy seats and only got up once. Welcome to Mexico! Mexico City is massive, it is like a huge flat smog filled tortilla with a mere 22 million people. Quite staggering for us to comprehend. We were a little nervous as we had heard so many bad things about Mexico being dangerous, kidnappings, shootings, muggings. The list goes on. Don’t go o...

We arrived on Christmas Eve although in the Czech Republic they celebrate Christmas on Christmas Eve. After a hair raising overly expensive taxi ride to our hotel right in the centre of the old town, Josh realised he left his passport on the plane so after a few frantic phone calls he went back to the airport and luckily managed to get it back. In the meantime, the rest of us went into town. When a relieved Josh turned up, we headed out to the Old Town Square wh...

Sevilla, Spain I had forgotten just how pretty you are! For some reason I cannot remember it at all even though I know we went there. Quite nice as I get to discover it all over again. Our three-star boutique hotel is more like a five star hotel. It reminded us of a Morocco Riad. Not surprising with all the Moorish influence evident everywhere, including even a Medina. We stayed in the Jewish Quarter (judería) which is just near the Catedral & Giralda in th...