It was with sadness but also excitement that I left behind Venice Beach to head off to LA airport for my final flight home. Excitement to see all my family and friends again but sadness for the end of an incredible journey. I had visited 16 countries (17 if you count staying in the airport in Kuala Lumpa) and a total of 122 places. I had done activities I had never imagined such as white water rafting, glacier climbing and sky diving. I had also met an incredible...

I flew to Los Angeles slightly apprehensive of the grilling I would get again at passport control. Clearly spending three weeks in Mexico sounded like a drug run. Fortunately the only odditiy I had, was having to show a second form of ID besides my passport. The lovely officer decided not to ask me any questions and happily stamped me through. Phew! I still want to know why Houston had such an issue.So having been allowed in the States, I made my way to Holl...

Unlike the other capitals I had visited, Mexico City just seemed to appear. There was no view to look out over the city, but just a gradual increase of houses and traffic. Mexico City was built on a drained lake and as a result the City has massive problems with flooding and subsidence. This was apparent as we reached the city limits and encountered the road completely covered in water. Vehicles were slowly edging through it and the water definitely came up to so...

My first thought about Oaxaca was how the hell to pronounce it. Put simply it is Wa-ha-koh. Obvious hey! This town appeared to me to be a larger more cosmopolitan version of San Cristobal. I found I was staying in a lovely hostel, and combined with the relaxing nature of the place, I was soon feeling a lot better.Theoretically Oaxaca is the heart of a region whose highly creative populace produces the country's finest range of crafts and some of its most exciting...

Still feeling a bit worse for wear, I took a day bus to the stunning town of San Cristobal de las Casas. Fortunately the simplicity and serenity here did much to restore my health. Set within the mountains and surrounded by pine trees it had a very Swiss feel about it. The grid like setting of the town also afforded views of beautiful houses, painted in pastel colours or window sill in more stronger blues and reds. It was clean, cool, sunny and just very pretty....