Visas? Bad weather!
Weeks of preparation, lots of paperwork and forms, a stressful visit to London to lodge our visa application. Today our […]
Bureaucracy
Johannesburg – here we come
Visas arrived, so we’re finally on our way. Passports, tickets, camera … once upon a time!
September 15th 1981
A hectic day… but I’ll come to that. The night was great, Val inside her new bag, + me double-bagged.
September 16th 1981
Woke up very early, tho’ I didn’t exactly realise how early, until I drove into town +, managing to find
November 17th 1981
Considering it really wasn’t a very big car, we managed to get a surprisingly good night’s sleep. We were parked
November 27th 1981
A bad day today. Said goodbye to Henry, but the Germans were either asleep or out. We headed off once
December 2nd 1981
The usual train station good morning – a prod with a broom. And it was at some unearthly hour as
February 4th 1982
Immediately after an early breakfast, I shot off to the Tikal school. Last night, Pedro had promised me a present
February 23rd 1982
A long + tiring day. We began by heading first to the Tourism office, where we bought a map, +
February 24th 1982
Up with the lark, packed, + on our way. Well, we had a long way to go, heading all the
March 8th 1982
American Express day today. The day we reaped the harvest of our dishonesty, + collected another $1500. That was what
March 16th 1982
Every morning the same – the same trek to the same bakery to buy the same sort of bread for