Thursday, February 12, 2009
"What!" he said disbelievingly, "They watch England?"
"Yes."
"But… England?"
As I helped scoop up Cristobal's jaw off the floor, his reaction cast my mind back to my travels through Latin...
Comment on this storyTuesday, August 19, 2008
Jamie is 30 and once worked at the Ford factory as an electro-mechanical technician. But that is all behind him now. He decided to take voluntary redundancy and go and travel Central and South America.
He spent ten months backpacking from Guatemala to Chile (via every other country) and on the way had many adventures with thieves, bars, beaches, Colombian jungles, corrupt officials, Salsa music, horses, football and surfing.
He met many people from every country imaginable, including his future wife whom he met in Chile. She is Chilean and he is Welsh so they have lots of interesting conversations about Tom Jones, Pinochet, Roberto Martinez and laver bread.
He is currently working freelance as an English teacher and enjoying it more than he thought he would, given that he used to detest public speaking. enjoys playing football and cricket and loves to learn to read, write, and travel when he can.
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