TweetIt’s been a busy month back in Old Blighty and I now find myself back at work working in Playout 6 on the Virgin Media Channels. It hasn’t taken long to get back in to the swing of things and I’ve rather amazed myself how much I remember about all the systems and work flows. Nothing really has changed in a year at the Bee. Gossip...
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TweetI guess this is my Oscar speech. I sit here in my old bedroom from my teenage days, no more Claudia Schiffer or Cindy Crawford posters on the wall, no Spectrum computer and no green shag carpet. I have over 3000 slides to sift through and plan the next part of this adventure which is to get this exhibition up and running before the end of the...
Read MoreThe Last Call
TweetMy layover in Houston was two hours before I had to get my connecting flight to New York. One and a half hour and I still hadn’t cleared immigration. The queue was immense and it took forever as I was stuck behind a Mexican girl who was getting a grilling by the immigration officer, the poor girl didn’t speak very good English and she was...
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TweetA 6 hour bus ride turned in to 9 as we caught the second class bus to Oaxaca City. The road to Oaxaca wine its way back up the mountain with a stunning view and in some places quite frightening road where by it would be a sheer drop down the canyon without any barriers on the side of the road. We get to our hostel at 10pm and they are fully booked up...
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TweetHelen from New Zealand would be my last travelling companion on my trip. I met her on Caye Caulker in Belize and I had a feeling we would get on from the moment she said she had a hatred for Bono, Coldplay and People who wear Che Gervra merchandise. The 22 year year old was working her way up to LA where she would catch a flight to Ireland where she...
Read MoreThe Wrong Way Round
TweetSome weeks nothing goes right for me, when I have bad luck I seem to get so much bad luck at once. Anyway I guess this is what travelling around the world is all about. After a wonderful and memorable time at Lake Atitlan surely this high couldn’t last for long, Well it lasted about for about 2 hours after I let Pana and caught the bus to Xela....
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