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Archive for November, 2005

Palenque: Encounter on top of Temple of the Cross, or Rod’s Hippy Friend (October 2003)
The second afternoon at the site we just wandered around, absorbing more of the mystique and magic of the place. I (in spite of a fear of heights) managed to climb up the steps to the big temple in the Cross [...]

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Troubles at Valencay

Peacock Pooh on Shoe.
Valencay is a stunning chateau in the Loire Valley, huge, gorgeous, ornate. The gardens and the estate are also enormous and beautiful. A thick green lawn sweeps across to the forest and down the hill to the vineyards. Brown and white spotted deer graze placidly in a pen, and peacocks strut around, [...]

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