Author Archives: Paul

Hurrah!!!

Hurrah for Google’s caching!!! It’s cached almost every post we’ve ever made! I will be copying the text over and repopulating the blog over the next few days. Meanwhile, take a look at this lovely link and click on the … Continue reading

Posted in Webby | Leave a comment

Web server hacked and database deleted :(

Hi everyone This morning I received the following email from Web Mania, the people that I use to host our web site: Unfortunately an attacker has been able to gain access to server 18 by using an exploit in a … Continue reading

Posted in Webby | Leave a comment

Red pepper and chilli soup

This yummy, hot and tangy soup is zero rated on the Weight Watchers scale. It’s also incredibly easy to make. 4 large red peppers, deseeded + roughly chopped 1 onion chopped One garlic clove, squished /chopped Tablespoon of tomato puree … Continue reading

Posted in Veggie recipes | Tagged | 1 Comment

How to make a pisco sour

After extolling the virtues of the Pisco sour upon my introduction to them in Chile, I have been meaning to put up the recipe for them. First, though, it seems that getting Pisco in the UK might be tricky. I’ve … Continue reading

Posted in Travelling, Veggie recipes | Tagged | 1 Comment

High and dry in Chile

Over the last week or so we’ve been to the driest place in the world (Atacama desert) and also the highest we’ve ever been (Parque Nacional Lauca – 4750m). It was a bit of a change going from the wet … Continue reading

Posted in Travelling | Leave a comment

Lost comments!!!

Previously… on our blog http://www.paulandbecs.co.uk Our round the world blog Mon, 04 Jun 2007 14:11:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 http://www.paulandbecs.co.uk/?p=88#comment-193 Sun, 20 May 2007 03:44:01 +0000 http://www.paulandbecs.co.uk/?p=88#comment-193 see you very soon and happy birthday to becs again! love from all the d-v’s! … Continue reading

Posted in Travelling | Leave a comment

Rapa Nui (Easter Island)

The locals prefer the island’s original name of Rapa Nui rather than the various translations of the day it was “discovered” by Europeans (Easter Island, Isla de Pascua, Ile de Pacques etc). Not much to say that can do the … Continue reading

Posted in Travelling | Leave a comment

The pisco sour

An introduction needs to be made: the Pisco sour. I had one last night for ukp1.50 and it beats a whiskey sour hands down. Pisco is a chilean (and also peruvian) brandy and they add lemon, sugar and egg white … Continue reading

Posted in Travelling | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

More NZ photos

We are in Piction about to get the ferry. The 10am was cancelled cos of dodgy lifeboat derricks, so we are hanging about. Just enough time to upload some photos in fact… but not quite enough time to label them. … Continue reading

Posted in Photography, Travelling | Leave a comment

More photos for your viewing pleasure

Australia – 35 new pics added http://flickr.com/photos/paulandbecs/sets/72157594572683336/ New Zealand http://flickr.com/photos/paulandbecs/sets/72157600032152737/

Posted in Photography, Travelling | Leave a comment