SimonBurchell
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My first trip abroad was to Bolivia and Peru in the mid-1990s, I loved the Latin American culture but was frustrated at my inability to communicate - so I learnt Spanish and set out from Mexico City in the late 90s, three months exploring central and southern Mexico before moving on to Guatemala, where I met my wife and ended up living for a number of years. From there I was able to make repeated forays to surrounding countries (Mexico, Honduras and El Salvador). I still return regularly to Guatemala. I've also, over the past 10 years or so, made increasing forays into Europe (Denmark, Sweden, Poland, Italy, Portugal and, of course, many trips to Spain (a very easy destination since I speak fluent Spanish). I love Latin America and southern Europe - warm climate, good food and friendly people!@SimonBurchell
Re https://forums.forteana.org/index.p...where-do-you-stand.11500/page-12#post-2237785
Was it always central/south Americas for you Simon?
(Sometimes all it takes is a tv programme when you're young).
What fascinated me many years ago was a photo of an "Aztec" pyramid in a school textbook in middle school - actually a black-and-white photo of the Ciudadela at Teotihuacan - some centuries older than the Aztecs - when I first sat down in front of it in 1998, I couldn't believe I was there!
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