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How to be a good listener
April 15th, 2016 by Roger Darlington
You might think that listening is easy; after all, we are kind of doing it all the time. But really listening is a skill that often has to be learned. As I revive my Friday tradition of blogging on my life skills advice, I venture to offer this guidance on “How To Be A Good […]
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A wonderful weekend with our granddaughter Catrin
April 11th, 2016 by Roger Darlington
Regular readers of NightHawk will know that I have a granddaughter called Catrin whom I used to see every week for the first four and a half years of her life. But then, last summer, her parents moved to Nairobi and so I see her much more rarely these days. I’ve been over there twice […]
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An account of our recent visit to Mexico
April 9th, 2016 by Roger Darlington
If you are a regular visitor to NighHawk, you will have seen a total of 15 postings written during our recent two-week holiday in Mexico. I have now brought all these postings together into a single narrative which you can read here.
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What I missed most while in Mexico
April 5th, 2016 by Roger Darlington
I’ve just returned from a wonderful two-week holiday in Mexico. I took my iPad and managed to access the Internet in each of the hotels where we stayed – but, oh, how intermittent and how slow it was. It was like being back on dial-up and I spent long minutes watching that thin blue line […]
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Highlights of Mexico (15): Chichen Itza
April 4th, 2016 by Roger Darlington
It was the last full day of our holiday – Day 12 (Sunday) – and Cox and Kings had managed to organise the programme so that effectively the best had been saved to the last: a visit to the famous Mayan ruins of Chichen Itza. Roger and Vee were awake at 5.45 am (the clocks […]
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Highlights of Mexico (14): Uxmal and Kabah
April 3rd, 2016 by Roger Darlington
Day 11 (Saturday) was spent visiting two small Mayan sites to the south of Merida. As usual, our local guide was keen to leave earlier than the official programme so that we avoided the crowds and the heat, so we departed at 8 am instead of 9 am. Driving through Merida confirmed just how pretty […]
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Highlights of Mexico (13): Merida
April 2nd, 2016 by Roger Darlington
Day 10 (Friday) was another flight and another state. To give ourselves good time for dressing, packing and breakfast, we were up at 6 am as we were departing the Chan Kahn Resort outside Palenque at 8 am. Since there are no flights to Merida from Palenque, we made the two hour drive to the […]
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Highlights of Mexico (12): Palenque
April 1st, 2016 by Roger Darlington
Often on these exotic holidays, Roger succumbs to some kind of stomach upset while Vee has a stomach of steel. Day 9 (Thursday) began early for Roger with three bouts of ‘Montezuma’s revenge’ which meant no breakfast at all. Fortunately Imodium did the trick and he was able to proceed with the programme. Today was […]
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Highlights of Mexico (11): from San Cristobal de las Casas to Palenque
March 31st, 2016 by Roger Darlington
Day 8 (Wednesday) was essentially another travelling day so it was an early start again: alarm at 5 am and departure from the hotel at 6.15 am with a packed breakfast. We were journeying from San Cristobal de las Casas north to Palenque in our minibus along a single lane road – a trip of […]
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Highlights of Mexico (10): San Cristobal de las Casas
March 30th, 2016 by Roger Darlington
Day 7 (Tuesday) was a much easier day since we were just in and around San Cristobal de las Casas and we did not leave the hotel until 9.10 am. Located at 2,200 metres (7,200 feet), which gives the town a cooler feel, San Cristobal de las Casas was founded in 1528 by Diego de […]
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