I really want to send my thanks all those wonderful people who have taken the time to either make comments on the blog, emailed me directly or spoken to me. Their encouragement has been invaluable in helping me to continue to keep this account of our travels. Thank you, thank you, thank you from the bottom of my heart.

In this light, I hope that you will permit me a last indulgence. This set of images are mostly those that didn’t make the blog for lack of a place in the story line. I include them for the simple reason that I like them, and I hope you will enjoy them too! They more or less follow the sequence of the trip as it unfolded.

In the window of the Halloween Shop in Santa Barbara, USA

A women leads in Mans image – the Star of India, San Diego USA.

The three wise owls of Antigua, Guatamala

Vying for selfie rights in Manta Equador

The trawl net pulley dwarfs the fisherman on this trawler in Manta, Equador

Following the leader in Chan Chan, Trujillo, Peru

Oh, what a hansom fellow!

Most large cities are drowning in a sea of cars. Lima Peru

Another hansom fellow in Lima, Peru

This does not look like a joyous gathering in Lima Peru

There is a serious debate happening in the middle of this small crowd in Lima Peru.

Did the architect of this church in Lima, Peru, have the needs of the pigeons in mind?

A lonely hut in which someone must spend the day in Mille Flores, Peru

The locals ignore the rumpy-pumpy happening in the background : Love Park , Mille Flores, Peru

On a crumbling wall in Coquimbo Chile, this amazing piece of street art.

Difficult to make out what this shop is actually selling : Valparaiso, Chile

These for sale on a street stall : Valparaiso, Chile

Lesson on how to get in the way of a folk dance : Valparaiso Chile

Entropy in action : Puerto Montt, Chile

Tourist shop : Puerto Montt, Chile.

In the channels of the Chilean Fiords.

Reflections in the channels of the Chilean Fiords.

Brujo Glacier off the Canal Sarmiento in the Chilean Fiords

We call them vandals, but what are they trying to tell us? : Bus shelter in Puerto Arenus Chile

Sunset in Ushuaia, Argentina

The very British Falkland Islands

Seaweed and stone in the Falkland Islands

It takes a bit of a run up to get into the air : Falkland Islands

Such beauty! : Somewhere in the South Atlantic

Around the harbours everything is so king size : Montevideo, Uruguay

There was a time when the Brits and Argentinians were friendly : Central station Buenos Aires, Argentina

Love the shapes in this sculptured butterfly : Buenos Aires, Argentina

Making an effort to deal with the rubbish : Buenos Aires, Argentina

Larger than life : Buenos Aires, Argentina

Shrine on the beach : Punta del Este, Uruguay

Christ the Redeemer : Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Portside in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

With so much wealth around, how are we allowing this? : Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Mother and Child in the Cathedral : Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

On a quiet Sunday the Selaron Steps give joy to many : Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Beach bar : Malaga, Southern Spain

They have big knockers in Malaga, Southern Spain.

Evening in the quiet of the Sierra Nevada, Southern Spain

Clouds but no rain in the Sierra Nevada, Southern Spain

Granada, Southern Spain

Stone work : Granada, Southern Spain

What’s up? : Granada, Southern Spain

The beautiful walk up to the Alhambra : Granada, Southern Spain

Those Romans really built to last : Cordoba Southern Spain

The back wall of the Mezquita-Catedral de Cordoba, Southern Spain

An art class in Cordoba, Southern Spain

Lots of symbols here : Cordoba, Southern Spain.

Evening practice for an Andalusian stallion and rider : Cordoba, Southern Spain

Endless olive groves in Southern Spain

The Puente Nuevo casts its shadows in Ronda, Southern Spain

Andalusian Ceramics in Ronda, Southern Spain

And always at my side, the lovely Jacqui!

Until next time

Alan