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Lewis ventures across the water to Alcatraz, the island prison

  “Break the rules and you go to prison. Break the prison rules and you go to Alcatraz.” Anonymous Luckily for Lewis the Lion, he had friends who had visited San Francisco before. One of his friends, Warren, reminded him … Continue reading

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Lewis learns some new tricks at the Apple Store

Lewis the Lion was having a few hiccups with his Ipad computer which he uses to write his blog so he decided that he would wait till he got to America before getting some help as he knew that the … Continue reading

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Lewis strolls through the Golden Gate Park

When Lewis the Lion first arrived in San Francisco and was given a city map in his hostel, he was surprised at the size of the city’s huge park: the Golden Gate Park. This rectangular shaped park, he discovered is … Continue reading

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A buck or a dime? Lewis learns about the American currency

Lewis the Lion had already had some practice with converting Sterling to the US Dollar on his worldwide adventure, as he discovered that it was the currency in Ecuador when he had travelled there. (Check out this blog post to … Continue reading

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Lewis discovers San Francisco street life

Lewis the Lion arrived late into San Francisco and was lucky just to make the local train, the BART into the city centre. He had to nudge Helen at one point because she had started to drift off to sleep … Continue reading

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Lewis heads north out of Mexico to the USA

Lewis the Lion couldn’t quite believe how quickly his journey around the world was whizzing on by. His two weeks in Mexico had been action-packed. He’d learnt so much about the Mexican culture and some of the various histories that … Continue reading

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Lewis listens to some Mariachi music

Strains of mariachi music had filled the hot and humid air since Lewis the Lion had arrived in Mexico. He felt that it was a suitable send off when he heard some more just as he was departing from Cancun … Continue reading

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Lewis hears about a Mayan prophecy for 2012!

Lewis the Lion discovered that the year 2012 is very auspicious for the Mayans. With their love of star gazing and fascination with time, the end of 2012 marks the start of a new beginning. This is quite something considering … Continue reading

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Lewis visits some Mayan ruins on a beach

As we all know, Lewis the Lion is a very, very lucky lion and yet again he was lucky enough to visit perhaps one of the prettiest places on the Yucatan Peninsula: Tulum. Some of his Italian friends had advised … Continue reading

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Lewis visits a Mayan Wonder of the World: Chichen Itza

It was another early rise for Lewis the Lion as he had another exciting adventure ahead of him. Today was the day he was going to learn something about another great Latin American civilisation: the Mayans of North-East Mexico. Unlike … Continue reading

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