Travel

We landed in Dubrovnik after missing our initial approach to the airport and being told that we could not land because of technical issues. Not the words you want to hear above the Adriatic heading for the coast of Italy from Croatia. It was very quiet and tense on Norwegian Air flight crappants. We landed safely, and here is our trip from Dubrovnik to Mostar by car, which was very beautiful and simple, except for the part where the GPS took us up into the mountains to some "locals only" border crossing. the guard held us for a little while and told us in broken English to go back to the shore.The road trip was in my top 10 for sure, right up there with Toulouse to Andorra and Pokhara to Chitwan. If you are considering renting a car and doing this journey -- Do it. We were greeted by fire trucks and had to wait on the plane until after inspection. Second scariest flight ever, according to Kristin. We were pretty sure the landing gear was malfunctioning. Our ride We stopped like 10 times to stare Local flavor Dubrovnik More beautiful coastline Driving fast and trying to keep eyes on road Islands How inviting does that water look? Water stop, Kristin and I wore are matching pants today! Parked Found this after a wrong term towards Serbsville Farmland, the streets are lined with Croats selling fruits and stuff Entering Bosnia And Herbia (what Kristin calls it) Our Hotel in Mostar - the very cool Muslibegovic House - which is also a museum Courtyard

OK well now that we are finally on the road this should the start of many blogs to come. This will depend greatly on wifi and Internet availability as we go through various countries. But first things first...we started off in Auckland with an early rise on Saturday morning to head to the airport and had an uneventful flight through to Johannesburg. The flight from Sydney through was 14 hours whic

Ihr Lieben nach der aufregenden Reise von Sydney nach Perth und wenn ich mich recht erinnere knapp 13.000 km waren wir dann in Perth und was soll ich sagen Ich liebe diese Stadt nach wie vorGleich am ersten Abend sind wir zu meinem heissgeliebten Scarborough Beach gefahren und ich haette schon wieder heulen koennen 2008 habe ich ja drei Monate in Scarborough gelebt und war fast jeden

Saturdaywas a beautiful sunny day in Mooloolaba and a good day for doing a load of washing.Once this was done we heard from our friend Michelle that she was coming up from Brisbane for a visit and she arrived around 11. Took the opportunity of her car to do a shopping run to Coles and take in some of the sights of Mooloolaba and Marochydore along the way.Lunch at the Surf club with views over th

Sometimes I feel like I am blind to DC. I travel all over the world and write about my adventures, but when it comes to my own hometown, the place where I actually LIVE, this blog is mostly silent. Which is pretty ridiculous considering it’s a major city for tourists and a pretty freaking awesome place in a lot of ways that visitors don’t even know about. So this summer I am going to write more about Washington DC. I hope to show you guys that there is a lot more to this city than the National Mall, and that it’s actually a really interesting, diverse and cultural place. So for starters I am dedicating this week to all things DC. But first, I’ll show you flowers. One of the highlights of being in DC during the springtime is the plethora of flowering trees and bushes: azaleas, magnolias, dogwoods, daffodils and more. Then there is the crown jewel: the cherry blossoms. They actually bloom all over town- there are two in my yard, but the most beautiful and iconic ones are the National Cherry Blossoms down by the tidal basin. Given to the nation by Japan, they bloom for just about a week every year and are a major tourist attraction. Because they only bloom for 7-10 days, there’s a very small window for appreciating the trees. This year, the year of endless winter, they bloomed very late, not until mid-April. When Mike and I first tried to go see them they were still just on the verge of bursting into bloom: Pretty, but not quite the look we wanted. So we came back a week later and got to see them in all their glory: He loved it Lots of tourists The National Floral Library next to the Tidal Basin The Cherry Blossoms of DC is a post from Twenty-Something Travel

I must pre warn you that this blog is full or ranting and raving.... it is quite a negative blog however wanted to include it as a it happened.... and these things do happen on the road whilst travelling to everyone its not all beer and skittles b we wanted to remember this day and be able to look back and laugh because at the time it certainly wasnt a laughing matter for us The plan

31 hour train.... last of the transiberiatrans mongolia route A change of scenery from birch treesdesert and now to chinese mountain land. Mongolia china border crossing took 9 hours the customs questioned me as on my passport photo i have a slight spt on my cheek that i dont have now.. after much staring at my face they concluded it is me As well as the nine hour wait... all the toilets wer

Today we drove down to Jenolan Caves we left the van in Katoomba as the road is too narrow and steep for caravans.It took us just over an hour to get down to the caves. We have not been to Jenolan Caves for many years. It was so lovely to return and walk through the Grand Arch. Today we toured the River Cave. This tour took 2 12 hours and was very interesting. There were one thousand two hu

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initiating relationships is never an easy task.. often tense nervy it asks an awful lot questions of ones ego sense of self worth not to mention the fear of rejection. meeting a new city is always an epic thing.. some ppl believe planning is the best way others are a little more reckless on the edge.. we got off the plane collected our bags spent several minutes trying to work out how to