Travel Adventures

Throughout the last 8 and a bit months we have done day by day exactly what we wanted to do. If we fancied visiting a temple we could if we fancied a beer at 12pm we could and if we wanted to do nothing more than spend all day in bed we could although we didn39t. It has been incredible to do that but for us we decided we needed to do something productive and a little more structures for a

Hey peopleIt39s been insanely hot here...35C or 95F Too hot to do much of anything other than lounge about smartly actually. Weather folks say rain this week.....but I don39t believe it for a minute. Not much happening here sadly other than a birthday party for Mikos on Monday pictures to follow. Other than that I try and steer clear of the sun because 1130 am to 4 pm it39s intense

At the weekends we are free to roam Devon and Cornwall. This particular Saturday we decided to visit Boscastle. It is a small town much like most of them round these here parts. We went to the witch museum which we both found interesting and also disturbing as there were many witch hunts and trials during the 15th to 17th centuries these were known as the 39burning times39. Pretty nasty stu

Cusco is one of the top cultural cities of Peru filled with quirky shops huge markets selling everything from wellies which we bought right down to deconstructed cows heads and plenty of opportunities to get your photo taken with a lamb or alpaca. This wasn39t our main reason for coming though the main reason was to eventually work our way to Macchu Picchu via the Salkantay trek.Coming from

If you know me at all you know I fall in love with every country I visit. Turkey is no exception This place has impressed wowed and awed me more than any other country other than India perhaps. I was a tad apprehensive coming into a muslim country and right after reading about the bombings near the Syria border but I have never felt more safe Truly I would recommend this country probably

You will never read your Bible with more complete understanding than when you touch the waters of Galilee Our first day in Israel we docked in Haifa. It is a huge port and is the third largest city in Israel. It lies on the Western slope of Mount Carmel and descends into the Mediterranean. Near our ship there were cranes offloading container ships everywhere we looked. We began our day with a dr

Long story won39t bore you all but suffice to say that the poor engineer is still here at 8.30pm but we do have a new drive plate and gearbox installed and there is no more rattle hallelujah. At 40 per hour labour charge plus VAT I await the invoice with some trepidation. We did manage to wash and polish one side of the boat in between the heavy downpours but you need to see it to

We woke at a reasonable time this morning and were able to get ready and depart about 0830. We managed to load the car and get ready to go in the dry but as soon as we started it began to rain and the clouds were covering the surrounding volcanic summits. Some of them even had snow on the upper peaks still.We had easy access to the motorway from our overnight stay and soon made good progress north

We are spending our rest day in the small town of Kingussie waiting out a May snowstorm in the last mountains we have to cross before Inverness and the final push to John O39Groats. We have now planned the entire rest of the trip to the Orkneys pretty exciting. Just have to wait for the temperatures to get back above 40 tomorrow and we are back on our way. There are some good stories to wri

This week we are on the beautiful island of Rarotonga. Our bungalow is named Magic Reef and that is all true. Right down from our beach there is the reef about 40 metres wide with all its corals shells and small crustaceans every time you find a beautiful shell it is already claimed. Not to forget the uncountable sea cucumbers.Beyond this the dark blue ocean contiguously smashes its energy a