Travel Adventures

Days of Cruising on ltem stylemsobidifontstyle normalgtThe Legend of the SeasWe left Dubai that evening and headed south along the coast of Oman and Yemen and then into the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea where we will cruise for the next 6 days covering close to 5000 nautical miles.On the second day of cruising we had the usual all people on deck drill and on the next day they h

That should read ... Another glorious day in paradise While said tongueincheek it is fast becoming a stockphrase out here in these parts when we wake up to another blue sky with lots of sunshine and hot temperatures. Before you all start berating me for this the temperature is that little bit too hot where you come over all diabetic half way through the day and have no energy to do an

So close but still so far away. Spring snow anyone Actually it feels more like winter. Today39s ride was extremely cold. What started out as a dry crisp clear cool morning rapidly turned into a freezing cold wet winter39s day with temperatures on the bike guage dipping down to 2 degrees. Add wind chill at 100 kmh and you can see why we were frozen numb and fed up two hours into the ride

Suzy had her headlights and back windows cleaned today before we headed off for Forli . We had laughed yesterday as we saw a Thai lady standing at the traffic lights waiting for cars to stop. As they stopped three deep she ran to first car washed the headlights and asked for the money. This process was repeated at the second car and at the third before she moved to the second row and started again

After a typical SW flight smooth and comfortable I arrived at Ft. Lauderdale early and taxied to the Embassy Suites where I checked in and shown to a wonderful corner room on the top floor with a great view of the port. I39m thinking this is the best room in the house. I took a walk to Total Wine and picked up a bottle for our CruiseCritic wine tasting then headed to the terrace for the Manag

This morning I woke up to the sound of gongs and chants from the nearby monasteries. It39s a peaceful hypnotic sound and I fell back asleep feeling strangely comfortable in this new completely foreign place. I39m in Bhouda or Boudhanath a holy site in Kathmandu. At the center of the area is a stupa a kind of circular religious shrine where pilgrims come to pray and meditate. It39s c

After the walk up the mountainside yesterday we were happy to do a little less exercise today and as the weather had turned on us and was overcast and drizzly at times we had a good lie in and didn39t emerge for breakfast until 9amvery late for us.Lunchtime seemed to arrive very quickly after relaxing with the kindle and catching up on bankingblog and all the other admin things that have to c

Well time flies when youre having fun ehWe cleaned up Swiers Farmhouse early on Wednesday morningstrange what the male cousins left behind but I think I now know where all the missing mates of sock pairs liveand were on the way to make our flight from Manchester to Dublin in a circuitous pattern. The squiggle of a driving route began with a return trip to Haddon Hall because I had a

Mochit bus station Bangkok. So sorry no more buses to Chaing Mai. Busy for SongKran tells the women in the 15th ticket booth I have tried. Sweat pours down from my face at this rate my family are not getting home for the 17th. Ben and Erin remind me we are already late to the airport as I joined one last queue. I get lucky and soon a taxi is speeding us across the city to see my family f

From Flattery we moved on to Lizard Island We didnt do much for the first 2 days as it was still very windy and raining. On the first night we had sundowners with 2 couples off 2 other boats. Gary and Lyn from KicknBack and Bob and Helen from Makani Kai. Went for a walk to the other side of the island one day and just as we got to shore a massive downpour happened. Luckily we hadn39t start