Travel Adventures

Yesterday was wet and windy and did I mention COLD so Ineke and I decided it was not a day for gardening and we went for a walk in the bluebell woods. It was lovely of course we missed the rain and in the woods the wind was not so bad. And the smell..............And today is spring sunny calm and warm definitely a day for gardening and for taking a flask of tea across to my wood to see

Arrived into tropical Kuala Lumpur staying in the centre of the bustling Chinatown district lined with streetstalls and markets and dining on seafood at an excellent Malaysian restaurant. Early the next morning took a coach up to the Cameron Highlands driving along steep roads lined with a huge panoply of election posters the majority depicting the blue scales of the incumbent Barisan Nasiona

As previously mentioned I have spent a significant amount of time in Novosibirsk speaking English with Russians who are trying to learn the language. I also sometimes simply read out paragraphs so that the students learn how words are pronounced. For advanced students these can be on strangely specific topics like the full page I read out on the subject of arable farming. I am quite happy to d

After a great stay in Labuan Bajo we landed on Bali without getting our feet wet and went straight on to the small island of Lembongan where we stayed for 10 nights. Regarding wet feet a plane from the same airline as ours missed the landing zone and ended up in the ocean. Fortunately no one got serious hurt as far as we are aware.I was a bit excited about returning to Lembongan after spending

Costa Rica 2013 Day 8Monteverde To Playa del CocoThe hostel had set up a taxi for 530am so we39d get to the bus stop well before 6am. We were anxious to see the next place so we had not problem getting up in time. When we arrived at the bus station there were only a few other folks waiting but by the time the bus left at 6 it was pretty full. We then proceeded to return down that nasty g

Do Udaipuru sme dosli skoro rano o 430.Z Bombaju sme vyrazali o 1100.Pytam sa spolusediaceho inda ci je toto udaipurvraj nienakoniec ma sofer ohlasuje aby som vystupil. Fakt inteligencia indov.Po vystypeni do velkej zimy sa na mna hned vrhli riksaciprva ponuka za 300rupidalsia uz len za 200rupii do mesta. Cvoci. Cez cestu som skocil na plackynic mocaspon caj zahrial.Vytipovane ubytko bolo

Novosibirsk is not known as one of the great stoppingoff points on the TransSiberian railway with some justification as there are no real interesting sights here. However it is a pleasant place to live and as I am busy here I am enjoying the stay. On a sunny day the nicest part of the city is by the river where there is a promenade with a fairground fairground rides are very popular in Rus

We have now boarded the Ruby Princess yesterday amid horrid weather The san marco area was flooded again which made it awkward to board our ferry to the ship but eventually cold and wet we finally checked in. We were upgraded and got an outside cabin.Today we have ventured out for one last walk around this amazing city.We have concentrated inthe Dorsoduro area which is opposite the main part of

Surfing on Wave Rock Its early when we leave Cape Le Grande the sun was beautiful coming up over the water but we dont see any kangaroos on the edges of the road like we did yesterday when we went into town. Today is like every other we never know where we are going to be sleeping tonight. When we get to Ravensthorpe we go to the servo to get petrol and see someone come out with hot chip

Rano holenie a sprcha vo vrelej vodeta mi fakt bodlabo v noci je tu riadna kosa. Izba bola uplne nahovnopresvitalo mi dnu svetloboli ocut same hlasyledvaj som zaspal.Recepcny este o 800 chrapalimusel som ich zobudit aby mi vratili pasinac by som zdrhol zrejme bez platenia. Recepcny mi dal pas a zistoval ci som vlastne zaplatil izbu a furt studoval papieretak som sa priznal a zaplatili ke