Travel Adventures

Exciting day in McMinnville grocery shopping hiking boot shopping lunch at Izzy39s. Afternoon spent relaxing watching the rain come down.

Tyre saga continues. The shop in Duchense failed to order a new tube so the guys there and Jim spent a good couple of hours patching and refitting the tyre and wheel. They charged 15 bucks for all of their labour and use of their tools and workshop.Paid up for the pickup rescue minimum charge of 145 and set off on our way again. Up the mountain 100 odd miles later tyre near flat again Sto

Atsikeliam 6 ryto papusryiaujam ir keliaujam autobus stot. Kuprins gan sunkios nes planuojam pasilikti nakvoti parke tad reikia pasiimti ir ilt rb ir palapin ir maisto 2 dienoms. Kelion autobusu neilga apie 1 val. ilipam prie pagrindinio jimo park. ia usiregistruojam gaunam emlap su visais marrutais ir pradedam yg. ia vis kaln auktis ap

May 23 2013 Chengdu Over the last seven years one thing we have noticed it is getting a bit easier to get a cup of coffee in Chengdu. While there are sporadic Starbucks popping up we haven39t had a caffeinated outlet anywhere near. In previous years we39ve found a store that had prepackaged Nescafe or some poor soul would have remembered to bring a stash of VIA coffee packets and be f

It was our intention to make an early start this morning as we had a long drive to do and wanted to spend some time at the Viaduct Millau. As it worked out neither of us woke before 8am so it was nearly 9am before we managed to hit the road. We are now the proud owners of an electric kettle so we are able to have cups of tea with English tea bags whenever we stop off for the night and can make

I was woken up last night because I heard a lot of people talking and being noisy and realized I needed to go to the bathroom. So I got up and walked to the bathroom door which was closed. I started to push the door open when I felt it being pulled from the inside. Suddenly the door cracked open and I see the host husband sitting on the toilet. He immediately shut the door and I used another bat

To continue we left Cardiff and drove along the beautiful Wye Valley stopping to view the ruins of Tintern Abbey. We then crossed the Welsh Marches At Hereford to visit the Tudor market town of Ludlow in Shopshire. I had lunch here with a local couple in the town square it was market day they had a lot of questions about Canada.From there we went to Chester for a walking tour of the medieval c

On a trip in the footsteps of Marco Polo and other ancient explorers.Following the ancient Silk Road we visiting amazing Uzbekistan.A country with smiling curious and friendly people. Awesome.A great experience.

When I stay in Lagos I stay in the expensive area of Lagos its called Victoria Island you get to it via a bridge there is a high expat community here but the hustle and bustle of traffic is still there on the streets with all the cars and people selling Chinese junk. There are no motorbikes in Lagos anymore as they have been ruled out due to them being dangerous so anyone riding a moto

Thank you everyone for your comments. I don39t seem able to reply via the website but we do appreciate your interest and can assure you that any scathing comments particularly re loss of glasses will not be forgotten.....Thank you to Sarah for identifying my slightly out of focus plant from yesterday it39s a Lesser Bulrush and apparently quite rare so there you go. Still at Hungerford