Travel Adventures

So why would Little Mermaid killed herself Why doesnt she just find another guy my husband asked. Errr I dont know. Because she was trying to proof that her love was true I was trying to explain the Little Mermaid story to my husband while struggling to take touristless picture of the statue which is difficult considering the hordes of people that came out of tour buses.

19 May 2013It was sad to leave Camping Domos with its friendly people and superb location but the trip had to continue.We drove up the twisting hillside road to the Citadel above Visegrad and whilst there was not much to see of the castle the views both ways along the Danube Bend were wonderful.From there we continued to the Hungarian Open Air Museum just outside the town of Szentendre at the end

Kalgoorlie we know we are getting close when we see all the mine sites along the highway twin cabs race two and fro passing our modern day caravansai of three vans and the babble of voices on our two way as they pass by.Then it sounds like someone is out the back of a mine site looking for his own nugget. It39s hard to imagine that out there in all that red dirt the gold is just sitt

Everyday for the last month has been jam packed and we have only just had the chance to sit down with enough time to write about Romania.We quickly noticed that most of the people living in Romania are very open and friendly and curious to talk to foreigners. On the train ride from Budapest we were quickly greeted by Alex he was originally from Romania but working for M.T.V in Budapest. Purely fo

I was in bed last night at 8pm and my alarm woke me up at 6am. 10 hours solid sleep. The seas must have been relatively calm last night. Captain Romeo is a good Captain. I had breakfast and bolted out of the ship hoping that I would see some of Crete. We docked at the port and there was nothing much to look at and the weather was rather cool. I snapped a few pictures which I will likely delete and

Slow Snow Schedule800 930 Get up shower breakfast.930 1000 Go to bank to get cash for B B.1000 1030 Pack all bags load up bikes.1030 1115 Ride 52 kms to Deer Lake. Ride through town to gas station. Fuel up. Use bathroom.1115 1150 Ride 40 kms to RestStop Restaurant.1150 1230 Drink copious amounts of tea to warm up. Use bathroom.1230 140 Ride 85 kms to Eddy39s Din

Gokyo to Dhole 4200mKitchen is still running on a skeleton staff Mary and I offer to help they think we39re a bit crazy but I actually wouldn39t mind I haven39t done a single domestic task for a couple of weeks now. We eat our interesting porridge at 7 having been ready for about an hour. Warren39s tea smells like garlic and yep it tastes like garlic we think the powdered milk h

Hello Everyone Sorry it has been so long but I have been busy having adventures My sister Nicki is here and we are at this very moment driving from Swakopmund on the coast to Etosha National Park It is the big famous park. The whole center is Etosha Pan which is a dry lake but it sometimes fills with water if the rains are good. They were not good this year so everything is very dry. Rache

WOW what an amazing day We ended up with only seven going and managed to get everyone into one car but wow what a GREAT day of friends and fun We met at the bakery next to Danny39s around 1030am. Loaded up and headed west first stopping to get gas and supplies. On to a place called Cap Cana which is just one HUGE park like area. Our first advenure began at Scape Park blue hole swimming are

Ive always wanted an excuse to visit Russia so when I was invited to give a paper at Saint Petersburg State University I couldnt resist. Mark was more than willing to jump on the bandwagon so we sorted out our visas an entirely corrupt process which involves paying any random Russian company to invite you into their country before dishing out a notsosmall fortune to the Russian e