Travel Adventures

I got a 320am wake up call this morning intended for Christina who had already left the room. This woke me up with a jolt largely because I didn39t even know the room had a phone and then had to find it while still largely asleep. It also meant I had trouble falling back asleep for almost an hour which I wasn39t impressed by either but not much I could do about it. Woke up around 7am and

We woke up to our first sight of sunshine and blue skies in 5 days this morning we thought we might have slipped through some sort of interdimensial time warp worm hole. The forecast was for another storm front to arrive that night so we decided to make the most of it and go for a ride.The southern Grampians Regions beckoned. We got dressed got bikes ready Gail was at the front gate while Eoin

We had a massive day today We had to be up at 6am so Olly naturally blasted out Troublemaker again at us Nooooo We had breakie included in our hotel for the next 2 days which was good for saving money as we are just burning through cash in Costa Rica cos it is so expensive It was simple fruit toast and some eggs but not too bad. We all piled into the van again and drove for about 20 mins

Sunday May 19th 811Dockyards BermudaThe weather looked good as I got topside this morning. We were just coming through the channel at 1030am ish as I got to the desk. They were calling for showers so I was glad to see the sun shining and it didnt look like the wind was blowing too bad.Golfers started showing up at 1045am and I checked to see if the gangway was ready yet it wasnt so

May 20 2013 Chengdu We39re watching channel 4 live from OKC and seeing the rough weather everyone is under right now. Stay safe folks

Firstly thank you for all the contributions to my Free Belinda fund If someone could just let work know it39ll be 2014 before I head back that would be super Please don39t stop the donations though happy to never return to work or maybe remote login Ok ok no more boring work talk This last week has been busy as usual When I last wrote I39d just arrived in La Paz world39s

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Today we arrived at a lovely camp in McMinnville OR. We chose this location because Joe really wanted to tour the aviation musuem in town. It is special since it is the final resting place for the Spruce Goose the huge plane of Howard Hughes. Joyce and I are still undecided about if we are going or just let the guys go and we have a relaxing day at home. I am sure there will be plenty of pic

May 20 2013 Chengdu China Yesterday was largely taken up as a travel day getting to Chengdu and settling in to the Hotel Tian Chen Lou on Qing Hua Road. Our hosts graciously met and picked us up at the airport in two large hospital vans for a 30 minute drive to the hotel. The flight was uneventful and our first impression of Chengdu is always from the air as we39re landing the air was mu

As our time restraints with a flight booked out of Brazil we had to also skim this section quite fast also. Mendoza is a wine town with a large party scene and restaurant vibe. You dont often sleep when it is dark and you dont eat before 10pm unless you cook yourself. The best thing about Argentina is the BBQ Culture you can go to the local butcher and pick up huge amazing quality