Travel Adventures

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

18 mei Roanne Verleden jaar hebben we hier prijs gevraagd voor de vernieuwing van de tent of cabriolet. zie foto. De firma met de beste offerte ging komen kijken op 17 mei. En waarachtig 17 mei stond die man plots op ons achterdek. Details werden besproken zoals de kleur van het stof ritsen en data afgesproken. Dinsdag gaat hij alle materialen bestellen leveringstermijn ongeveer 8 dagen. D

A long passage to next safe anchorage its still blowing like crazy so we left 4am. Arrived at Morris Island 12 hrs later. Morris Island isnt an island as such more like a glorified sand bar However it has a large reef so once again even though the winds were very strong the sea was protected and calm and we were very comfortable. We didnt launch our Zodi at all as it was quite wet

Did someone say gorilla trekking Well if I mustWe drove to our campsite on the shore of Lake Bunyoni in Uganda set up our tents and went for a swim in the lake. Next to the platform where you can dive from is a tree with a rickety platform at the top maybe four metres high. Clemens the only German on the trip somehow managed to convince me that climbing and jumping from said platform woul

Seeking group traveling from Lhasa to TBC 89 days September 5th. If interested in saving money please reply.