Travel Adventures

Went camping with the MRA to the Great Escape Rally held near Marrabel South Australia. The weather was outstanding great friends good food and a bit of wine with conversation around the campfire. Christened the new tent which was a breeze to erect on the perfectly sized drop sheet that left just the right amount of room to slip off the shoes and store supplies. Probably went to bed a littl

Sleeping in a Snow Hotel had been on our bucket list for some time and we were going to strike that one off. We arrived at the Snow Hotel in early afternoon in pitch darkness. It was extremely cold but calm and we had hopes for the Northern Lights. We were shown our bedroom closed off with a curtain and bed made of solid ice blocks. The only decorations in the room were the beautiful ice carving

On the way to Kuta Hora delighted in field upon field of canola brilliant yellow and in fill bloom. My guide was a wonderful older woman who had a lovely way about her and was always able to convey her feelings attitudes opinions and values throughout her commentary. She was charming and the day was glorious bright and sunny just after an early morning rain the sky was clear and the vista vas

This is my first contribution. This is just a hobby an off shoot of another hobby traveling. We have been seriously bitten by the travel bug. This blog is primarily intended as a way of remembering a virtual souvenir a travelogue for family and close friends.We were on our way to Iceland from Heathrow for our 2012 Christmas holiday. The weather was surprisingly fine half way across the North S

Rano v pohode vstanie a pobratie sa do Mapusi.Hned na hlavnej ceste som chytil busteda on chytil mnabo ma videl prichadzat po bocnej cesticke tak chvilku pocka. Bus sa v polovicke cesty uplne naplniltak zas ako sardinky v konzerve sme tam boli.Jednu kravu som pustal sadnut si k oknoubo ja som sedel pri ulicke a drzal si batoh.Ona to nechapalatak som si sadol k oknu ja.Ona za trest drzala moj

On arrival at Male International Airport which is situated on one of the islands of the Maldives we were smoothly transferred to a nearby seaplane port for our 30 minute flight to Vilamendhoo Island. There were a number of 18seater DeHavilland Twin Otter Seaplanes waiting at the port but ours was delayed so we had a little wait before we boarded. It had also started to rain heavily whilst we wai

For the past 3 weeks i have been working at New Provence on Glenhunlty Road. But the restaurant is closing down So for the past I have been job hunting again and enjoying my time at the hostel. Yesterday I went to the CBD with Kathryn walked around Melbourne and went to the Victoria market bought some nice Feta in a block shape one of the best i ate so far in Australia. Today Job hunting again

In the summer of 2010 we took the opportunity to make our first international trip together while our foster son was at camp. This trip was also an early 10th anniversary celebration for us. This is the first of a three part series on our week long trip to the Tokyo area in the summer of 2010. During the week we took two trips outside Tokyo One to climb Mount Fuji described in Part 2 and one

Up bright and early this morning for our bus to Ho Chi Minh City. As per usual we should have know really as everything runs on asian time here... late it didn39t arrive on time only a mere 2 hours late and we were off. It was another sleeper bus so basically we got to lounge around in beds all day whilst we were whisked miles away to the south. After battling through the rush hour traff

Never get tired of visiting this wonderful city.