Travel Adventures

Today we went to Windsor Castle Bath and Stonehenge. We went in a big bus with lots of other people. First we went to Windsor Castle. The Queen was there and Dad thought he saw her There were heaps of people and we had to wait for nearly an hour to get into the castle then we had to go around quickly so we made it back to our bus on time. We saw Queen Mary39s Dolls House which is huge it ha

What a busy day today we got up after a hot night we don39t have air conditioning in our room and since we arrived the temp has been in the mid 2039s We were able to walk to one of the starting points of the hop on hop off bus that we had tickets for so hopped on about 9.30 and set off.we went past the Natural History Science Museums and Harrods we just stayed on the bus until we got

Bright early we I mean the car climbed up the steep cliffs of Meteora to the Monasteries. Built in the 13th14th centuries they hang periously close to various cliff edges. I don39t know how they did it The monks fled to the monasteries to escape persecution from the Ottoman Empire. Even so many were martyred for their faith. We visited 4 of the 6 monasteries that are open to visitors. O

19 June 2013Bled on a sunny day is one of the most picturesque places you could hope to see with its vivid blue lake surrounded by craggy mountains castle on top of a large rock bluff and island surmounted with a beautiful church. It was a fitting finale to this trip.Our day consisted of a walk along the quiet north shore a climb up to the castle a sandwich lunch sitting under the shade of an o

To be continued ................

Well it has been just over a week since we have had internet access so this could be a long one..buckle in for the ride or jump out now As I write this first part of the blog we are on the overland truck heading to a small town called Eldoret in Kenya and aiming for Kampala in Uganda so please forgive me if the spelling is a bit rough as the roads in Africa aren39t exactly smooth. Wow the last

Sorry for the lack of updates once again there was no internet access where we stayed in the Grand Canyon I guess they want people to enjoy the views.We travelled from Monument Valley to the Grand Canyon on Sunday which turned into a longer journey than expected as one of the roads we were planning to take was closed resulting in something of a detour. Unfortunately our sat nav insisted on taki

Our departure from uyuni was slightly delayed due to me being ill but a trip to the chemist in which I resembled a rock star on a bad day escaping the paparazzi soon sorted me out. We went literally onwards and upwards to one of the highest cities in the world Potosi.We spent a couple of days in Potosi its narrow streets lined with balcony clad buildings definitely had charm. As did the pla

It has been a while ... From Iguazu we took a bus to Buenas Aires BA. By bus you cross the 39Tierra de los grandes rios39. Amazone forest full of wood companies roads are not that good. 20h busride.BA is a great metropolis european architecture atmospheric neighbourhoods bustling nighlife and proud welcoming habitants and they speak spanish with a funny accent.... In BA w

0 locks 200 in total. We stopped off quite early on at a farm shop called Wedges and the towpath telegraph was right a lovely place quite small but wellstocked with much of the food homemade. We bought cheese and onion pasties a quiche sausages bread and a chocolate swiss roll we like to eat healthily On the move again this time through a very long wooded cutting we could s