Travel Adventures

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

Special preview of photos from Machu Picchu entry to come soon

Salam Alykom I39m hoping this says Hello in Arabic otherwise this could be awkward.Yes folks it39s that time again to start up my blogs as I39m off again But this time the destination is Dubai and the purpose is work. Since being back in the UK for just over 7 months it seems my travel bug still hasn39t gone away After several skype interviews for a full time

Leo originally agreed to write the blog for today and yesterday but then he wigged out. So here I am again. I write to you from Jaipur in the state of Rajasthan. We arrived here this afternoon on our drive from Sawai Madhopur where we spent two nights in a safari lodge just outside of Rathambore National Park.During our stay we had the opportunity to go on three separate safaris. Our 12 hours o

Today was a day of travel.Firstly we said goodbye to our fellow guests and swapped addresses and then goodbye to one of our hosts Lisa. It feels a bit strange as for the past 10 days we39ve felt part of the families we39ve stayed with. It39s really a home away from home.The thunderstorm last night has caused some flooding in Hallstatt we heard with water and mud running down the mountain

19 locks 200 in total. We motored our final mile for the moment on the Grand Union to Kingswood Junction. We turned left here onto the Lapworth Link which then divides to the left again takes you onto the South Stratford Canal to Stratford upon Avon but we turned right onto the North Stratford to Birmingham. The whole area around Kingswood Junction was eyecatching old canal build