Left Manchester an hour late due to the adverse weather conditions – it was the worst flight of my (Fr David’s) life & second worse for Andrew – and that apparently is saying something. So already we are running an hour late. Arrived at LHR T5 wow!!! Really smooth transfre though didn’t have time to Read More »
EARLY MORNING START, the wake up call is at 6.45am. Cosmos tour has a luggage order where you leave your luggage at the front of your room and by the time you have had breakfast and return to your room to get your backpack, your luggage has been loaded up on the bus for you Read More »
Headed off to the Coromandel, got stuck in lots of traffic on the way due to a single lane bridge across a huge river, queues both ways for miles. Aiming for Hot Water Beach where if you dig a hole in the sand hot water rises from below. It was packed with tourists and much Read More »
Well, we finally made it to Cairns, after travelling a total of 3,216km in Carol up the east coast. Definitely an amazing way to travel and see Australia, despite the occasional overheating engine, and I recommend it to anyone. Luckily for anyone who, like us, doesn’t know the area very well, Australians have developed a Read More »
Set up camp at Port Clinton, Robert and Elaine, the caravan park managers were great, made us feel right at home. On the 5th, Renee and Cam and kids joined us in the camp trailer, mum and dad joined us on the 7th. Very happy to see them all. Two things about the place, one, Read More »
So you think we have bad weather in the UK? This place has the most rainfall recorded anywhere on the globe. Annual rainfall is measured in metres (about 7 a year) not millimetres! The Soulvan sprang a leak whilst we were staying here – bad timing – but no real flooding, thank goodness. It was Read More »
Aangezien ik nog online kon inchecken en niet bepaald de eerste was in de check-in rij had ik een center seat op het vliegtuig. Een CENTER SEAT! En dat voor een vlucht van 10 uur… Ik was lichtelijk teleurgesteld. Center seats zijn voor andere mensen. Ik heb altijd een window seat. Maarja, er was niet Read More »
Our train ride to Delhi was pretty uneventful apart from the enormous amount of food consumed, course after course of yummy curry, all topped off with an icecream yum! We were very fat and pretty sleepy when we drew into New Delhi train station at around 11pm. As we walked out into the night we Read More »
There are several islands here surrounded by a necklace of coral reefs. Once again we are anchored in a lovely lagoon. This island is nowhere near as rugged as Moorea, but also has steep cliffs and beautiful water. We tendered to shore not knowing what to do. We discovered that we could take a free Read More »
After almost 6 weeks in the “incredible” India, it was time for us to move to our next destination: South East Asia. It was not without a little sadness that we left India, we will keep a great memory of our time there, which is due for a great part to the people we met Read More »
