hi there everybody! so tommorow is the first day of our trip, we are flying out to London and staying at the Jury’s inn at Heathrow overnight. Our flight to Dubai leaves at 10am the next morning. we have a 10 hour stopover before continuing on to Auckland where we arrive on sunday 21st at Read More »
So I have just a week to go and the nerves have kicked in, I still have not packed yet and I am more wondered about the toilets over there. I have desided to keep a log of my trip, this is so I can remember what I got up too and also for people Read More »
Having stayed up pretty late the night before, we were lucky to wake up just in time for breakfast. I peeked out the window and was thrilled to clear blue skies over Prague. After a quick breakfast, we headed across the southern bridge in search of the “fornicular” that would take us to the top Read More »
Following breakfast, we started out for Venezia in the MB. Giavanni (our GPS) led us well until we reached a new highway that he did not recognize. After a brief diversion, we again got on track and reached Venice by 1:30 and turned in the car. I didn’t know quite what to expect but thought Read More »
Early start to our Thursday – up at 3:00 am to get ready and catch 4:00 am cab to Luton airport for our 6:05 flight to Paris. Yes, it was very hard to get started this morning, but knowing we were on our way to Paris, we managed to make the cab ride and flight. Read More »
When I first arrived in Cape Town I was purring ecstatically because it was so warm! Meeow do I love the warm. I first stayed in Simons Town which is an old naval town, very quaint, lovely little shops and a great restaurant down the road (98 St Georges Street, Simons Town) called The Meeting Read More »
Ken slept in this morning due to a little late night partying…I struck out on my own onto the Venice streets with my camera. After about 1 1/2 hours of snapping photos, Ken met me and we had an early lunch of authentic pizza. From there, we took a water taxi over to the island Read More »
Well we are here at last! The trip from the airport to our guest house – Cafe Korner was filled with “Wow’s”, “Check that out” Did you see that” etc. The kids were gobsmacked and in awe. The Cambodia as I knew it 12 years ago still exists although there is certainly more infrasture and Read More »
Day 2 began with purchasing a new wallet – yes my lesson learnt – don’t leave your wallet even for a second. Most of our cash gone – in a second. Main issue being the inconvenience of cancelling cards etc. Hopefully it will be reimbursed via our travel insurance. Just hope the guy makes a Read More »
To market, to market………….to eat, eat and eat! The kids saw the noodle soup in the market yesterday and were keen as beans to try it today. So we had the traditional Khmer breakfast – noodle soup, and they loved it so much we returned for more tonight for dinner. I just hope they don’t Read More »
