We started early with drinking wine today. At 11 am we were at the Penfolds’ cellar door. We knew that Penfolds has some nice wines, but there are quite a few more only available at the cellar door. Despite being a big vineyard, their cellar door is quite small and gives a boutique impression. Have Read More »
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Alle 13.30 parte il nostro bus per Chian Mai e dopo l’esperienza precedente ci attrezzaimo di felpa e calzettoni, pronti a farci6ore di comodo riposo…..invece no! Il Pullman e’ strapieno di gente (non pensavo che qui vendessero posti anche in piedi) in pratica se avevi fortuna ti accaparravi un posto altrimenti, come e’ successo a Read More »
Da sass ich dann also im schicken Air New Zealand Flieger und konnte es noch gar nicht fassen: ich war im Landeanflug auf Auckland!!!!!!!!!!!! Yeah!!!!!! Neuseeland, ich komme!
Der Flug von Sydney nach Auckland war leider ziemlich kurz, nur 3 Stunden. Leider, weil ich so komfortabel sass: ganz schicke neue Sitze, mit richtig gutem Entertainment-System und Read More »
When I was here the first time, I visited the “surfer’s paradise” of Jaco. I found it quite ugly and not so appealing, but I heard that Playa Hermosa (about 10 miles south) is the true secret surfer paradise. I decided to stop by and see what I missed four years ago. It is true. Read More »
Well I’m here in Auckland updating the Santa Monica bit of the trip so already the enthusiasm for blog writing is waning!
We had a great week in Santa Monica that went so quickly it was unbelievable; one minute we had arrived & we’re suffering the nightmare of jet-lag & the next minute we were waving Read More »
The joys of having a blueyonder email account. Sometimes it works in Mexico and sometimes it doesn`t – at the moment it´s the latter. So although we´d love to email we can´t. It´s very frustrating!!!
An early start and a long way ahead! We started to drive from Clare Valley in the early mornings towards Port Augusta, specifically we targeted the Outback Centre. We drove through the plains of South Australia with the bright brown grass. We reached the Outback Centre about lunchtime. Apart from getting a good booklet of Read More »
Today’s drive took us from the Flinders Ranges north towards the Gammon National Park. We started early in a quiet and peaceful environment of the National Park Camping ground. The first destination was the hot springs of Paralana. They are located just near Arkaroola and it takes a 4WD drive of 26 kilometres to get Read More »
We woke up today after a night of rain. The first thing to do was to check the road condition. This normally comes by fax and shows the roads that are closed and which roads are accessible only by 4WD. Fortunately for us, the roads from Iga Warta towards Marree were open. We started our Read More »
This blog might be a bit elephant light on the words and heavy on the pictures, as we had lots of fun in a short space of time.
We sort of rashly decided to go on a 10 hour return train detour from our planned route to the elephant round-up in Surin in eastern Thailand. We Read More »
