Having been introduced to Daddy’s side of the family, last weekend it was time for J to meet some more of Mummy’s family. He did lots of reading with Great Nanny & Great Aunty Lou, lots of cuddling with his little cousin (admittedly she was more enthusiastic than him)! He went for a ride on Read More »
On Monday 30th we travelled to Paihia and booked into the Bay Sands motel for just one night. We thought about staying two nights but the traffic was so noisy at night we settled for just the one! We walked the beaches and generally had a very lazy day, The weather was quite good, although Read More »
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What is the worst part of traveling? Most everyone has at least one horror story to tell about a vacation they went on…however, right now I am quite spoiled! I have returned home last week from my friend’s week long wedding cruise in the Caribbean and next week I leave to go to Belize (via Read More »
Its 1st December, and am in El Calafate This trip is just amazing……am here specifically for the Parc Nationale des Glaciares……. Back to yesterday morning which had me visiting the strangest place for me on a trip……a jail!!!!! It was considered one of the worst places anyone could be sent……all the worst murderers in Argentina Read More »
Tuesday, December 1st, 2009Dublin, Ireland (with a tour of the Wicklow region) My last day in Dublin! Woke up at 8am so that I could be at the Tourism Office at 9am to be picked up by the Wild Wicklow Tours! In one way, I wish I had done this tour first because it had Read More »
Are you sure I need to be there at 8am?? Yes…you are supposed to be here at 7:59am!Yikes, I don’t like having to be at my part-time job at 8am. I normally start at 10 am and I was trying to not have to come in until 9am, since I was the 3rd 8am person Read More »
The second day on our Kangaroo Island tour was just as busy as the first. A few of our group members went for an early morning ATV drive. The rest of us were able to enjoy an extra hour’s worth of sleep, so it was an even trade. Once all back together, we went to Read More »
Nov 11, 2009 Because the tourist bus was going to try a “shady” border crossing and didn’t have a definite plan, we thought it would actually be more secure to travel with a local charter bus. As with all of our Bolivian bus rides, the trip itself was eventful. Thankfully it wasn’t stressful on our Read More »
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