Note: oops! some of the Flam photos ended up in the main travel journal (Magical Mystery Tour of 2006) so you can see them there. I need to move those photos, add more photos from Flam and Bergen, and add subtitles. Soon hopefully! As soon as I get some decent internet access. So check back Read More »
Dhow Sundowner Cruise offers an outstanding view of the old port from the water. After docking, a Jahazi Marine guide (on booking with Jahazi Marine for this particular tour) will lead you on a walk through the historic old town to the 400 years old fortress of Fort Jesus. Fort Jesus is a Portuguese fort Read More »
We took a two-day cruise tour around the natural wonder that is Halong Bay. It is an area made up of more than 3,000 islands and has beautiful grottoes and huge limestone cliffs. So many places in Vietnam have lovely stories attached to them and Halong Bay is no exception: legend has it that the Read More »
On to the Transbordadora Austral Broom in the drizzle and the greyness and it seemed I would be in a Pullman seat. There was a long seating area in the accommodation side of the vessel about 8 feet wide so JUST enough room for a narrow aisle and 3 seats across – seating for about Read More »
Well, we arrived in Rotorua about an hour ago and it lives up to its name of the ‘smelly city’. The smell of sulphur is certainly in the air, although it’s not as bad as I thought it might be. Now, to update you on what else has happened…. We flew out at 11.40 on Read More »
Figures that it would be the wettest summer on record in England. Floods, rail disruptions, and torrential downpours were in the news most days during the last week of our journey. But, hey, we were on a canalboat (more popularly called a narrowboat in these parts) and given that it floats (hopefully), the weather shouldn’t be much Read More »
It took a couple of hours on the Bay to reach Cat Ba, so we were sunning on the deck of the transfer boat (John says: Where very kindly the skipper brought me a cold beer!), until we could bear the heat no more and went downstairs to the shade (John says: Here Lynne said, Read More »
July 3 (Tuesday) We arrived in Rome around 9 a.m. after catching a nonstop train from the airport to Termini Roma. From there we caught a taxi to our hotel, 47 Hotel (aka Fortyseven Hotel). As it was still early, we dropped our luggage at the hotel reception and left for a walking tour. .. Read More »
