“Sit back and enjoy the journey, the Lord is in control”, announced the Master of Ceremonies on our 4.30am bus to Lusaka, Zambia. This was after a fairly lengthy sermon and prayer, and an invitation to say hello to and get to know our neighbour - luckily just Chris in my case and after 4mths on the road 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 »
We woke up this morning still reeling from the previous evening’s news (and the wine…). We were pretty disturbed to watch the BBC during breakfast. We learned that the tsunami death toll was already over 200 — very upsetting. We were also pretty alarmed to see the news about Israel and Lebanon… what is this Read More »
Taupo was one of those identicate NZ towns with the same old shops in and stuff. I’d like to say the fact it was next to a whopping great lake set it apart from other towns I’d been to, but they all seem to have their own affilitated natural wonder. It was more of a Read More »
So Elodie and Charlie finally arrived much later than they thought, shattered and ready for bed. They quickly hoovered up the left-over burrito from Jont’s doggy bag which he kindly donated (they hadn’t eaten since breakfast). Next day was Jont’s birthday so he was woken by us singing ‘happy birthday’ to him and a plateful Read More »
After leaving Mesa Verde we traveled into the Grand Canyon in Arizona. No pictures a person can take do this natural wonder justice. If you are intending to go to the Canyon make sure you get the proper directions as we were given a route into the South Rim and were supposed to stay at the Read More »
As a pert of the Northern Territory tour we would visit Kakadu National Park every 2 weeks and it is a place I could never get bored with. During the wet the landscape changes dramatically as the water levels rise and the bird species that are present change from the winter species. If you want Read More »
I always thought I’d have some big, grand adventure in the Grand Canyon – rafting down the Colorado River, riding down the switchback trails on a horse or donkey (like they did on the “Brady Bunch”), or hiking down to the bottom with an overloaded backpack. Since I visited this famous natural wonder with an Read More »
After yesterdays Manic day we were really in no rush to get out and about early today, yet the Sun did its usual trick of waking us up and at 0930 we To Signal for help, not for potential Goat Rapists were up and getting showered. we Drove out of the Camp two very happy Read More »
12th: Arrived about 5.30pm, and a group of us headed straight out again for a Maori Cultural experience…with pretty much no idea what we were letting ourselves in for! Were taken out by bus to the Tamaki Maori Village…a ”chief” was selected for our ”tribe” (bus)…well technically 2 chiefs- Pete from our Stray group and Read More »
