I made it back to Vancouver. It’s weird to be home all by myself after spending all the time in hostels . On my last (sleepless) bus trip, I was thinking about the question “what did you like most”? It’s very hard to say – there are lots of great places, cities, people. For nature, Read More »
Right…lets bring things up to date a bit. The family from Yorkshire very kindly offered me a lift back to Auckland so I could get the bus down from there to Rotorua-a backpackers haven of a geothermal area in central North Island. A little strange to say the least, sitting in the back of their Read More »
Well, we have officially completed our first travel adventure outside of London, one of many more to come no doubt. Ange somehow managed to round up a pair of tickets to the Manchester United v Blackburn carling cup tie as well as some cheap coach tickets and a night in a really gorgeous hotel. So Read More »
On our way to Skye! Ciamar a tha sibh? Oh man! After all that boozing last night…I nearly forgot that I was actually King of Scotland there was no need for that half past seven wake up call by Chris. He was so excited by the day’s travel that he forgot to brew is tea! Read More »
After our morning Eurostar fiasco, we arrived in London: the land of the football (soccer) crazed fans, C’mon England! I became an England fan in 2002 during my first trip to Europe and we were in London during that World Cup (held that year in Korea, but Leicester Square was insane). We didn’t have any problems adjusting Read More »
London, Oxford and Nottingham were all neat. Very different experience in England this time with friends as opposed to family. I’ll keep this short as I am typing this weeks after my trip: Highlights “This is the voice of God” The single bed room hotel in London that felt like the size of my closet. Still Read More »
Well, friends, about a week or so has passed since I’ve last managed to write on this blog. The main mental block about doing so comes down to one thing: the internet. My connection here is slow, if present at all—which is rare. Pictures take even longer, as I generally want to throw my computer Read More »
Our last full day in Seahouses and the wather is not looking good. The boats can’t go out because of the wind and there are showers passing through. Still that doesn’t stop us heading for the beach – albeit for a walk rather than a swim. We are heading north into the cold wind, towards Read More »
Spending the night in the Blues bar showed the next morning when Chris pulled out into a four line highway heading into the oncoming traffic. Sensibly, I did not follow him, only to turn around and find that Bert had followed Chris and not me. Men drivers!! Driving through Missouri today, lots of corn and Read More »
My second day in Dubai was lots of fun. It started with another drive through Dubai. This time Ursh and I wanted to check out some of the souks (markets). The traffic here is terrible though, and it took over an hour to get somewhere that in Sydney probably would have only taken 10 minutes. Read More »
