Xmas in Vietnam is a far cry from Xmas in England. An English Xmas is intrinsically wedded to cold weather but Vietnam, on December 25th, is hotter and drier than the English summer. Although Xmas is celebrated here to some extent, the Vietnamese do not understand the Christian traditions on which Xmas is based. This is a Buddhist country, and the biggest festival is Tet, the Lunar New Year, which Read on...
Digestion faite... notre djeuner chez Georges Blanc restera une fois de plus un trs bon souvenir... On ne sen lasse pas.. cet homme les toiles quil mrite ! Merci encore lui...
Aprs cette belle tape nous reprenons la route tout doucement vers le retour. Nous nous arrterons au camping de Parcey, malheureusement un peu trop peupl notre got... et surtout trs bruyant. Ce sera le premier camping que Read on...
A visit to Javea / Xabia to visit my cousin who now lives there. Satnav was very good and took us right there along the local roads at first and then we picked up the motorway down to the coast. A lovely catchup as not seen Gillian since we visited her in July 2010 when we were on our way back from Scandinavia and she was living near the Hague. Also met her lovely dog Kita and her husband who we h Read on...
We started our day birding, but first went to the Paradise bakery for coffee and fresh malasadas (Portuguese donuts) to take with us during this arduous time (just joking). Mine was filled with guava jelly. David had the toasted coconut. Sadly, we saw few birds at the end of our usual mountain road. We finally figured out the name of our mountain: Hualalai, the 3rdyoungest of the 5 volcanoes of th Read on...
Sometimes we need to redo something in order to get a better result, because the first time did not pan out the way it was planned. As they say, If at first you dont succeed, try, try again.
We are all only human and no one gets it right the first time every time. So, for me its travel 2.0, quarantine 2.0, regaining myself and my heart 2.0 and blog 2.0.
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So where in the world has Silly Sat Nag taken us? We set her up with correct for Acton Burnell Castle and began the drive . The journey started off reasonably well as we drove along decent roads and through small villages and hamlets. We saw the signs for Wigwig . It made us smile . Apparently it is a hamlet situated in the area of natural beauty and scientific interest that is based around the M Read on...
About fifteen years ago the National Park Service changed the name of Toroweap to Tuweap. Keep in mind that all the signs to guide you there are BLM Toroweap signs. I consider this the best overlook of the Grand Canyon cuz it is the narrow section of the canyon (about 500 feet wide gorge and 3000 feet down). This is where Evil Knevil wanted to jump the Grand Canyon on a motorcycle long ago. Evil ( Read on...
Dans un voyage il y toujours un jour sans. Ctait aujourdhui. Et a continue ce soir avec les problmes dinternet.
Mon chauffeur, pour laroport tait prvu pour 12h30, hier au soir coup de tlphone de lagence locale pour me prvenir que ce serais midi. Je rends la chambre pour 10 heure, je vais faire un tour pied, et je reviens vers 11 heure, et minstable dans le jolie patio de lhtel pour lire. Midi Read on...
A leisurely start to the day. We walk up to the local cafe to get breakfast - they are offering bacon and eggs, lovely. The bacon has a very strong flavour. We think it might be the speciality bacon cured up here because of the mountain climate.
Now to the electronic dashboard. I manage to find my way into settings and hey presto, I can change the language to English - Ian is much happier and as Read on...
Day 99 - a turning point . Tomorrow is a big day . The start of Week 15 and the last few days of June . Sunday morning . Another breakfast . Another walk and another view out of the same old window . Sunday is always a good walking day . I set off out . The rain had been falling lightly overnight . This morning it had stopped but the wind had picked up. The leaves on the trees were blowing . Not g Read on...