At Easter time in 2017 we found ourselves in Paraguay, we had been travelling up through Peru when El Nino caused terrible flooding and the only way to get out of Lima was to fly. Why not fly to Paraguay? The weather forecasts said it would be dry there and it seemed like an exiting plan that we were never likely to carry out at any other time. After travelling across the country to Brazil to view Read on...
Sunday July 3 – Alarm set for 5:30 but up at 5am. Made sure all was packed, did some internetting, took a tablet for (well, to prevent it) and at 6:15 I headed down to reception. When I left my room there was a guy from the hotel just there. I think he was checking to see if I owed anything from the minibar. (I didnt). They gave me a little breakfast sandwich for the journey (this is like of w Read on...
Exhaustion prevailed this morning, and we decided to skip the National Gallery and sleep. Even with a couple more hours it still wasnt enough. As I write this entry it is Sunday morning, and while we are up and in the process of getting ready, we are both still very tired. So much so, that it is prompting us to re visit the entire itinerary to see how we can make the trip a bit more relaxing, we t Read on...
The blog went on the back burner due to health issues. Eight days on a fully booked cruise with crowded dining and tour buses, I guess it was inevitable that Mr virus would take up residence in the patrons. Frank got to spend a few days in bed with a sore throat, headache and fatigue. By the end of day 8 of the cruise, it was apparent infection was widespread on the boat with one poor soul taken o Read on...
Today was another Travel Day. Taking mostly backroads again today was great, until I had to jump on 95 on my way to Williamsburg! My enjoyment today consisted of the rest stops with the beautiful flowers and trees. South Carolina had tons of moss covered tree canopies which you tend to see in any southern location movies. North Carolina is famous for a few places I have visited in the past: The Bi Read on...
They wait listed us for another tour when we first arrived here, and its on today. As was the case with yesterdays tour we didnt ask too many questions, so we still dont know anything about it. We go to reception to find out whether any vacancies up. They ask us which tour and we look at them blankly. They tell us that it must be the Explosion Gorge Tour, and then proceed to describe it in great d Read on...
To make our day easier, we first hiked the steep and steady path up to the top of Nose Hill Park (from the John Laurie entrance). For quite a ways, snow on the path challenged our stamina and our icers. The reward at the top was staring at a pair of distant coyotes surveying the dried grasses and patches of snow, no doubt seeking prey.
One of our group that we follow the path round, and then foll Read on...
This morning we head out along the Arnhem Highway to the Adelaide River where weve booked to watch the Jumping Crocodiles. We drive past seemingly endless fields of mango trees. Absolutely endless. There must surely be enough of these delicious fruit grown here to feed the entire worlds population of mango lovers.
We board our craft and our guides Wookie and Noah launch into the obligatory safety Read on...
Today was a relaxation day, one to recharge after all the recent day trips, ready for more tomorrow. Some years ago, Id planned our itinerary for our self tour around Japan, ensuring not a minute was wasted. By the last few days, I was sitting in a park in Tokyo, absolutely exhausted and looking forward to the flight home so I could sit still for hours. It was awful feeling like that, when in a pl Read on...
Think has published a great article about rhetoric from the Orange Man, and others. Here are some excerpts. It makes me sad, since my parents and grandparents went through Relocation and incarceration (see tar paper barracks above) after Pearl Harbor. I often try to imagine how they felt, particularly when my Uncles (one pictured above) were drafted into the Army, to fight the very country from w Read on...