I mentioned yesterday that the sun was missing and only just visible through thick cloud. I didnt say that the cloud was oddly coloured.
When we woke we found out what that colour was. Sandy. So sandy we could barely see through the motorhome windows as it rained in the night, not enough, but sufficient to deposit a good coating of Saharan sand all over everywhere. This was the same sandstorm whi Read on...
Wir geben es offen zu: Madeira ohne Mietwagen ist ein Fehler! Wir waren entsetzt ber die horrenden Mietpreise und dachten fr das Geld knnen wir ja alles mit dem Taxi machen und da haben die Einheimischen dann wenigstens noch etwas davon - heute wrden wir sagen: doofe Idee. Quasi alle Unternehmungen starten ab Funchal und von Funchal sind wir gerade etwa 80€ Taxi entfernt... Also die gerade gebu Read on...
Yesterday was so much excitement with taking food to the outside of Yaurisque that Im exhausted today. After nine weeks of sitting on the couch, getting up early to go to the equivalent of Sams Club or Costco, then driving with the mayor of Yaurisque almost two hours from Cusco, then giving out food to over 200 families, all the way back to Cusco, was way more action than Ive had in nine It was im Read on...
We are not in the quietest neighbourhood in Porto and that sure was not helped by their being a soccer (can not bring myself to call it football) game on the TV last night featuring the local team. Thank goodness so few goals are scored or we would never have gotten to sleep. As well theres a street drunk thats quite aggressive towards tourists so we have to be a little watchful and a little caref Read on...
I really like Harpers Ferry. Geographically, scenically, geologically, infrastructurally, it has it all. The two defining rivers of the together, sweep through the mountains and flow East in a wide swathe of swirls and ripples. The in over a unique series of transverse rock formations, causing a long sequence of parallel cascades. The old town clings to the steep banks on the South side of the Pot Read on...
Finally the world seems to be opening up again and I have been able to confirm travel plans to Egypt & Madagascar, however the planned stopover of two weeks in Ethiopia en route to Madagascar has been cancelled as the decided it was still too great a risk to take people there because of the civil unrest and fighting in Tigray.
Ethiopians in that area are really suffering and having a struggle to Read on...
Today is going to be a beautiful sunny day! Tom and I are later than usual starting off because we are not going too far – Palo Alto to be exact. Our mission today is to find an outfit for me to wear to my daughters wedding in five weeks time. For several weeks I have been searching for something suitable but without luck. Yesterday I spent several fruitless hours at the mall, but everything was Read on...
Yesterday we had an adventure deep sea fishing on the Indian Ocean! It was a bit more than I expected in a lot of ways (the length of our boat trip, the swells on the ocean, and the disturbing nature of fishing itself).
Lets start at the beginning. We were up early as we were leaving at 7:30. It was raining when we got up, and while we were having our early light breakfast, but it soon stopped, a Read on...
We FINALLY made it here - Ive had my eye on this place, reading hearing friends rave about it, booking here in 2020, and again in 2021and were finally here. Milos, apparently the ‘next Santoriniwere just happy to be here NOW!!
Id also heard the horror stories about lost luggage in Athens airport and we were not holding out much hope of successfully making both flights with luggage in tow. It wa Read on...
I wasnt really planning on being here. A number of decades previously, I had set off on the adventure, otherwise known as a University education and a group of us had decided to meet up in Manctopia to reminisce about our youth for a couple of days. Alas, COVID 19 got in the way of the plan (and just about everything else). The North West is pretty much in local lockdown, so it seemed pointless to Read on...