We awoke to another absolute cracker day in Karamea and the sound of the two milk tankers on the nearby SH67 that travel 234km each way every day to and from Hokitika on SH6 and SH67 to pick up milk from the 29 dairy farms in the Karamea region. Actually the tankers dont really make much noise it is just that with so little and going into Karamea that there is for road noise from other traffic on Read on...
Zebegny - The town has a rich history. By 1251 a Benedictine convent had been built in the valley of the Mill Creek. Records from the 8th century note the existence of the village. The first record of the village name dates from a letter of 1295, when it was called Zebeguen.
In the late medieval ages, during the Turkish invasion, the village was almost destroyed. Zebegny and the area repelled the Read on...
Nachdem ich ber die Feiertage 10 Nchte im Haus meiner Mutter verbracht hatte, fuhr ich gestern vom Raum Nrnberg zurck nach Mnchen. Dabei machte ich einen Halt in Ingolstadt, um mir die Stadt anzusehen. In der Nhe des Neuen Schlosses, in dem sich das Bayerische Armeemuseum befindet, fand ich einen kostenlosen Parkplatz. Auf die Besichtigung dieser Anlage verzichtete ich aber. Ich wei auch gar nicht Read on...
Its been a while since I last wrote a blog - our wonderful adventures travelling having been suddenly cut short Lucky for us we had returned from an amazing journey around China just before the Covid outbreak started but since then life for us all has changed dramatically.
I would like to say a big thank you to fellow travel blogger, Alex Waring - your recent inspirational blog made me put pen Read on...
Vor vier Jahren war ich zuletzt in Berlin und da es nun einige neue Attraktionen gibt, nutzte ich dieses verlngerte Wochenende zu einem Kurztrip in unsere Hauptstadt. Dabei bekam ich gute Qualitt zu einem ordentlichen Preis: mein 5 liegt in der Nhe des Bahnhofs Friedrichstrae und kostet nicht allzu viel. An allen drei Abenden gehe ich in ein bekanntes Restaurant in der Nhe und auch das ist nicht Read on...
This morning I was up early to catch the morning light. It was a soft pale blue fading into a pastel pink. Two guys were craning a long timber boat onto the slipway opposite us, and pretty soon were scraping and power cleaning the hull before lowering it back into its mooring. An hour later and the lake was glistening. The water mirrors the shoreline, as large black birds glide across the sky, occ Read on...
Cest dans des conditions un peu spciales que ce blog, dans la voiture en attendant lembarquement, sur ma tablette (jai horreur de taper l dessus) connect en Bluetooth sur mon tlphone.
Une bonne nuit, et ce matin je pte la forme. Comme la journe va tre longue, en consultant le guide de la rgion, je vois que tout prs de Bari, il y aurait deux villages intressants voir. Comme tous les jours le mme Read on...
Phew. Still incredibly hot but a couple of degrees cooler than yesterday. Fortunately we dont need to cycle or walk in the full sunshine or even ride the scooter as we would have done on previous trips. Just trying to be sensible and limit the time we are fully exposed to the sun as it really is lethally hot.
We first of all visited Limeuil which is just over the bridge across the Dordogne. On a Read on...
I heard of Bolita from other travelers who had been there. As I was considering going to Corcovado National Park, they suggested Bolita as an alternative, a hostel inside a primary rainforest, accessed from Puerto Jimenez.
What attracted me to Bolita (apart from traveler reviews) was this was an individual effort at conservation and its remoteness.
To get to Bolita (and to return from it), you h Read on...
A beautiful morning with a gentle breeze and the sound of the waves from the Indian Ocean woke us. In South Africa this time of the year sun rise in already at 4:30 and it is easy to be early out and about. We used our free day to enjoy the beach and the beautiful resort build in this lush, green and remote site on the Wild Coast. The Wild Coast is a section of the coast of the Eastern Cape. The Read on...