One of our missions for today was to try and actually find the French Market (see A Constant Race Against The Rain), but first we had booked to go for a Mississippi cruise on Natchez Steamboat. The boat was actually called The City of New Orleans, so Im not sure what has happened there? Also I didnt see a lot of steam, not that it matters, but our Steamboat Natchez cruise was on the diesel ship Ci Read on...
BIG day yesterday where I didnt stop driving until it was cooler. For a week the plan had been simple. Christmas in Perth and then point the Getz towards the South Coast Highway. I am here! Today I will go to Albany as it is even cooler and it will still be hot here today. in to town for dinner last night after finding the Crystal Springs Campsite which is just west of here. Its a great campsite b Read on...
Another really early start this morning. What a sunrise over Monument Valley. It was so worth getting up early for.
We were on the road by 7am heading for the Grand Canyon. There wasnt a lot going on in the bus and not a lot to see, so most of us just dozed until we got there.
The weather report said that there may be a storm in the afternoon. When we got there just before 10am, it was a little Read on...
I honestly would like to go back to Dali and have a longer opportunity to look around. Our day started with an opportunity to photograph the Three Pagodas of Chongsheng Temple. This was done at a distance, time did not allow us to visit the temple. Some vendors were selling objects and nick nacks primarily made from the local stone. The patterns within the stone were fascinating.
We then proceede Read on...
On Wednesday morning I checked out of the hotel and had a couple of tasks to take care of before I left Coober Pedy. I needed fuel first, and then I had to visit the most useful vending machine in the outback. This may exist elsewhere, but its the only one I know of – a water station. For just $1.00 you can get 30 litres of water. One of my jerry cans was nearly empty so I wanted to fill it up. Read on...
Snow fall on the distant Pamirs greets me this morning, very scenic. A solo breakfast in the little kitchen room while the Dutch guys are having their breakfast in the lounge. My bf is huge(!) and consists of tea, coffee, butter, yoghurt, cream, 3 fried eggs, bread and jams- so delicious- I wonder what the Dutch are having, maybe something different to me? I seem to be getting amazing attention. I Read on...
We got up and left the albergue just after 6am, because of the steep climb to O Cebreiro. At about 7:30, after climbing pretty steeply, we entered the first town of La Faba. We were looking forward to a coffee break, since it was too early for anything to be open in Las Herreiras, but the only bar in town was closed. This seemed to happen a lot. Im not sure if we are leaving too early, or they jus Read on...
Cest le jour Broadway! Ce ntait pas prvu, mais il y avait un billet A1 de disponible, et pour la reprsentation de 14h, donc pourquoi pas! Le prix du billet tait le mme que la dernire range du balcon en temps normal. Jai dit: Why not, its Broadway Baby!
Juste avant, je suis arrte manger ma premire pointe de pizza. Il y avait plusieurs choix bien sr, mais je voulais une vraie amricaine, donc jai op 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...
Captain Sovdsnes (right) and senior staff of Norwegian Dawn at the Cruise Critic Rollcall meetup. P1170875
We enjoyed two sea days en route to Bermuda. the Atlantic was amazingly smooth. Hurricane Earl had blown the weather away and left calm seas. Norwegian Dawn was navigating the Sargasao Sea. This part of the middle of the Atlantic ocean is so named because of the prevalence of the brown sarga Read on...