Our third day in South Africa, we took an early flight to Durban, where we met our guide for the area and the vehicle to transfer us to the St. Lucia Estuary for a game viewing cruise, before continuing to Hluhluwe for the night.
The drive from Durban to St. Lucia was approximately three hours, so Im not sure whether the flight to the Durban airport was because its the only available major airpor Read on...
The heat is just too much, the high was 95 here today, but the feel like temperature was over 100, the truck registered at 110. I love being outdoors, it is so calming, but not with temperatures like this, I run hot anyway. I would love to live in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in the summers and spend the rest of the year in Florida. Maybe one day I will be able to make that a reality.
Well wit Read on...
All I can say is amazing!! Well, thats not all I can say, but its a good intro. Loved this experience. Authentic, busy but not crazy, and the food was incredible. And cheap. We enjoyed a large portion of satay, peanut sauce, rice, amazing fried chicken, Bintang, water, 10 pieces of a variety of deserts freshly made, and some version of grilled toast with Nutella and vanilla, and I kid you not, it Read on...
Today was going to be a big travel day and Tory and Jenn took Rosie and Vivian in the Tahoe while Steve and Mike took Grayson, Ellie, and Nathan in the Ford truck pulling the camper. We packed up the remainder of the camper and headed out for the drive to Townsend and Cades Cove. It took about 5 hours to get to Jenns parents house, Kirby and Donna (Paw and Maw.) With 5 kids there were many bathroo Read on...
The recent United flight from Denver per CNN: The pilots issued a mayday call and, after turning back to the airport, landed the Boeing plane safely. Remarkably, there were no reports of injuries either in the air or on the ground. Still, interviews with passengers show the incident provided a huge scare for everyone involved.This has never happened to me, fortunately. But I have experienced seve Read on...
In 2004, about one and a half years before we joined TravelBlog, we travelled in India for a few weeks. On that trip we learnt that it can get very hot in India in July. And that refers mainly to the weather. Of course, the food in India was also hot. But thats true regardless of what month of the year it is so no need to point that out.
When we left Sweden we had a general idea of where we wante Read on...
Bij de eerste verkenning van Skagen in de namiddag, zat ik plots zonder zadel op mijn fiets. Totaal afgebroken. Metaalmoeheid of te dikke kont ?
Dan maar verder zo op zoek naar een fietsenmaker. En danceuse. Geen zicht, maar kon niet anders. En dan ook zo nog terug naar de MH, want de fietsmecaniciens van de lokale fietsenwinkel waren al naar huis.
Dus vandaag dinsdag in de vroege morgen met de Read on...
Today we are going to climb to the top of Diamond Head Crater. Starting from the hotel, it is an 8 mile round trip. Im all for catching a bus to the trailhead, but daughter no 1 will not be persuaded; we are going to walk the whole way.
The Visitor Centre is actually inside the crater, so we must skirt around the bottom then walk through a tunnel which passes through the middle of the volcano. Th Read on...
At the far end of Petite Cte, a stretch of coast in Senegal, lies a sleepy fishing village called Joal lies on the mainland, while Fadiouth, linked by a narrow wooden foot bridge, lies on an island built entirely of seashells. For more than a century its inhabitants have been harvesting molluscs, scooping the meat out and using the empty shells to make their little island. The seashells have acc Read on...
After the hectic pace of yesterday, today promised to be slower and more relaxed. We woke up at 6:45, showered and left the suitcases outside the door at 7:30 while we checked out and ate breakfast. By 8:30 we were on the road, outbound from Madrid. Today was also seat assignment day. To make it fair for everyone on the bus, we initially choose seats with friends or loved ones either in front or b Read on...