First we stopped at Lindas Pancakes to give the Grace & Mercy coins to our two new friends, then off to Mangel Halto for an excellent drift snorkel. It was choppy but not a bad current. Could have been sunnier for the photos but we saw lots of good stuff, as you will see. Once again thwarted at Zee Rovers – they sold us grouper but no cooking going on there until tomorrow thru Sunday. We had als Read on...
From Jasper we took a side trip by train to Prince Rupert, British Columbia on the Pacific Coast. What was different about this leg of our train trip was that it was out and back - 2 days to Prince Rupert, and 2 days return to Jasper. Also different was the fact that the train had no sleeping cars, and so stopped overnight about half way in Prince George, where we had to find our own With not a gr Read on...
Il est six heures trente ce matin quand on se rveille, le soleil brille dj dur Page. On descend prendre le petit djeuner avant laffluence, pour tre prt partir vers huit heures.
Ce matin, on va visiter Upper Antelop Canyon. Il sagit dun canyon troit form par leau au fil des millnaires. Ce site est un parc Monument Valley. Les territoires sous administration Navajo, ont leur propre lois, mme si bi Read on...
Here wo go again. Ray Charles sang it in 1979 already. Now it is our turn to sing it. And Linda and I have reasons to sing. After three years of self imposed quarantine we hit the road again. With our little Volkswagen Polo well leave The Netherlands, cross Germany, cross Czech Republic, cross Slovakia, slowly traveling from spot to spot. Near the border with the Ukraine we will turn and travel ba Read on...
On Wednesday, we drove north along the Outer Banks to reach Corolla. Nearby Carova Beach is famous for the wild horses that roam the seaside dunes at will.
The only way to see the horses is to drive over the beach. Vehicles that are not four wheel drive or vehicles need to let air out of their tires in order to navigate the sand. Rather than do that, we booked a tour to see the horses. We booked Read on...
Stepped out of the hotel just after 10am and got a taxi to Central Park. We had planned to get an electric bike to ride around the park but he dropped us at a different spot than what I seen before so we didnt get a bike. We walked to the zoo and looked around there for over an hour. The zoo was ok but I think our Melbourne one is so much nicer and kinder to the animals.
After another hour of wal Read on...
Today is a big day. 100kms from Shepp to Wang. The weather forecast is for a max of 18 and has favourable westerly winds up to 30km/h blowing all day which is the best possible conditions we could hope for. What could have been a slog just became a whole lot easier. There was also a prediction of up to 2mm of rain but were hoping we can outrun it. We had planned for an early start and were up at 6 Read on...
Good morning, I had my first German breakfast its been a long time, brochen, meats, cheeses and a 4 min egg. Did I forget.... German coffee!
For our first couple of nights, Kirsten and I decided to stay in the Mosel River valley. It has Bike trails on both sides of the river along with hiking trails.
We have always wanted to bicycle along any of Germanys rivers. So as we were flying across the A Read on...
We knew we had a long travel day (4 hours) today so slept in a bit in Liverpool. After a nice breakfast at the hotel, we hit the road.
Most of our drive today was on motorways. Since today was about driving, heres what weve learned about UK driving.
1. Lane markings are only suggestions. You can wander across the lanes if someone is parked in your lane or it just feels right.
3. Local drivers h Read on...
I have uploaded photos that should have been included in earlier blogs about Budapest. There is one picture of a bathroom sign, that explains how different cultures can be. I can remember being in a bathroom, in between flights, tired from the 4 oclock alarm, not quite sure what country/city I was in until I saw the sign that instructed people to put used toilet paper in the bin and not the toilet Read on...