Now more than ever do I realize that I will never be content with a sedentary life, that I will always be haunted by thoughts of a elsewhere. - Isabelle Eberhardt
We have had such a fabulous, full day today in Dubrovnik! We walked and walked, along old city walls, admired amazing views, climbed up and down about a million stairs (over 23,000 steps on my Fitbit today), and just had such a great d Read on...
Every day, for the past few weeks, I have been posting a saucy old seaside postcard on my Facebook page. Back in the late 1950s and early 60s, I used to see such postcards when we went for family holidays to Hayling Island. What do we mean by saucy seaside postcards? The term was coined for cards featuring images of often scantily clad, females and doubles entendres full of sexual innuendo.
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Finally, the day came! I arrived at Bostons Logan Airport 3 hours early as to find no lines. Needless to say, I was pleasantly surprised! With the help of my TSA status, I walked in the front door of the airport, checked my bag, and was through security in less than 15 minutes. I had plenty of time to grab an overpriced dinner at Legal Seafood next to my gate.
Prior to my flight, Lufthansa allow Read on...
Having enjoyed our rest day and another good sleep (despite it being much busier the second night with a youth group having some sort of a disco near us) we set off sharpish to get back into Burguete and on the trail. Although still an incline, the trail was much steadier for the first half, gently climbing and meandering up and down through beautiful woodland. We also began to see rocky cliff edg Read on...
Sang thuc day ngoai troi lanh 30F. Toi di den Sedona Red Rock State Park. Trong park nay co nhieu thu rung. Toi kiking trong state Park khoang 1 hr roi lai xe di Red Rock crossing de di den Amitabha Stupa and Peace Park. Stupa duoc xay vao Stupa duoc xay len lam noi tho cung va duoc xay tren mot xuon nui da do. Duoc xay nen boi nhom nguoi Tibet. Stupa la tuong tho cung lau nhat tren trai dat duoc Read on...
I think I will divide the second part of our trip into two parts because we did a lot in 4 days. The tourist spots we were allowed to visit were limited and spread out, so we had to choose wisely. We both wanted to see SIgiriya Rock and Polonnuwara, so I started looking for hotels in those areas. Luke had previously found Jims Farm Villas before we left Dubai, but my request on the website went un Read on...
Sorry about the technical difficulties with the last blog. I panicked when I realised that I was seeing & doing so much that the blog would go on forever and I would never get to the end so I decided to split it and post one straight away. Hence the chaos! I intend to stay calm and try harder this time, lets see if that happens.
The first 3 pictures are of Kakapetria in the Troodos region which s Read on...
Big walk day. Plenty of elevation gain which is simply walking talk for lots of ups and downs. And about 20km again which when matched with the ups and downs is about right. Leaving at 9:00 sees us arrive just after 4:00 which is good. Not easy but good. The ups and downs correspond with streams or rivers meeting the sea so its all understandable and all geographically correct but it doesnt make t Read on...
We spent a couple of weeks with our three youngsters in the relative warmth of North Queensland. First stop was Great Keppel Island off the coast of Yeppoon. We landed at Rockhampton, and nervously boarded a small six seater aircraft for the short flight out to the island. Eight year old Scott was then very much into anything airborne, and had been salivating for several weeks at the thought of a Read on...
After a windy & wet night, we woke to a much calmer morning, with the tent surprisingly dry. Making use of the pleasant weather, we had some coffee and porridge in bed, and then got ourselves ready, packed up and headed on out at about 9am; noting our German friend, who planned to walk double what we were doing, had already left bright and early. Todays planned walk for us was shorter then yesterd Read on...