Today was our second day trip and it started at 7am with a very than yesterday, the guide was more of a driver than guide. Apparently he has been a truck driver in Coventry, they must have given a collective sigh of relief when he left. There were only five tourists, so we were in a six seater car, one guy was in the front (Oleg), plus a couple who live in Dubai, the lady, Darli is from Burma and Read on...
It seems a bit unusual to be travelling on your birthday as it is normally time to sit back, kick your shoes off and be waited on rather than being the chief pilot of the rented Toyota Corolla with a few hundred kilometres of highway and scenery ahead.
One fortunate feature of being independent travellers is that you can choose the time to get up, have breakfast and get on the road rather than be Read on...
(including lots of small breaks) and with 3 hour siesta midday at picnic site (just off trail) and 1.5 hour break in Bera
Ready and raring to go (and pretty nervous!) we set off from the safety of our hostal in Irn in the cool morning air, nice and early, with the intent to get most of the climbing done before the midday heat. And what a climb out of Irn it was! Long and steep in parts, we start Read on...
Heute musste ich relativ frh bis gegen 09:30 frhstcken (wurde offiziell nicht spter angeboten) und machte mich dann auf den Weg weiter nach Westen. Erster Halt war dabei die fr den Jakobsweg wichtige Stadt Burgos. Dort lief ich etwas im Stadtzentrum herum und die wichtigsten Sehenswrdigkeiten waren hier die Kathedrale, die Iglesia de San Esteban, das Castillo aber auch der Arco de Santa Maria. Ich Read on...
As we had hoped when we headed for bed last night, this morning has dawned with clear skies overhead making the chances of getting reflections of the mountains in Lake Mathieson a reality.
We needed to make a quick getaway for the lake about 6km away so that we made sure we were around the lake before any breeze on the water happened to spoil the hopeful reflections.
There was thought of the use Read on...
Here we go on an adventure in Ireland cycling around the northern half of the enchanted island of Ireland. This tour starts off in Dublin, where we arrived by ferry this afternoon in heavy rain, but what did we expect in the Emerald Isle? After locking the bikes securely in the Q car park we checked in at the Gresham Hotel, which is a really nice hotel on OConnell St Upper. We were checked in by t Read on...
About 10 kilometers from Bolivias capital of La Paz lies the stark, alien landscape of El Valle de la Luna, or Moon Valley. Thousands of years ago, it lay at the bottom of the ocean.
The rains and winds of the Andes here have created these unusual formations, making the area almost a forest of stalagmites out in the open.
It isnt a valley at all, but a bizarre, eroded hillside maze of canyons an Read on...
Monday - Bank Holiday and everywhere closed down for the day apart from the odd supermarket . Shopping done early this week as I dont want the fridge and freezer full of food which will /might go to waste. No swimming today and the football moved from Bank Holiday afternoon which is the usual day for a match to tomorrow Tuesday night . It is a funny old time . That bit where I would have been work Read on...
Im having a nightmare, but its OK, Ive woken up. So it still feels like a nightmare, only worse. I blame the pizza. I‘m still having visions of pizza, with meat and cheese, so much meat and greasy cheese, and its burnt. Why did I eat it I think. The rest of the day is a nausea filled blur, spent half in bed and half in, well, another room. The highlight is back after buying half the pharmacy - Read on...
Lanne 2020... toute une anne, lanne de la dfaut den voir tous les cts sombres et dsagrables, cest pour nous loccasion de partir la dcouverte de notre propre pays, la Canada. On voulait dabord faire un tour du ct des provinces atlantiques... deux mois du dpart, il a fallu nous faire lide que ce ne serait pas possible, les frontires interprovinciales tant fermes du ct du Il nous restait donc 2 Read on...