Today , after breakfast, we left our favorite home away from home, The Balmoral House Hotel. We love the people there. They treat us like we are family. We met a young man, Flavio, when we were there in 2019. We were so hoping that he would still be there.he was. He remembered us when we checked in and we hated to say goodbye when we left today. We got to know another lady who works there that is Read on...
A flight LX 180 flew us on March 18 to Bangkok. One wonders how long the airline industry can sustain this situation. Nenad remembered reading an interview with the Chairman of Swiss saying that their budget until July 2021 is not losing more money than 2 million Swiss Franks a day !!! Courtesy of the Swiss tax payer. In Bangkok Suvarnabhumi airport an army of staff expected the few passengers. T Read on...
I wasnt feeling well yesterday, but 9 hours sleep and a breakfast of rice and beans (Im beginning to feel like a contestant on Im a Celebrity) and Im raring to go.
Today, we are going to Ricon de La Vieja volcano. Its a 17 mile drive, which starts on Route before we have to turn off onto a smaller road. With 6 miles to go, we run out of paved road and the bouncing around in the gravel begins. A f Read on...
Home to the theatres, the cafs and the oldest bookstore still active in the world, Chiado is the location for todays tour with Ines our guide.
The district is named after, Antnio Ribeiro, a Franciscan monk who left the order to a satirical poet and actor. Antnios distinctive style was his shrill and high voice, which gave him the nickname Screech (Chiado in Portuguese). The statue of Fernando Pes Read on...
Yesterday was a travel day so we tried to get up early, but weve been staying up much too late. Plus, down with a cold. Yesterday we drove 4 hours with a to eat. Arriving at the campground we found a steep into the entrance of the campground into a bridge that you had to line up almost perfect to get clearance through the turn. We could see why the size limit for an RV here was 35 feet. The entir Read on...
So youd think after three years of living here (Aug 23rd was our three year Chilean anniversario) that I would get itI would understand how things work, and have adapted my ways to the Chilean way of living, of thinking. Well you know what they say, you can take the Gringo out of Gringolandia, but you cant take Gringolandia out of the Gringowait, is that right? No matterwhat Im trying to say is th Read on...
According to Readers Digest, the Railway offers the longest continuous train journey on Earth. It traverses 5772 miles from Moscow in western Russia to Vladivostok off the coast of the Sea of Japan. Passengers who ride the route from start to finish will pass through multiple time zones over six days. There are plenty of opportunities for to pass the time; landmarks visible from the train window Read on...
This morning we headed off into the Kinchega National Park. Such a drama buying park passes in NSW! We did try to buy one online as we did (easily) for South Australia, but they wanted us to submit a copy of our vehicle registration showing our home address and a copy of Bernies Seniors card. Well, gee whiz, we didnt think to bring the vehicle registration documentation with us!! Today at the park Read on...
Upon arising and looking outside it became apparent that today was likely to be somewhat different from a weather standpoint. Our fears were well founded. By the time we got to the parking lot for the visitor center and to catch the shuttle bus to Stonehenge it was spitting rain. The air was noticeably cooler, and with the blowing wind and rain it had the sort of raw day that you want to avoid as Read on...
Lazy morning in Baker City. As we didnt have a long leg length planned for today, we kind of took our time in getting on the Road. We left Baker City close to 9:00 with our destination being Heppner, OR. We headed north on Highway 84 to North Powder and passed the 45th parallel. This is the halfway point between the equator and the North Pole. We stopped at a small truck stop to fuel up and get a Read on...