Like many of you, I have been impressed by the metro transit systems of cities around the world. Some of my favorites are London, Moscow, Tokyo, and Hong Kong. According to Travel Trivia, the best are: London, Seoul, Hong Kong NYC, and Tokyo (best). Moscow is missing? Here is an excerpt of what they said about Tokyo:
The Tokyo Metro system is another that is widely regarded as best in class. Perh Read on...
Most Aussies seemed to have been to Bali so we thought we should probably give it a try. We spent a week at Sanur on the islands relatively quiet and protected east coast. We chose somewhere well away from the surf of west coast Kuta in the hope that our toddlers could enjoy the calmer waters. Wed also heard a lot about the drunken antics of our fellow countrymen over in Kuta, and werent overly ke Read on...
We bid the Ruskins and Bella a fond farewell this morning, and headed back towards Golden, the only backtracking we have done on this trip. From Golden, we turned west towards home. The road over the Rockies was beautiful, with varied scenery. We saw active ski areas, impressive rock walls reaching high above us, and many mining towns. We were at over 11,000 feet at the highest pass!
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Alongside the creek at JuliaCreekthere is a spacious but dusty free camp, just a short walk into the town. Like all the free/freedom camps we have stayed in this holiday it was very busy. We first checked in for four nights but because of increasing temperatures (into the low 30s) we have decided to move on after 2 nights to Richmond where we can have access to water and power and therefore air co Read on...
Wir geben es offen zu: Madeira ohne Mietwagen ist ein Fehler! Wir waren entsetzt ber die horrenden Mietpreise und dachten fr das Geld knnen wir ja alles mit dem Taxi machen und da haben die Einheimischen dann wenigstens noch etwas davon - heute wrden wir sagen: doofe Idee. Quasi alle Unternehmungen starten ab Funchal und von Funchal sind wir gerade etwa 80€ Taxi entfernt... Also die gerade gebu Read on...
We slept in a little due to the time change from the last week, so we werent riding until around 9am. Out of Fenton Georgia, our route took us immediately onto a winding country road past the local golf club which was in pristine condition. Manicured tees and fairways and a Mansion of a Clubhouse. It looked very upmarket for a country town.
This road took us through another forest interspersed wi Read on...
Every morning, for two months, I would wake up, log on to Facebook and diligently post a short of a favourite movie, by a picture of the original movie poster.
I am passionate about movies and love writing, and this daily target forced me to think hard about which movies have given me most pleasure. It forced me to do research – into Oscars won, critics reviews, box office success and so forth Read on...
Yippee!!! Level 4 Done. Level 3 Done. Level 2 Done. Working through Level 1. Oh my. Normal is a bit more of the norm.
After 7 weeks I went to the Super Market for the first time. So exciting!!! Buying groceries for the first time in so long. We used on line services for 7 weeks, plus magic top ups by Tony and Sarah next door. Level 4 restricted us to staying at home apart from our daily walks aro Read on...
Breakfast was in house here with a modern breakfast facility and was really big. Only a light breakfast of yoghurt, banana and OJ today. We had planned to get a Taxi down to Fenway Park the famous home of the Boston Red Sox baseball team to start the day and we asked reception around 9.00am to call a Taxi for us to make sure we arrived in time for our 10.00am tour and he said dont pay $70- catch t Read on...
The first day of cycling to Oualidia was in lovely sunshine as I had hoped for. There were loads of larks along the roadside. However on the second day the weather took a turn for the worse. In early afternoon a thunderstorm rolled in off the sea. I watched towards me and wondered what the curious orange haze was below the slate grey cloud. I soon found out. As the sun disappeared and wind went fr Read on...