The thunder woke me up last night at some point but I didnt hear any rain until the next time I awoke at 4:15 but even that wasnt much. I put the awning out to cover my cooking table and half the bike. Breakfast was PB on toast and yogurt with raspberries and nuts. Quick, easy and minimal to back and eggs. I cleaned the previous days dust off the bike and was off.
I decided Id try the road I stum Read on...
Yesterdays diving was good, exploring a couple of coral gardens. The first one was called Fucilleri after the fish that tend to congregate there. Well, we werent disappointed, there were thousands of the bright yellow fish swimming around on top of a small shelf. There were the most beautiful corals too, and we were lucky enough to spot a trumpetfish, puffer fish, butterfly fish, and an octopus.
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Greetings from the Scottish Highlands! Im really quite excited to be here. While there is much to see in the country, it seems that the Highlands are what make Scotland quintessentially Scotland. It is the region of high fells, forested hills, mountains, rushing rivers and Highland Games such as tossing the caber. It is also the wildest part of Great Britain, where wild deer and golden eagles can Read on...
Did you hear about this? From CNN: A cognac from a 1762 vintage sold for £118,580 ($146,000) at an online auction on Thursday.The exceedingly rare Gautier cognac is one of the oldest surviving cognacs in the world, and only three bottles of it are left, according to Sothebys auction house. This bottle is the largest of the three, known as grand frre or big brother, and had remained in the same fa Read on...
From closest to us to furthest, we stopped at Spotts Beach, Smith Barcadero, and Eden Rock, which has turned into our second favorite. Spotts Beach yielded a Southern Stingray and 6 turtles in the just over an hour time. When we got out we were asked by another couple if wed seen anything, for they had not, and were suitably disappointed on their penultimate day on the island.
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As was decided the night before, the alarm went off at 5.00am. All that was left to do was to visit the loo, shut the windows on the caravan, grab the iced coffee from the fridge, disconnect the power and of course check the tyres were all still inflated, before we were out of there promptly at 5.15am. All was quiet in the caravan park. Even the wind was quiet. We exited as quietly as we could.
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Day 278 - We are in full lockdown. Who would have thought it at the start of 2020?. This time last year we spent Christmas Day in Dives sur Mer buying french croissants and eating french baguettes. This year we were surrounded by detritis of day to day living . All of our belongings in boxes and bags . We never saw . We have managed to sort out the delivery of a small amount of building materials Read on...
It was a cold but fine winters day. Where would you expect to find a Kiwi grandmother with her two young grandkids? At the beach of course!
Ototoka Beach is about 30 minutes drive from Wanganui. It is located at the end of Ototoka Beach Road at Maxwell. I always drive north from Wanganui, turning left onto Rapanui Road (look for the Bason Botanical Gardens sign opposite the BP Station), and then Read on...
Prachtige camperplaats, ruim, alles automatisch. Enkel een kredietkaart nodig. Wel gratis traag internet.
Buiten alle verwachting om, nog plaats zat. We zitten tenslotte in volle hoogseizoen. Coronaeffect waarschijnlijk. Terrassen in de omgeving blijven meestal ook leeg. Wel wandelaars en fietsers.
Gisteren donderdag, prachtig weer. We namen een rustdag, niksen en lazen ons dik boek in de schadu Read on...
We have an early start this morning – not a big deal for daughter no 1 and me, as our body clocks havent adjusted to the 8 hour time difference and we are up and raring to go by 5.30 am. When the kids were little and recently arrived in the US, I used to take them to Walmart in the middle of the night as it was the only place open where they could run around and let off steam until the rest of A Read on...