For the past two years my travel blogs have been virtually with Heygo (Previously Virtualtrips). I have travelled all over the world with them and it has been fantastic especially during the long lockdowns, but it is now time to get back to real time travelling.
Our initial plan was to be on a Baltic Cruise but with changes to certain Ports of Call & dates our original cruise was cancelled.
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We arrived Friday at the family home of our friend to stay for a couple of days. A really break after 7 straight days of riding, between 60 and 80 km a day!
The first few days we rode through rolling farm country, often passing through villages with old stone houses. We spent a night in Vitr, where the old centre is full of mediaeval houses, surmounted by a truly imposing castle.
We reached th Read on...
Having arrived in the late afternoon the previous day, we had not explored much of this town on the eastern bank of the Nam Song (Song River). However, we had the whole day ahead of us, and we were intent on getting out of town and into the caves on the western side of the river.
We woke late and had a late breakfast – it was the first time wed taken it easy in Laos. The buffet breakfast at Ph Read on...
I strolled the earthen road after sunset looking for food. Not able to find anything within my price range, I settled for fried fish empanadas. It was my usual go to.
I stripped down to my underwear and made my way out yards from the shore. There were people around kite surfing, but far enough that it felt like I had the beach to myself. The waves were soft, barely any at all.
I slept in a loca Read on...
Having lived in New Zealand many years ago and loved the countries beauty, I decided to go to its South Island, which I had never been to before and walk the world famous Milford Track. The Milford Track is quite short only just over 50 kms, so I decided to add the Routeburn Track to the trip. For ease of booking, I decided to book the trip with a called Ultimate Hikes New Zealand and their Classi Read on...
Today was planned to be a day of leisure as we seem to have been dashing somewhere every day so far. A shower, leisurely breakfast, stroll along the fields beyond the campsite and maybe a coffee in Churwalden village. It rained, as forecast, in the night and the campsite looked rather spectacular when we woke with lumps of white cloud hanging around over everything. It did rather reinforce the ide Read on...
Port Everglades is very noisy. Every truck in Ft. Lauderdale must be racing backwards up and down the pier. Its a mild and sunny day and I am actually enjoying the hustle from my balcony.
Yesterday I was reading by the sea view pool when crew members started testing the handicap lift. It was fun to listen to the calls and suggestions from the bartenders and waiters. When the crewman was safe on d Read on...
As Peru descends into political chaos, I try to be outside enough to see what the protests are like while avoiding getting mixed up in the crowd itself. I want to know whats going on but also avoid tear gas and Covid.
Trying to train for the Ausangate trek in two weeks, I went for a 7 mile hike today. Ive been wondering what the burn from early October looks like up close - and if anything is sta Read on...
Ok so some of that time was stopped looking around at photo spots but the majority was in the car - (Stegastein was SO BUSY). I really could have stopped more often but huge chunks of the drive didnt really have areas to pull over, so I just admired the view from Olaf.
Ok first things first! The drive to Aurland was nice and calm - lots of little pit stops here and there for photos along the lake Read on...
Wilderness travel has very popular in the time of Covid and we had expectations that we would see lots of people on our 2 canoe trips this summer. However it seems the routes we chose were a bit off the beaten track and there werent many people.
Our first trip with 2 solo kayaking friends was to Dryberry Lake in the Sioux Narrows area. The constraint for this trip was reputed to be the access roa Read on...