Aurum

... and when we got there was snowing.  White sky, mountains, icefields as far as the eye could see, amazing.  Stayed at Aurum Lodge in Nordegg, gorgeous 'ECO' place in acres of land with a lake and small waterfall.  Everything made from sustainable ...

... saw them on our first night and walked across the bridge. As we got to the top the boardwalk section that leads to Giantess, Aurum Geyser and Doublet Pool was closed due to construction. We were forced to take the trail to the left and witnessed Beehive ...

Today we woke up early, thanks to the Aurum International Hotel's morning wake-up call to our room... Thanks guys... We had breakfast in the hotel buffet, which was twice as busy as the buffet in Beijing, although the food is similar. We went back up ...

... my name on it.  We are now in the hands of our Xi'an host.  Jiang quickly took us to the Aurum International Hotel and we checked into our deluxe hotel room, which was surprisingly luxurious.  Our hosts had a special relationship with the ...

... having (and a nice addition to the Giant fibreglass stuff list). Driving North from Cromwell to Wanaka we stopped at a little winery (Aurum) and did some nice wine tasting and ended up buying a bottle of Riesling which we have enjoyed over the past two ...

... Kiwi style, have opened up their properties for complete strangers to come and stay for the night. So we turned up at the Aurum Vineyard. A beautiful little family run business, right on the bank of Lake Dunstan. We parked by the lake and I cooked up a ...

... style, have opened up their properties for complete strangers to come and stay for the night. So we turned up at the Aurum Vineyard.  A beautiful little family run business, right on the bank of Lake Dunstan.  We parked by the lake and cooked ...

... as Tanya had to be at work at 1pm but quickly went a little further to have a closer look at Skippers School & Mt Aurum homestead, which we had seen at a distance from the information site when we stopped. Both buildings had been restored in the ...

... we've been in Cairns enjoying coffee on The Esplanade and visiting the markets, we've also been to the Botanical Gardens where a Titan Aurum plant is ready to flower, quite a rare occurrence here I believe.  We took another drive up to the ...