Best Western Red Hills

... : · Spent over a week enjoying life in Tehran. It's modern by Iranian standards. Most women dress like their Western counterparts (plus the head scarf of course) · Just outside the city of Shiraz are the remains of the ancient city ...

... . For the sheer enormity and diversity of scenery, this place was one of the best, and showcased the Western Macs in their best light. Jagged red cliffs diverging, split by green waters and sand pits filled with rocks of all shapes, sizes, and ...

... 18th April 2010: Busselton to Pemberton We left Busselton early, and headed into the Southern Forest Region. The country roads in Western Australia are very quiet, and fairly well maintained. The scenery on our drive was a continuous view of large Jarrah ...

... on the left side of the road.    As we turned off the main drag the view morphed into sandy white soil and the hills became dunes and small bushes - this was poor grazing soil.  We got into Lancellin Beach about 11:00.  The sand was ...

... other.  At one of the local pubs the singer was really good and the audience, which included a good chunk of Australian and Western European baby boomers, had a lot of fun, some even ending up dancing on the (quite sturdy) tables.  We had a few ...

... trusts. Some the size of European countries. One station in particular is larger than Belgium. The area is still wild and full of Western Red Kangaroos some standing more than 7 foot tall. Its quite a hazard while driving at dusk, night, and dawn when ...

... time it was time to leave Vancouver Island and head back to the mainland via the ferry again. We'd booked a room in the best western which was really nicely situated downtown in Vancouver, right in the dodgy red light, 25c peep show bar area. Still it ...

... ’s which we had also found online a couple weeks ahead of our trip. It is located in the same complex as the Best Western High Country. Our meals consisted of strawberry waffles for my parents and a huge cinnamon roll for me. The roll was the size ...

... and we had the added pleasure of viewing through the Perspex bottoms in our kayaks.  We paddled directly opposite to the red sand hills we had admired in the distance went ashore and climbed to the top rewarding us with great views out over the ...

August 2-5, 2011: El Hato (Earth Lodge), Western Highlands, Guatemala (At the time of writing, 1USD = ~8 Quetzals) This entry is dedicated to Shawn Trujillo who really wanted to come to the Earth Lodge, but couldn't make it due to the tragic loss of a ...

... level there. And she's not even in high school yet. Anyway, it turns out that Dave is president of the University of Western Australia's Athletics Club (their term for Track and Field) and he has been generous enough to take me along for some training ...

... the ticket seller and waited to get on the ferry to Inishmor. Inishmor is the largest of three Aran islands off of the western coast of Ireland. The ferry ride took about 45 minutes and cut through fierce wind and dark seas. Although the weather was ...

... Stock Route & Talawana Track (the latter was officially closed due to flooding, but we snuck through)and eventually reached Newman in Western Australia. Phew! Nitty Gritty: Before leaving Alice we did a few things that we hadn't had the chance to do on ...

... the professor's and teacher's points of view, is the botanical garden. This is no English garden. This is the best of the bush of Western Australia, interpreted by both scientists and aboriginals. You learn that the Balga bush, which seems to have two ...

... music, and wait for the runners to come in... the ones running... head off for a race through the winery; running through the hills, the forest, the vines, and eventually back to the party where instead of medals and water... we get wine and Coca-Cola ...

... . Also, in the park we saw Gija Jumulu - a Boab Tree (750 yrs old), which travelled 32,000km from Telegraph Tree (Western Australia) to Perth. This was the longest land journey of a tree this size in history! Gija people in East Kimberley gifted the tree ...

... trail.  Most of the mountain is covered by lush vegetation owing the fertile volcanic soil and the misty climate.  The Western Highlands of Guatemala are at a higher elevation than the jungles of El Peten, so contrary to the jungle vegetation of ...

... Cape Point. It was a beautiful drive along the coast and we were amazed how often the scenery changes - barren mountains to red rocks to low hills covered with greenery. We stopped along the way for lunch at a small restaurant on a farm. We had delicious ...

... , we hit the road early and got our move on. We were doing really good too, by 8:30 we crossed the border into Western Australia which with the time difference meant that it was only 7 o’clock when we rolled through Kununara. Somebody must have ...

... and church missions to remove Aboriginal babies and children from their families and place them in institutions to be trained in western ways. Understandably this devastated many families. There is a little more to it than that of course, but that's ...

... and sea air in an almost intoxicating fashion.  Fynbos is the natural vegetation of a relatively narrow strip along the South Western Cape costal area.  This small region is the home of more than 8,500 fynbos varieties.  More than 6,000 of ...