Best Western Shelter Cove

... rocky headlands made a stunning impression. Matthew Flinders on a sea journey from England to chart the southern and western coast of Australia took shelter from wild seas in this bay in January 1802 and hence the name. The onboard botanist collected and ...

... the park.  As we relaxed at a lovely viewpoint overlooking the Swan River the rain started.  There was a bandstand type shelter nearby and we and a few others took refuge there.  The city way below us disappeared from view.  The rain ...

... It was a huge break from the noisy BW.  We took some time to rest in our room before heading out for dinner (see Shelter Cove entry).  Later that night when we came back, a sweet little kitty hung out with us for awhile.  In the ...

... which is just above James Ross Island. This area is rarely visited, partly because there are no penguin colonies or historic sites, but shelter is more important than sightseeing, so we head off. On the way, we get, with difficulty, good photos of Paulet ...

... we found a perfect spot at site 11 and happily we were on very flat ground with a glimmer of the ocean in the distance. Western Grey kangaroos kept the grass neat and short like a football field- they did leave a lot of poo about however. We made a ...

... of expats and young Thais who grew their hair long, loved rock and roll, and had an insatiable appetite for all things western. Although I had never been here before, I had stumbled into places like it when I lived in Thailand 10 years ago, ...

... :  The islands are a archipelago of 32 volcanic islands that are located roughly 1000km off the western coast of Ecuador (South America).  There are approximately 40,000 people living on the islands, which are considered a ...

... with a frame of jungle hardwood logs. Placed over the roof and walls were palm frawns, many layers lashed together provided shelter from the lashing tropical rains that seemed to come out of nowhere sometimes. Inside the main dwelling, there were wood ...

... potion. The old rule of the road is reconfirmed for the umpteenth time. Nothing is for free. Nothing. The elephant sanctuary gives shelter to the beasts caught up in the long-running, now over, Tamil Tiger civil war. About 50 or 60 elephants are ...

... counter to the wind in our cove, which is still strong at times. The crew make no moves to reposition the boat closer to the shelter of the shore, where there is a large, flash cruise boat. Maybe the areas are allocated. We have a very good dinner of ...

... a dress. On our way to Khoa San Rd we walked down a small, narrow back lane and past a Thai boxing gym. Where we found one western man training on a giant tyre. As we passed him, me with a new dress on, which when i had previously asked Liam if it was ...

... rest of Thailand (we find out a lot of package holidays come here so the prices are still cheap relative to western prices really). We decide that our best plan of action is to sun/shadebathe until lunchtime. Once cooked we head to lunch and it starts to ...

... bag as well -lucky the weather was not too cold.    The first night we ended up at a gorgeous place called Western Cove and after dinner went down to the beach to watch the sunset after cooking some dinner and setting up our tent.  We ...

... where we stopped at Cape Cod's tallest lighthouse, the Highland Lighthouse.  From there we continued on to Herring Cove Beach on the western edge of Cape Cod. The beach here was absolutely beautiful with sand dunes but the beach itself was quite ...