Bishop s Lodge

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... afternoon yesterday.  Long, uneventful trip.  Didn't drive all the way back home but spent the night in Santa Fe at the Bishop's Lodge Resort.  I'll try to upload some photos once the sun comes up.  We had a lovely dinner at the hotel restaurant last ...

Started our drive to Yosemite NP, which involved us going via the Tioga Pass, as we left Bishop I noticed a sign saying it was closed, though figured as we got closer it might open. Along the way we saw plenty of distant mountains with snow covering them. ...

... we made our way out of the Western panoramic maze back to the highway, threading our way up through Big Pine, Independence, and Bishop.  In Independence we saw a large billboard for dried meats, so our eyes were peeled through Bishop and we were not ...

... again, but not sure how long for, as the battery has just about had it.    In the afternoon, we went to Bishop's Lodge, an old house built from iron for the first Anglican Bishop of the Riverina - it is a very interesting old place - huge ...

... area with touristy shops and cafes and past the big FIFA Cup soccer stadium being built. We got off the bus and walked past Bishop desmond Tutu church and back to the shops where we bought our dinner of roast chicken and salads to prepare in the lodge ...

... .. so we have that going for us which is nice. While at breakfast I meet Greg from Blue Ventures which is the outfit that Bishop McTodd referred me to for diving.  As it turns out they don't run a commercial diving operation but rather have an NGO ...

... to the shanty town we made our way to some of the more uplifting places in Soweto.  A trip to Nelson Mandela's and Bishop Desmond Tutu's house.  Unfortunately, Nelson Mandela's house (which is now a museum) was emptied of it's furniture and not ...

... the Film Museum, climbed Mount Whitney… but instead we head the Fletchemobile north towards Yosemite. We take a quick stop in Bishop, although we won’t be tempted by Erik Schat’s Bakery so soon after breakfast. The Mammoth Scenic Loop ...

... this period, giving it a distinctly British feel.  Even the street names such as King Street, Queen Street, Downing Street, Bishop Street and Union Street are a reminder of home.  Unfortunately we timed our walk rather badly, setting out during ...

... the mud and continued on our way to Eilean Donan Castle. The name quite simply mean Island of Donan, named most likely after Bishop Donan who came to Scotland around 580AD.  The Island has been inhabited for quite some time but the castle was not ...

... is apparent in Kuching.. such as the old wing of the Sarawak Museum, the Post Office, and the Anglican Bishop House, all nicely located within walking distance in the heart of old downtown Kuching.. The day tour of Kuching ...

... . So..the assembly was like an assembly anywhere- children in rows, singing of the anthem, and then some little speeches from the headmistress, the Bishop and us. But it was not like any assembly for me- I was SO happy to be there with them all! And the ...

... wind (a bit like our southerlies) and we sought out sun for warmth. We walked through the Place St Lambert past the Bishop’s Palace   and towards the older part of town. We noticed these unusual steps, Montagne de Bueren.  Students seemed ...

... a look around the oldest church in NZ before taking a guided tour of the Pompallier.  This is where the french bishop (of the same name) brought missionaries to set up a kind of factory that produced Catholic books for the maoris in 1842.  ...

... with some of his posessions and plaques for various things, then we drove past Willie Mandela's current house and also Bishop Tutu's. At the end of the tour the guide dropped me back to the hostel and as we were chatting on the way ...