Castaways

Hullo Castaways or is it Castoffs?? Our thanks once again to Chris for another superb adventure...my headache the next day was testimony to that. Mind you, a few arrived so late as to not being able to have time to drink that amount!!!....O'Reilly.... ...

... This was followed by digging up potatoes and picking tomatoes. Friday night we went to a bar/music venue in Ithaca called Castaways to watch a band from Washington D.C called Scythian.  Half the band are of Ukrainian descent which gave them their ...

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At the moment we are on the island of Koh Pha Ngan. The beaches are gorgeous, with pure white sand and surrounded y jungle-covered hills. Warren, Carlie, Kevin (our new friends from Seattle USA) , and I visited a little part of the island called Bottle ...

So we arrive at our camp for the next 10 weeks, and this is what we saw.  Sandy beaches and coconut palms fill the shoreline with a decked area for those who wish to sleep beneath the stars.  We are all staying in Bure's, the local Fijian ...

Our 6 hour bus ride to Puno was fairly non-eventful....just watching the mountainous scenery go by whislt snoozing and listening to iPods. We did pass through a couple of places which were quite interesting. The first was Pucara, a remote rural town ...

... checked straight in to our resort room for the next 5 nights. For those of you who don’t know, we won 5 nights at Castaways Resort Mission Beach at the Sandy Primary Gala Night a couple of days before we left on our trip.  As we were already ...

... is in the oil business and we had a lovely lunch and chit-chat afternoon at their townhouse in Houston. The morning we left the Castaways, as we were driving out of the park, we saw a RV that was completely destroyed by a fire during the night. ...

... the trip and thankfully use our A/C because it was really hot. Then we drove on to our 'home' ROD (Resorts of Distinction) park, Castaways on Lake Conroe, about 45 miles north of Houston.   We just spent a few casual and restful days there, that ...

... machine" became the boys' catchcry as they hoed into all the various dishes on offer - several times!  I'm sure Castaways were probably happy they hadn't included other meals in the package after observing our two in action! It really ...

... ;t OK. I walked down and asked one of the little cafes if they needed help, which they didn’t, but they told me to go to Castaways Resort and ask there. So Castaways is a Resort, 4 star, gorgeous! I walked there and it was so hot, I went in, ...

... high on their list of priorities, moreover the local resources and accessibility by boat. Hence the well-sheltered natural harbour. Back at Castaways and laze round the pool for a bit. Drive up the coast and sunbathe on the beach for a while. Not as ...

... town. We phone the free-phone number and we are picked up half an hour later in the minibus by Shaun the hostel manager. 'Castaways' is only 10 minutes down the road and we are soon sorted out. There is a main building containing all the facilities ...