Southern Cross Hotel

... . As those of you who've traveled a bit know, the world out there is sooo diverse....I mean, you don't need to cross country borders to witness the wild differences in human existance. Hell, just cross the road in India and everything can change India ...

... all reminded me of the countless trips to Perth and back again while I was dating Veronica - what a committed sausage I was!! Arrived in Southern Cross at about 1pm. The town certainly looks better than it did when I saw it last (about 15 years ago) - ...

... -young john, pete,dale and gina fred eilenn and kenny andrew and alyson john pryce john mackay skimpy night- girls from southern cross- jade, piaf, canadian laura. mitch breaking into his own caravan after a rocketfuel from reggie baladgie rock and ...

... that Kev thinks I am a princess and got the Royal Cama, fully reclining seat) is the amazing night sky! Finally seeing the Southern Cross, the southern part of the Milky Way and was that the moon upside down¿ We spent all day (the 5th) at the ...

... and I can’t understand how these places make a profit. And it was at one of these Churrascarias that our Southern Cross finished.  But before that we had a quick lunch in a 'charge by the kilo’ restaurant and then headed out ...

... at an average of over 28 kms/hour, which is good taking into consideration the mixed ability of the riders in the team. We left Southern Cross at 7.15 am and arrived in Coolgardie at about 4 pm. This included a stop for morning tea and lunch, plus a 'pit ...

... journey. We have joined a group trip lasting around 44 days that will take us from Rio to Lima in Peru. Billed as cross continent adventure through the heart of South America, we are hoping that this experience will have it all! Having checked in ...

... car that takes tourists out of the Salt Flats and beyond is an aging LC. And these things take a battering as they criss-cross the rocky desert. Long after the wood inserts have cracked, the chrome trimmings shaken off and the leather seats unravelled on ...

... sat watching the Fiats roll past from the park with a statue of two giant leaping Salmon before going back to the hotel and hung around until our minibus arrived to take us on our lovely, sleepless, uncomfortable journey to south-eastwards across Brazil ...

... will just go away, but not so. I stand up and have a look from the balcony. Here I see the son running criss-cross over the street shouting something while the two ladies following him and trying to calm him down and get him back into the ...

... 6 for our flight to Bali, Indonesia.  With this flight, we would be leaving the Northern Hemisphere and entering the Southern Hemisphere for the better part of five months.  We had been looking forward to Bali and the islands of ...

... snow capped Andes. The next day was even better despite the early (6.00) start. We drove along the canyon to Condor Cross. Unfortunately emboldened by no-one asking the guide to maybe lessen the amount of talk our big-haired guide rambled on even ...

... around our dorm with just their beady yellow eyes poking out of the dark swamp waters.  Our local/wildlife guide, unlike the hotel management, was a pretty good guy and managed a few smiles as he pointed out the wildlife and he knew his stuff. The ...

... idling it made the car vibrate and sound ridiculous. Nonetheless we made it to Sucre and were pleasantly surprised to find our hotel was actually quite good compared to other Bolivian hotels. Before Sucre we had spent a day in Potosi. We travelled there ...

... it's only about 2 hours, or it be if it didn’t start with a 3:30am wake-up call. As I sat there in our chilly hotel the night before the trail started I did wonder what the hell I was doing trekking and camping for four days when there’s a ...

... was our last in Peru and we boarded our ‘local’ bus (packed with tourists) to Bolivia and La Paz. We left our hotel at 7am and headed for the boarder at the SW end of Lake Tititcaca where we finally said goodbye to Peru. We passed thru’ ...

... the images to ensure that both side of the place were able to get a view down below. Safely back on terra firma we hung around our hotel until it was time to go to Arequipa – not a journey we were looking forward to as it was a 10 hour night bus. ...

... . KEY WEST – We stayed in the oldest hotel (next door to the oldest house in Key West) on Duval Street.  The Southern Cross Hotel only has about 40 rooms but it’s located in the middle of the action (21 bars in 6 blocks).  Every ...

... moving, arriving in Dunedin at around 8pm with not a clue where to stay or where to eat.  After checking in to the Southern Cross Hotel, we went searching for dinner at 9:30.  After a whole lot of turn downs, we finally found a bite and hit the ...

... ice fishing holes. Tonight, we went out to a really nice restaurant and I had Sauteed Reindeer. It was realllly good. It was a cross between Beef Bourguignon and Beef Jerky.  Very good. We ended tonight at a club that was pretty cool. Day 4: Today, ...

... By 8 we were packed up, I'd loaded some photos into last night's blog, and we went down to breakfast. Included in our hotel room was a buffet breakfast - a large mix of hot & cold options, some particularly Finnish, some not. Amongst the hot foods I ...