Southern Sun

... to Peru to experience the ruins of Machu Picchu and the Nazca lines. Then it's over to Easter Island to visit some big stone heads, sun worship in French Polynesia and home to Hawaii. Or, if we still haven't had enough, maybe over to Fiji a nd beyond??? We ...

... 8216;Babes’ and got on board for my 4 hour journey. I slept most of the way. I was the only person the get off at Southern Cross, and Greame was waiting for me in the only car that was parked next to the ramp that was the train station. He was on ...

... spit. We were glad once we had the worst of the descent behind us, and by this time the weather seemed to be improving, as the sun had come out. We stopped at a clearing for a lunch of soup and crackers and cheese. In the distance we could hear the girls ...

... market and nothing form the supermarket either. J-she all alone for a day, in a market, with money. And nothing. Maybe the island sun has melted her brain too. Back home for a relax after all that piscatorial excitement and in the evening we catch the bus ...

... warm temperatures, as the train clambered toward Krakow the temperature took a sudden nosedive as dark foreboding clouds blocked out the sun. Having met Roddick in Nice earlier, his preview of what to expect when visiting Poland was not exactly what one ...

DAY 86. OCTOBER 26. HELSINKI From sun and sand to snow We need new travel agents. No one in their right mind would choose to go from Petra to Helsinki. We are clearly insane. Today was a very long day. An exhausting day. We started off in the ...

... with a thunderstorm and torrential rain. And then, more or less as quickly as it started, it disappeared to be followed by bright sun again. With this, we upped anchor and set off, next stop Hanko, on the 'bottom left hand corner of the Finland mainland ...

... island, snorkeling in the coral reef, or cruising around on our rad little scooter. Although we only had a couple days where the sun stayed out all day the weather was still quite warm and tropical. Our highlight was snorkeling by the 'Fruits Of ...

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What is the Champagne region for France is Tarija for Bolivia. Surrounded by mid-range mountains, and nestled underneath pleasant southern sun, Tarija is blessed with mild climate and a laid back atmosphere. Those might be the reasons why the city feel so ...

Its Bloody well raining!! So there really isn't much to do here when the weather is good but when its wet there is absolutely nothing added to the fact that its windy too and you can't even really sit outside under a shelter then boredom is gonna set in ...

That's right....some ruins.  got another early start on a bright sunny day and headed up the Wye Valley for a drive. First stop for the day was Tintern Abbey, on the Welsh bank of the Wye River. It was the first Cistercian (white monks) foundation ...

Oi oi, Sorry not updated the blog in a while. Not been sold down the docks just yet but will see how the money goes, sorry Steelso! Currently in Rarotonga waiting for the plane tonight to Fiji. Enjoyed cook islands a lot, the people are great. ...

Today we went on a lagoon cruise. Took us to feed the fish where you go in snorkelling with bread and all the fish eat the bread out of your hand. Saw lots of coral and giant clams, was pretty good. Took us to some islands and then had a BBQ lunch on ...

Everything's closed on a Sunday as everyone goes to church so today we went to the beach spa resort hotel nearby for a free local show. It was a local group singing traditional songs and doing a bit of dancing, so was pretty good! A lot of people from ...

Another day, another daytrip, another perfect sunny sky... I wore SHORTS to Cardiff. I can't even remember the last time I wore my shorts! Mexico? The gorgeous warm weather made Cardiff pretty idyllic for the day. There were people everywhere, out ...

Today the island paradise came through, no rain, sunny, and hot. Unfortunately Damian's scuba diving course was cancelled due to the rough ocean conditions.  Darn!  I did my PADI certification here in 1995 and Damian was so keen.  We were ...

Just beautiful. ...

Our arrival into Rarotonga consisted of an old man singing a very soothing song whilst playing the Ukulele which was rather nice.  A small shack in the corner for a bar, or duty free perhaps?  All this and we hadn't even left the airport yet, ...

Hey there kids Well as the last email will testify it has certainly been a fun week!! From literal heights of heights to the figurative lows of lows!! Love it!! Some more photos for the collective soul...enjoy ...