Sun n Sands

... and Ty has just gotten her Masters in Conflict Resolution and Security, and we both hope that we will be putting our skills to use in some way during our travels. Departure from Paris, first stop - the golden sands of the Spice Island of Zanzibar!

... beach just still keeping up our skills on surfing.Mum also enjoyed her sun baking out on the beach.So while we were in Tannum Sands we had our very first camp fire with a few neighbors at the caravan park.Mum and dad had a nice little chat discussing ...

... etc) were that I was eating, it had been a while.

 A little later we arrived at a place called White Sands, just before sunset.

 White Sands is a National Park (technically a national monument) of sand dunes sandwiched between ...

We were headed to Golden Sands on a strong recommendation of our old housemate in London, Kate who had planned to stay there 2 nights and ended up staying for 10. We were catching the overnight bus from Istanbul. The buses are awesome and even have then ...

... about my warm sleeping bag inside the tent. I thanked God then and there for all of his beautiful creations. Wondrous creations. White Sands proved itself to be a one of a kind. Each shade of the day gives you a glimpse of time and elemental beauty. ...

White Sands is an otherworldly expanse of never-ending, glistening white dunes. Because they grow and move, the dunes quickly overtake the park roads and the park service has to plow them of the road in big heaps that look like piles of snow. We got a ...

... us whom I met on my first day in Rockhampton. We caught the ferry at 9:15 am and arrived a short 35 minutes later. The sun was hiding for a while but eventually came out! We spent the day chilling in the sun, swimming and Laura and myself amused ourselves ...

... or anything else). However, the sun was about to set and we needed to get to our final destination for the night – the Wahiba Sands.      We walked back to the car for 25 min. which dried us off pretty good. We found a food ...

... keep warm, and they came in handy. Last night, I was wearing a short sleeve shirt, and never put my jacket on, even after the sun went down. But I was glad I had long sleeves on this morning, and put my jacket on shortly after we got started. We ...

... for the day was White Sands National Park.  On our way into the park we passed many road signs for the 'White Sands Missile Range’, thankfully we didn’t take that turning, but continued on to the National Park.  The Park is one of ...

... us on our 2 hour journey to the airport. Our time here has gone by way too fast! New animals that we saw today at Lions Sands: common/grey duiker nyala serrated hinged terrapin New birds that we saw today at Lions Sands: Jacobin cuckoo green wood ...

Dave and I traveled to White Sands National Monument after Carlsbad and brought a tent to camp on the dunes.  This place is unbelievable to behold.  After driving through the flat desert plains from Alamogordo we came upon the White Sands ...

... to the lodge early ato ensure our safety and allow him to help fight the fire; all the rangers from estates within the Sabi Sands reserve help fight fires together when the occur.  Although this one was caused by lightning, we were told that in such ...

Since I did not get a chance yesterday, I drove to White Sands National Monument (about 50 miles east of Las Cruces) for the evening.  I started my visit at the Visitor Center.  There is a 17 minute movie on the plants and animals found in the ...

... Johan and our tracker, Andries, finding a scenic place to stop in the middle of the bush to take in the rising African sun, sounds of the bush and surrounding beauty.  Following the morning game drive, we arrived back at the lodge for breakfast on ...

... in a minibus later we arrive at Elephant Plains at 7pm just time to check out our room is lovely, a thatched cottage with big sun terrace, an indoor seating area with a log fire and a fab bathroom witj glass walls looking out over the Bush with indoor ...

... to spend a week here this trip. I have brought Mum and Dad with me and we are staying in an on-site caravan at Poppit Sands in Cardigan. The journey over went well although the Sat nav took us on an interesting route down some very narrow Welsh lanes. We ...

... chef and his staff were out there tonight serving delicacies and there was a full bar set up. We visited with everyone as the sun set on our final day in the African bush and took some pictures to remember the experience. It was a lovely touch by Zulch ...

... the week, but this was something altogether different. We pulled up beside them and they were either grooming one another or asleep in the sun, they didn't pay us any mind. At one point the lions heard another animal off in the distance and they popped to ...

... the game park. We were woken up at 5 AM by the staff, had a coffee with our group in the dining room watching the sun rise  over the mountains. Tears of joy...Left in our open Landrover to explore the park. Saw amazing (I'm repeating the word!) ...

  From KL and white water rafting, we went straight to the airport to catch our flight to Langkawi where we spent 3N/3D in Meritus Pelangi Resort & Spa.  We reached the island past 10pm.  The chalets were a welcome haven after those ...