Greetings from Grants NM. Wow it seems like ages since I sat down to update the blog. I guess itrsquos because I drove another 455 miles today and had the most unusual event occur this evening since Irsquove been RVing. But Irsquom getting ahead of myself. Let me see if I can slow down my brain and fill you in.When we last lsquotalkedrsquo I was alongside Route 66 just outside of Sh

Nachdem ich endlich in Auckland angekommen war erkundigte ich die Stadt Ehrlich gesagt ziemlich hsslich Der Hafenist leider komplett zugebaut und die Wolkenkratzer sind auch nicht gerade so schn. Aber der kleine Albert Park war ganz nett undvom Skytower konnte ich wenigstens die ganze Stadt erblicken die sogar von der Flche die drittgrte Stadt der Welt ist da die Kiwis alle einen klein

i just came back from the grand canyon and the museum and where the americans used to live here before the mayflower came it was a fun trip from bailey

Distance Traveled 410 milesArizona Gila Bend Buckeye Phoenix Mesa Florence Tucson Benson Tombstone Bisbee DouglasNew Mexico Rodeo LordsburgWe elected not to eat breakfast at the Space Age Restaurant imagine that and decided instead to take a couple of pictures in front of the plate metal dinosaur sculpture at the local gas station. Then we headed off to Phoenix. In keeping wit

HeyWell we went for one night to Suzhou and it wasn't quite what I was expecting. I thought that it would be a peacefull place with lots of orginal buildings showing china's archeticture. However it turns out that its full of KFC McDonalds and all the places which you try and get away from. We did manage to find a nice area by the river which did try and retain a bit of culture however this ag

No you are not in a western Look at the lovely autumn colours...Non vous n'etes pas dans un western Jettez un oeil aux jolies couleurs d'automne...

Thursday April 22ndThe day dawned overcast and rainy in Orewa. We spent most of the morning in the van making use of the good internet connection to do a few online duties before having a late but very delicious breakfast. Before leaving Orewa we stopped to pick up a few supplies then headed north a few kilometers to the Wenderholm Regional Park.As we drove down the access road to the park we w

The amazing Rob Roy glacier and our encouter with the kea bird...L'etonnant glacier Rob Roy et notre rencontre avec le kea oiseau...

Days 12 13 14 15 and all there is to see is sea plus the occasional bird and the odd flying fish. Someone said they saw a ship the other day by we think they we hallucinating. The last couple of days have been a bit rocky as the wind has got up and you know itrsquos going to get a bit bumpy when they start leaving strategically placed sick bags on the staircases But when yoursquove becom

I just got back from the Grand Canyon as well as the museum and lots of other places such as shops that were there. It wasn't exactly what i had imaged completely but it was similar because I saw some picture of it before. Although it wasn't what I completely thought it was going to be like it was still really amazing kind to think of it it was so awesome that i took to many picture and my memor

Our final island in French Polynesias saw us call at Raiatea for what was too short a time as we had to be off on our final leg to Honolulu. As the time was so short we didnrsquot book anything so had a lazy day all round. However thanks to the local ferry we couldnrsquot leave by the normal route and so we actually had some spectacular views departing the port steering in a vey narrow channe

We will leave you to freeze looking at the glacier of Mount cook...Nous vous laissons vous geler regardant le glacier du mont cook...

Sydney Shanghai April 25 Our alarm went off at 5.30am at the Best Western hotel in Wollongong. We had been there celebrating Jeffrsquos niece Amandarsquos Wedding the night before. It was a lovely night well planned and everyone had a great time.We stepped onto the balcony overlooking the mountains and the grey skies and drizzle made everything appear calm. We left the hotel and drove d

Be in awe of the turquoise blue of lake tekapo...Laisser vous prendre par le bleu turquoise du lac Tekapo...

The next stop was Labna a more dispersed site with hardly any restoration having taken place. There was an impressive Mayan arch which served as a gateway towards the other cities as well as other palaces in various states of ruin.We took a detour for lunch and stumbled across a local restaurant. We were the only customers so decided to make it easy for the chef by all ordering burritos. After pl

The place were montain and sea are just about touching each other with an abundance of sea life...Quand la montagne et la mere se touche presque...

Have you ever seen some big fishAvez vous deja vu des gros poissons

Fancy a tippleUn petit verre

This past weekend we spent it with great friends in Yantian and enjoyed fun activities. Friday we arrived in Yantian around 530pm we haven't been to Yantian since Christmas. Once we arrived to Kris and Kelly's apartment the other 3 couples were all waiting for us. We decided we were all hungry and went to a new restaurant and enjoyed the food and drinks for about 2 hours. Then we went back to Kr

The road trip started at the revised hour of 9am. The route we were taking was called 'Ruta Puuc' which is a circuit of Mayan sites in the Puuc region close to Merida where we were staying.As we were picking up the car another traveller was dropping his back who had visited similar ruins. He highly recommended one which was not on our original agenda Mayapan. With the journey changed we headed