Driving up to Kings Canyon and hearing the description of the walk from an experience guide created some nervous butterflieshellip but I was excited about the challenge that lay ahead. The closer we got to the Canyon the bigger it gothellip and so did the nervous butterflies. As we began scampering up the first part of the Walk it became obvious why they call it lsquoHeart Attack Hillrsqu
Croc Spotting
When I was in Kakadu I decided to be a bit tough and go Croc Spotting. Irsquove watched Crocodile Dundee enough times to know what to do I figured Irsquod probably see two or three and that would be ithellipIrsquod heard about this little billabong in Kakadu called Yellow Waters where I could go for a cruise see my two or three crocodiles birds and some other wildlife. I thought lsq
Surfing the NT
After trekking around Kakadu and Arnhem Land I was surprised to have a rare free morning in Darwin. I had heard so much about the new wave pool and being a bit of a beach lover I thought I better check it out for myself. After paying the 5 entry fee for a half day pass teamed with my swimmers towel hat and sunscreen I headed into the pool grounds. Scanning my surrounds for a comfortable spo
Florence
We left Ischia at 9am on Thursday After a ferry and a taxi ride we boarded the fast train to Florence. The Eurocity trains stop at all major stations if you travel in first and second class which we did you are required to prepay your tickets we each purchased 3 train travel passes and all up our tickets cost each of us 284 AUS. We arrived in Florence early in the afternoon and checked int
Paris Take Two
I am writing this from a tiny cabin on a train that feels like it is headed to Hogwarts. In the early 1900s. Although I am sure that is incredibly inaccurate the latter of the 2 comparisons it honestly feels like we have time travelled. We are in a little cabin with 4 others with the window down and a sliding door. Itrsquos awesome. Unfortunately our cabin mates are not so into making friend
4 weeks in Delhi
Exactly 4 weeks ago i arrived in Delhi with my girlfriend Sophia. It was 1 am and still bustling. Soph was ill and the 3 hour journey from Agra had just taken 9 hours. We were not in the best of moods and to be honest the crowded dirty dusty and unfinished streets stripped of their surfaces and building facades did not really appeal. Then i got rather ill Soph flew home and i continued to det
In memorial of……
Mohatma Indira and Rajiv Ghandhi. This is how the indians treat their popular politicians Jaharwalal Nehru the 1st prime minister of India is also fondly rememebered.I'll start with a little regarding the latter two most recent prime minister of India and daughter and grandson of Nehru not Gandhi Indira the 1st female prime minister in the 70's and early 80's up to her 1984 assassination b
Stairway to Heaven crossing the St.Gotthard.
Blast from the past a train trip I've done too many times. Stairway to Heaven more like an escalator it's so smooth.Being a servant of God she couldn't refuse though I don't normally ask tiny ageing asian nuns to help heave my huge travel bag up onto the overhead rack. I wasn't thinking just excited at the prospect of going over the Alps by train again. The first time had been forty years b
Still in Broome
Peter and Jo have a dog named Oscar.He always licks and sniffs people. Often he runs away when the gate is open and no one is looking. He has a strange habit of tipping his food bowl over and sorting his biscuits out. He eats the white ones first then the green then the red ones last. We went to a gallery and there were heaps of pictures made from paper cranes. They were done by an artist c
PhilippinesOn my way home
Hello all So last month I went to the Philippines with my good friend Lauren. It was a total blast The island we were on was gorgeous it rained for maybe a total of 10 minutes the whole week it was never below 75 degrees F the ocean looked like it was made of turquoise and sapphire and I never wanted to leave. Our island was Panglao just off the shore of Bohol. Getting to our resort was t
Day Eleven
Today we went to Tokyo Edo Museum. It was an interesting museum it was nice to see both full and scale models of the stuff i learned from classes. I got to see full models of the Tokyo bridge and the a kabuki theater. As well as what several Edo period homes looked like. That night the Meiji Kids took us to experience Tokyo night life. We went to a club called Atom. it was pretty cool three floo
Charters Towers Townsville and everything
Sorry this took a long time to put together due to one too many single malt whiskeys all will be revealed.On leaving Airlie Beach we decide to free camp at Home Hill a much recommended site we had heard so much about it. The camp site or to be more precise camp street runs parallel with the Bruce Highway on one side and the railway line on the other how peaceful Not really anything to do
Day Twelve
Today we did not have a lecture but went straight for the cultural sights. We went to Harajuku and Meiji Jinku shrine. We didn't get to see to much of the town. But we saw the shrine. It is a shrine to Emperor Meiji who instituted the Meiji Restoration which forever changed Japan. While there we saw a wedding procession in typical Japanese style Kimono's and all. After that we went to a Rugby gam
Las Vegas The Strip and Hoover Dam
Las Vegas the town of flash and flesh and I don't mean just in the shows but on the street. Amazing Judy I took an evening and went down the Strip to see the casinos and experience the flavor of the center city. It was a cold blustery evening and was hard to stay warm as I thought it would be warmer than it was. We were in and out of several casinos and the glitz of course is everyw
laatste dag JAMMER
meer fotos van cooktown en cape tribulationKijk naar de Map hoe we ongeveer hebben gereden het was 3200 km
Heigh ho heigh ho it’s back to Tokyo we go
Mr and Mrs G decided that as HB was ldquounwellrdquo that it would be better to go back to Tokyo a day earlier than planned. Mrs G told me later that HB had miricauasly gotten better as soon as they had decided to go back although HB didnrsquot know that. No she was never sick to begin with she had dry skin. Secretly I think that they were trying to get out of staying in a Buddhist tem
Life is good…at the Greenbrier
Friday May 21One of the pleasures of road trips is the excitement of a find that you didnrsquot expect. Our traipse through AP US History has had us trying to recall so much that we had forgotten education is wasted on the young but many of the places and names certainly did ring some familiar bells. But our real find today was a new one Montpelier the home of James Madison outside Ch
Zooing along
I went down to Atlanta this weekend to visit Dad and trade cars. My road trip is at the end of this week my anxiety is starting to realize that too and Dad's car is more suitable for a road trip than my Fit. So I drove down Friday and we went to my favorite sushi place they have this special roll that no place here has and it's soooo good. We were supposed to go to six flags Saturday but Dad
Concert Overload
Doug and I had bought tickets to see Carbon Leaf one of our favorite bands for way back in Feb. We had driven all the way to Londonderry NH to see them at this really cool place called Tupelo Music Hall just to arrive and find the place had no power due to some rain and sleet that had been coming down. What a bummer Well Carbon Leaf rescheduled their show for May 21st So round 2 Up to Londond
Moab UT to VernalUT by way of CO
Off by about 830 leaving Moab UT. We drove up UT 128 to I70 East. 128 follows the Colorado River about 23 of the way to I70. It is a beautiful canyon with lots of red sandstone high cliffs of monolithic sandstone some towers buttes and other assorted shapes. The road is really close to the river which was high and running dirty. Saw a couple busloads of people going to drop off poin