HONG KONG | Saturday, 16 Mar 2013 | Views [299] | Comments [1]
Panic stations! Sue went to draw some money off our TravelMoney card and the money didn't come out! We rang the number on the machine and they said that it had been refused by the bank. Whew. I guess it was just a communication issue. Just to check, ... Read more >
HONG KONG | Friday, 15 Mar 2013 | Views [342] | Comments [1]
Another day in Hong Kong Breakfast in the Salisbury was up to the usual high standard. Reading the paper over breakfast, there was some concern over 6000 dead pigs floating towards Shanghai, due, it was thought, to the government crackdown on the use ... Read more >
HONG KONG | Thursday, 14 Mar 2013 | Views [328]
I am sitting here in bed in the 11th floor of the Salisbury Hotel, looking out over Hong Kong Harbour. (Thanks Roy for the recommendation)
I have the bedside lamp on, but there is almost enough light from the advertising boards across the harbour! ... Read more >
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HONG KONG | Saturday, 9 Mar 2013 | Views [289]
Nee How (That's Chinese for G'day)
We are planning our first retirement trip. It is to the Far East - which is about as far East as you can go before being West (when you take Greenwich as your reference point).
In fact us Westerners from ... Read more >
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JORDAN | Friday, 21 Oct 2011 | Views [541]
The trip to Petra today was amazing but exhausting. Much more there than we expected. On this trip we have now ridden on horse (today at Petra) Camel (On the way to our bedouin sleepover in the desert at Wadi Rum) Donkey (at Luxor - my eyes still ... Read more >
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EGYPT | Tuesday, 18 Oct 2011 | Views [380]
Well, Here we are in Jordan already! I didn't get a chance to update the blog in Egypt because it was all go go go, and the internet availability was very poor - at least where we were. Egypt was fantastic. The ancient history was fascinating, and ... Read more >
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GERMANY | Saturday, 8 Oct 2011 | Views [910]
What a memorable week! The wedding of Mr and Mrs Christopher and Sarita Ebersbach was wonderful, the bride beautiful, the organisation smooth, the weather warm and sunny, the guests cheerful and friendly, the food - Well the food was delicious and ... Read more >
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RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Sunday, 25 Sep 2011 | Views [340]
The wedding is now only a week away. I am sitting here in our cosy flat on the 4th floor. Very quiet with double glazing. There is a lock on our inner door and 4 deadlocks on the outer door. Then down 4 flights of stairs and through another locked ... Read more >
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GERMANY | Sunday, 18 Sep 2011 | Views [274]
I am sitting in Chris’s grandparent’s house in Schenefeld,
Germany writing this instalment of the blog.
It is an interesting house, built by Chris’s great
grandfather. Parts of it are a bit
rundown now, but it originally
incorporated ... Read more >
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AUSTRALIA | Wednesday, 14 Sep 2011 | Views [401] | Comments [1]
Tonight we leave on our next adventure - this time to Germany for Sarita's wedding. We are making the most of our last day in Brisbane, soaking up the beautiful sunshine and girding ourselves for the cold weather to come. Having had 10 days since our ... Read more >
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TURKEY | Wednesday, 31 Oct 2007 | Photo Gallery
Elke & Tom
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TURKEY | Wednesday, 31 Oct 2007 | Photo Gallery
Santorini
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TURKEY | Wednesday, 31 Oct 2007 | Photo Gallery
Canakkale to Kusdasi
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TURKEY | Wednesday, 31 Oct 2007 | Photo Gallery
Crystal terraces
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TURKEY | Tuesday, 30 Oct 2007 | Photo Gallery
Balloons and Fairy Chimneys
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TURKEY | Tuesday, 30 Oct 2007 | Photo Gallery
Mosques and Ferries
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TURKEY | Wednesday, 24 Oct 2007 | Views [714]
Does time move more quickly while on holidays? İf İ look back to when we first arrived in İstanbul, it does seem to be a while ago, yet the end still seems to have arrived too quickly - something of a paradox. We have done a lot of travel - by plane, ... Read more >
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TURKEY | Saturday, 20 Oct 2007 | Views [706]
We feel like we are floating in the air! 1200m in the air to be precise! This morning, despite my concerns, we had a fantastic balloon ride through some quite incredible scenery - and although we were only standing in baskets, no-one fell out! To ... Read more >
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TURKEY | Wednesday, 17 Oct 2007 | Views [728] | Comments [2]
Well - here we are in Bedrock - locally called Goreme - and it is the kind of place where you might expect to meet Fred and Barney (Wilma and Betty usually stay indoors). The houses are built into caves in these fantastic rock formations. But I am ... Read more >
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BELGIUM | Sunday, 14 Oct 2007 | Views [545]
Just back from part 1 of the wedding. I have already mentioned about the 'shooting'. Today, the extended family and friends came around for champagne and photos. Then we went to the town hall for the official part of the wedding where the legal issues ... Read more >
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