Third Age Adventures

Macau

MACAU | Saturday, 18 Aug 2007 | Views [241]

When I woke up the day was clear and so was my head. I’d slept well and long. Got up at 6.30 am – had early breakfast, and off to the Macau Ferry. All my typhoon worries were – as usual – for naught. I walked down to ... Read more >

Photos: Honkers

HONG KONG | Friday, 17 Aug 2007 | Photo Gallery

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Honkers

HONG KONG | Friday, 17 Aug 2007 | Views [260]

Got up at 4.00am – freezing. All packed or as packed as I’m going to be. Matthew got up and drove me to the airport – we had a couple of coffees and he went to work. I went through security and onto the plane with no dramas. There ... Read more >

Kona coffee and Submarines

UNITED STATES OUTLYING ISLANDS | Thursday, 12 Jul 2007 | Views [242]

!We disembarked from the ship when it arrived back in Honolulu and flew straight to Kona on the big island. We are staying in another time-share resort - right on the water. It occurs to me that we are done for if there's a tsunami (one has hit on the ... Read more >

Photos: Kona, Coffee and Submarines

UNITED STATES OUTLYING ISLANDS | Thursday, 12 Jul 2007 | Photo Gallery

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Cruisin' round the Islands

UNITED STATES OUTLYING ISLANDS | Sunday, 8 Jul 2007 | Views [214]

Monday: KAUAI: We arrived in Kauai in the morning and spent the day at a little resort nearby. We had booked in for the luau in the evening - a hangi by another name. Busloads of us went. On a property about 10 minutes away –... Read more >

Photos: Cruisin' Round the Islands

UNITED STATES OUTLYING ISLANDS | Sunday, 8 Jul 2007 | Photo Gallery

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Aloha

UNITED STATES OUTLYING ISLANDS | Monday, 2 Jul 2007 | Views [211]

We left Maui mid-morning to fly back to Honolulu. We’d been staying in a resort affiliated with a Travel Club that M belongs to, so it’s been free accommodation. On Board the ship – “The Pride of Aloha”... Read more >

Photos: Koh Samui

THAILAND | Thursday, 25 Jan 2007 | Photo Gallery

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Koh Samui (after the wedding)

THAILAND | Thursday, 25 Jan 2007 | Views [245]

The day after the wedding twenty of the wedding party (including the bride and groom) went out today on a Cruise to an island and a marine national park. Naively I’d thought we’d climb aboard the cabin cruiser from a pier. But no ! We waded ... Read more >

Photos: Thai Wedding

THAILAND | Monday, 22 Jan 2007 | Photo Gallery

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Thai Wedding

THAILAND | Monday, 22 Jan 2007 | Views [244]

Where do I start? We got to Rocky Point Resort which is right on the water. It’s a beautiful setting – everything has carved wood and tropical plants. We sat sipping drinks at the bar, then inside in front of a (man-made) ... Read more >

Photos: Bangkok

THAILAND | Tuesday, 16 Jan 2007 | Photo Gallery

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Bangkok

THAILAND | Tuesday, 16 Jan 2007 | Views [241]

We arrived in Bankok and settled into our hotel - in the evening E, C and R arrived from London and joined us in the hotel. Next day E was keen to show me some of Bangkok – which she had been to before. So off on the aerial train line (the Sky ... Read more >