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Trip: To and from Canada

There are [14] stories from my trip: To and from Canada


Western Germany

GERMANY | Sunday, 30 May 2010 | Views [153]

Andrew has been talking non-stop about driving along the Romantic Rhine so starting VERY early we jumped in the car and headed to Koblenz – the starting point for the most popular part of the Rhine. Koblenz itself was fascinating and a highlight ... Read more >


Malta

MALTA | Saturday, 13 Jun 2009 | Views [996]

Mdina – the silent city Mdina is the old capital of Malta and is essentially a high-walled fortress in the centre of the island, perched high on the plateau. I cannot remember the full history of the city despite enjoying the audio-tour ... Read more >

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Sightseeing in Malta

MALTA | Friday, 8 May 2009 | Views [451]

A weekend on Gozo… We have now been in Malta for nearly a month – wow how the time has flown!! After a week in Sliema we arranged to spend the weekend on the smaller island of Gozo in order to meet Andrew’s family. We had a brilliant ... Read more >


Ireland baby!

IRELAND | Wednesday, 29 Apr 2009 | Views [346]

Dublin is 5.5 hours from New York – it takes longer to get from Melbs to Perth! Our pilot on Aer Lingus did a great job catching up for lost time and getting us to our connection in Shannon, on the west coast of Ireland, for the 30 min flight ... Read more >

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The Big Apple

USA | Thursday, 23 Apr 2009 | Views [477]

The Big Apple is brilliant! I loved it! We spent 3 nights in New York before our departure to Ireland – 2 nights on long island and our final night in midtown Manhattan. As my friend from High School, Hayley, lives and works in ... Read more >

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Trans-Canada on a Greyhound

CANADA | Sunday, 19 Apr 2009 | Views [759]

DAY 1 We have not been to Whistler. I can already hear the gasp of the Vancouver locals; “OMG, two Australians that have NOT been to Whistler! How strange”. We always planned to go, we just never got around to it and then we didn’t want ... Read more >


Mexico

MEXICO | Saturday, 17 Jan 2009 | Views [197]

The view from our balcony on arrival in Mazatlan Our roommates Andrea and Victor, in Sayulita Playing around at the fountain in Guadalajaha Riding horses on the beach near Mazatlan Watching the hometeam play soccer from ... Read more >


The mighty USA

USA | Thursday, 1 Jan 2009 | Views [313]

New year's eve watching Buckethead play at the Moore theatre in Seattle Me and My King in Olympia The Washington state capitol building Mmm, yum (I think) At the Mt St Helens national park For New Year we decided on ... Read more >


Vancouver

CANADA | Thursday, 25 Dec 2008 | Views [174]

Here we are!! We arrived in our new home at late afternoon on Boxing Day. The fog was thick and the tarmac was covered in snow. It was snowing quite heavily as we passed though customs and imigration, picking up our ... Read more >


Macau for Christmas!

MACAU | Wednesday, 24 Dec 2008 | Views [208]

Yet another day in HK and we were off across the border again; this time heading east via ferry to Macau. Macau is an old portuguese trading town which is being built into the Vegas of the east. All day we ... Read more >


Shenzhen

CHINA | Tuesday, 23 Dec 2008 | Views [133]

I loved this tag on our new clothing! Crossing the border from Hong Kong We arrived in Hong Kong from Malaysia at about lunch time and spent the day looking around HK and familiarising ourselves with the inner-city ... Read more >


Honkers

HONG KONG | Monday, 22 Dec 2008 | Views [172]

Merry Christmas!! Finally we spent a day in Hong Kong, rather then just sleeping there!! We walked part way to Victoria Peak before deciding that it was rather steep and did the rest of the trip in a taxi. We wanted to take ... Read more >


Singapore

SINGAPORE | Thursday, 11 Dec 2008 | Views [146]

We have been in Singapore for the last 3 days and there is one word that could sum up the place perfectly.... actually is it more of a sound - "KaChing!" I think it would have been for more efficient (and ... Read more >


Malaysia

MALAYSIA | Monday, 8 Dec 2008 | Views [189]

So here we go on our big adventure!! We are in Singapore at the moment (in Starbucks of course - gotta love free wi-fi), arriving on the overnight train from KL this morning. It was a good train ride helped much ... Read more >