Sea World – Gold Coast
It’s always a question “What to do over the holidays?” As our children are now grown into young men we don’t seen to do much of the kid stuff. So when my two autistic boys visited from New Zealand I had the chance to […]
Sometimes it’s not all about travel
Travelling takes it’s toll on us all in different ways and just as much as I love to tell of were we have traveled it comes at a price. And for me this Easter it’s the sacrifice of a two year absence of seeing my two […]
How to choose a digital camera for travel
Finally I took the plunge into getting a good SLR camera. I wanted to buy one for the last couple of years and almost bought my brother-in-laws 2 year old Pentax, but decided that I wanted the latest and greatest that I could afford. Until now I had evolved […]
New Caledonia – a taste of France in the Pacific
Today started with a day of discovery. I wondered where the mini bar was and the fact that we had no coffee or tea. Instead I discovered that we had only settled into 1/2 of our hotel room! I opened […]
New Caledonia – We bare it all!
BONJOURE! Well after a great weekend in New Caledonia it’s back down to earth and work is the daily grind that drums reality into you hear once more. Wow Noumea… awesome peoples, so friendly. After a good nights sleep and one of […]
Cambodia Part 2 – S21 & The Killing Fields
S – 21 Genocidal Centre There is part of me that does not want to write this blog. Instead I wish to leave the souls lost to rest in eternal peace, but there is also a part that screams let […]
Intrepid Tour – Cambodia Part 1
Time to say good-bye to Vietnam; the last 5 days have been an amazing experience that I can only say to those who have not yet travelled, quick come here now before all the tourists! Yes I believe and so […]
Vietnam Part 5 – Intrepid Journey to Cambodia
Breakfast was early – French bread and omelette – so much for local food. The Vietnamese don’t eat breakfast like westerners do. There is no milk or cereals to be found. Today our group was travelling by bus overland […]
Vietnam Part 4 – Ho Chi Min City
We were up early morning this morning as we head off back to Saigon or as it is now referred to – Ho Chi Min City. For the one-hour flight we travelled for the first time in my life Business […]
Vietnam Part 3 – Hue City
Asia hotel was a wonderful place to stay. Complete with a roof top pool and bar and a restaurant that served the most scrumptious breakfast. We woke this morning and after breakfast decided that we would walk the 2.5km […]