After a typical SW flight smooth and comfortable I arrived at Ft. Lauderdale early and taxied to the Embassy Suites where I checked in and shown to a wonderful corner room on the top floor with a great view of the port. I39m thinking this is the best r...[...]
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May 18th, 2013 - 5:41 am § in Journals
Tivat and the Bay of Kotor
After the walk up the mountainside yesterday we were happy to do a little less exercise today and as the weather had turned on us and was overcast and drizzly at times we had a good lie in and didn39t emerge for breakfast until 9amvery late for us.Lunc...[...]
May 18th, 2013 - 5:41 am § in Journals
Carsington to Chester to Manchester to Dublin to Galway
Well time flies when youre having fun ehWe cleaned up Swiers Farmhouse early on Wednesday morningstrange what the male cousins left behind but I think I now know where all the missing mates of sock pairs liveand were on the way to make our flight from ...[...]
May 18th, 2013 - 5:41 am § in Journals
Nepal First Impressions
This morning I woke up to the sound of gongs and chants from the nearby monasteries. It39s a peaceful hypnotic sound and I fell back asleep feeling strangely comfortable in this new completely foreign place. I39m in Bhouda or Boudhanath a holy site in ...[...]
May 18th, 2013 - 4:10 am § in Journals
Lizard Island
From Flattery we moved on to Lizard Island We didnt do much for the first 2 days as it was still very windy and raining. On the first night we had sundowners with 2 couples off 2 other boats. Gary and Lyn from KicknBack and Bob and Helen from Makani Ka...[...]
May 18th, 2013 - 4:10 am § in Journals
A Pinchbeck on Elm Street
Africa is big. Very big. Too big for one man to see all of it at once so I settled instead for just seeing nine countries which I thought was a fair start. Overland tours are fairly straight forward. You travel on a big truck with a bunch of likeminded...[...]
May 18th, 2013 - 4:10 am § in Journals
Perth
201We had to check out at 10 though our flight wasn39t until 4.15pm The motel offered a free shuttle to the airport and as there was nowhere to sit around at our motel we had to head to the airport the weather wasn39t great so not like we could even go...[...]
May 18th, 2013 - 4:10 am § in Journals
Symphonic Harmony
Auf weirdersehen Dresden Dobr den PrahaGrunes Gewold or The Green Vault was King Augustus Strong39s baroque treasure chamber. The galley is outstanding and in order to enter you pass thru a special chamber that apparently assists in keep the environmen...[...]
May 18th, 2013 - 4:10 am § in Journals
Bathurst Head
Had a big sail for our next anchorage so decided to leave while there was still a lot of wind to get us there. wind had dropped from 2530 kts to 2025kts sw we left early in the morning. Actually had a pleasant day sailing only to find out that the anch...[...]
May 18th, 2013 - 4:10 am § in Journals
OrcchaKhajuraho
It wasnt the easiest place to get to but the fort at Orccha is the best wed seen in India. It also wasnt the most opulent or the most fascinating historically but it was the most fun architecturally with a complicated web of passageways and doorways se...[...]