iSimangaliso Wetland Park In the afternoon the VESA African Unearth group headed of to the nearby iSimangaliso Wetland park for a nature walk with Johan one of our group leaders at the Crocodile Centre in St. Lucia. Johan is very k

Welcome to SwazilandToday we left St. Lucia and started to make our way to Swaziland. At the border because we were Canadian citizens we did not need to get a visa. However one of the volunteers of the VESA African unearth group from Thailand h

Mlilwane Wildlife SanctuaryWe woke up from our accommodation at Sondzela Backpackers to discover in our backyard warthogs grazing the grass. It finally dawned on us that we were in a sanctuary where animals had the right of way. The Mlil

Munich StopoverWe left Johannesburg South Africa on May 16th and arrived in Munich on May 17th. We had approximately 8 hours in Munich before we needed to head back to the airport for our flight to Toronto. Marienplatz

Are you getting up The navigator woke early this morning . I never heard him getting up . He was standing at the bottom of the bed What about your walk Are you bothering this morning I had made plans yesterday for todays walk . On the way home

It is Sunday. The shine is shining . It is a day of rest . But each day feels like a day of rest . Everyday feels like a Sunday. I could turn over fall asleep and have a late breakfast . Somehow along the way over the last 30 days walking has become an

Sunday 12 April 202028 days of quarantine down 14 more to goLike every Sunday in the new world of Peru under quarantine nobody is allowed to leave their homes today except for emergency medical services. All grocery stores pharmacies a

Morning all I guess you will all be up and greeting the dawn . Sleep did not come easy last night . Tossing and turning . You get nights like that at times . Hoping that once your head hits the pillow you will fall asleep . Some nights you do. Others the

Rameshwaram is a holy town located on Pamban island and is separated from mainland India by the Pamban channel. It is just 40km from Mannar island Sri Lanka.

The butterfly counts not months but moments and has time enough Rabindranath Tagore one of my favourites. I saw the first butterfly of the season today . A Cabbage White the scourge of gardeners who love their cabbages . The pretty white things lays

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I won't lie to you. My brain was Ok this morning accepting the fact that a walk was on the way after breakfast . It also knew that today was shopping day . The day of a telekit from work. It was my feet that were complaining . Complaining loudly at that

I headed to the main bus station in Sofia to take the bus to Plovdiv. I had done a bit of research online and found that buses leave fairly regularly and there were a few different companies to choose from. I had hoped to make it to the bus station for the

Farewell Arcadia Day 57 Wednesday 8th April 2020 Today well be anchoring out at Tenerife.When we opened the curtains we were still sailing but by breakfast time we were anchored. Looks like a nice day but only forecast abou

Once we had had another fullCornish and checkedout of the hotel we went for a walk back down to St Ives' harbour to see it in daylight. We circled round past the beach where the surfers were braving the cold around St Ives Head and then around the nar

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Would you believe there are 231 references to wine in the Bible Wine is an element of the JudeoChristian concept of the Eucharist or Holy Communion during Mass when wine is offered as representing the blood of Christ or the presence of Jesus on Earth

It was another amazing 3 hours flight over beautiful Indonesia. We spotted Mount Agung on Bali the crater lake of Mount Ijen and Mount Merapi on Java. There were no clouds no wind just sunshine when we touched down in Kuala Lumpur at 10 am. It was the 6t

The early morning dawn light was streaming in through the window . The time seemed irrelevant . It was still not quite light enough to rise . Looking at my watch I hoped the green luminous fingers would give me a clue to the time . It felt like 5am. The fi

From 2012. Having done a fair amount of travel around the world some of the fruit on this list were new to me as well. Of course the mighty durian is on the list. Sheri loves it as do most Thai Malaysian Chinese and New York Chinese. It is howeve

Yesterday it was horses birds coots on the pond rabbits and squirrels . Today chickens. Guinea Fowl a bit of an odd sight around the village as they walked alongside me. My plan was to head out into the countryside . Luckily living on the spine of Eng

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The work of fiction known as the weather forecast has been giving us a sandwich message the last few days. The good news the bread of the sandwich has been that April has been a lovely month . No April showers. Wall to wall sunshine. Then came the fillin

My friend Mizzi who lives in Melbourne Australia and I had decided to meet somewhere halfway between Germany and Australia for a holiday. I had suggested Borneo since I had wanted to go there during my year in Singapore but had never made it there. Mizz

Thankyou to my travelblog friend you know who you are for introducing the colour Borage Blue to my collection of colours . She told me that the plant I struggled finding a name for yesterday was Borage . An electric blue and a stunning plant .Anothe

Sunday 19 April 202035 days down 7 more to goIve been looking forward to today all week My housemates and I have been planning a picnic on the roof today. I chose Sunday because were not allowed to leave the house and I wanted to h

Mijn eerste blog vanuit Leiden In dit tijdperk van Covid19 met iets minder bewegingsvrijheid dan we gewend zijn leek het mij leuk eens terug te kijken op al die bijzondere voettochten die ik heb gedaan. Je moet toch wat als die tocht van deze week niet

Laotian food is really something special sure in most countries you could go out for dinner and a show. However when you step into Laos the Dinner is the show. Performance plays a big role in Laotian cuisine. Youll likely find a spectacle in e

Shall I let you into a little secret oh go on then . I am quite enjoying this walking . Lying in bed unable to drop off to sleep I sorted out in my mind where I was walking to in the morning . The weather whas a let down . Over the past few weeks someone

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Hawaii with Connie McGhee May 2008Day 1We stayed in a decent resort on the beach and near a little touristy retail area just north of Lihue. The first day we decided to go to Opaeka'a falls and on up to Waimea Canyon. We met a nice couple at the c

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It was not the aching feet that were stopping me in my tracks . To be fair they were burning . This walking plays havoc with the arches of your feet . It was not my brain working overtime thinking of reasons not to go out . Although it would have been easy

Oregon Trip 2011Day 1We left the house at 0600 and ate breakfast at Shoneys before heading to Nashville. After dropping off the car at Alexis Inn and Suites and after Mom was finally able to get up into the shuttle van lol we were off.The fl

To keep your mind off this terrible pandemic here is some totally worthless facts from Travel Trivia MSN and others to fill your hard drive. Although several countries lay claim to the worlds oldest flag the Dannebrog or Danish cloth h

In February 2020 before Coronavirus caused chaos and shut everything down I was able to spend the month in Florida. Most of the month was spent in Amelia Island I'll be writing about that more extensively soon but I had always wanted to see Tampa. The

Rain it can be quite therapeutic . When it patters on Gabbys roof it can lull you into sleep . When it hammers down it is worse than listening to Ginger Baker and Keith Moon on their drumkits on the roof. It does the garden good . But lying in bed listen

Goedemorgen to you all . We would have probably woken up in Belgium this morning having dined on waffles or frites last night . I am sure that the sun would be shining as we rose . The sun has arrived here so the chances are Belgium would have been just as

Sunday 26 April 202042 days down 14 to goToday is my mothers 71st birthday. I called her in the morning and was glad to hear that she has a beautiful sunny day in Boise and plans to go outside. Social distancing rules in Boise and com

Did you know that there was a connection between our large 7000 inhabitant village of Wingerworth Randolph Hearst and the a museum across the pond in St Louis No neither did I until I treated our village as if I were a visitor on a first visit . As a v

When the news came out that the pandemic had take over Europe I was still working on a cruise ship in the Caribbean. Now almost two month later we are still stuck on the ship. I know that this is a very hard time for everyone and while I would have lik

Yesterday was Day 45 Our five o'clock briefing was delivered by the less than charismatic Mr Gove who told us more of the same . He spelled out the numbers of deaths the numbers of tests that had been undertaken. The numbers rolled off his tongue . Traf

Kedarkantha the Prominent winter trek in Garhwal Himalayas Uttarakhand INDIAKedarkantha Trekheight is around 3800 meters. And the Kedarkantha trek offers 6 days vacation

Kedarkantha the Prominent winter trek in Garhwal Himalayas Uttarakhand INDIAKedarkantha Trek height is around 3800 meters. And the Kedarkantha trek offers 6 days vacation

Reaching Blog 100 on Chesterfield who would have believed it Not me. Sometimes I would write something about my home town. Most of the time though blogs were about somewhere else . Covid 19 has scuppered any chance of a blog from out of town for a whil

This year Children's Day is May 5. Of all the childrencentric holidays I miss Children's Day the most. Why I felt it was special for Japanese American children in a culture that cherishes tradition family and outright spoiling of children. Writ