Monday 15 August – Sylvia We had an extremely early start with a 5am pick up from the hotel this morning. All went fairly smoothly with our flights from Rio to Brasilia and on to Cuiaba, where we were met by our guide for the next few days, Lucy. Cuiaba is a small dusty […]
Friday 12 August We opted for a late start having not settled in to the hotel Fasano until 2am. We took a stroll down Ipanema Beach and around the corner to the Sheraton Hotel where we had to pick up our Olympic cycling tickets. The NZ Olympics lounge has a set up there where family members […]
Monday 8 August Crossing the coast into Chile revealed beautiful green paddocks rising up into grassy hills. With the snow capped Andes in the distance and clear blue sky’s it’s quite stunning. Smog surrounded Santiago as the Boeing 787 landed, applying full brakes, I presume to get an early exit from the runway. We walked off […]
Glentanner Station, Mt Cook, New Zealand Every year I have the privilege of spending a few weeks down south at Glentanner Station. Owned by Ross and Helen, the station runs around ten thousand merino sheep and a few steers. It also encompasses Glentanner Park, a tourist centre with accommodation, and the Helicopter Line flights into the surrounding mountains. Driving up […]
Monday 27 June 2016 The trip to the airport for the 0650 flight to Brussels was a lot slower and more scenic than the one into Prague. The taxi trip into town from the Brussels airport was a slow one. Once we got off the motorway the traffic was often stationary. We checked into the Sofitel […]
Saturday 25 June 2016 Hotel Alchymist has etched into the door step 1517. With arched ceilings and gilded furniture it’s pretty nice. It has chandeliers in every room and in the basement is a bubbling pool and massage rooms. After a hearty breakfast we strolled around the corner and up the steps to the Prague Castle. The […]
Tuesday/Wednesday 21 & 22 June 2016 With the unusual feeling that I had managed to everything done we were again off to the airport, this time with Sylvia’s son Nathaniel who happened to be departing around the same time for the US to further his PhD studies at UCLA. We are on the Emirates Boeing 777 200 […]
Sylvia – 17-19 June 2016 We have often talked about how we should also blog about our travels in New Zealand and having just returned from a quick weekend visit to Takaka I was again struck by the incredible beauty of this country and decided to actually do it! I left Roger in Auckland for […]
Week Commencing Monday 30 May Chris dropped me off at Tampa where I started the journey to Amarillo via Dallas. At Dallas there was a line-up of small E80 twin tail engine jets that feed the small cities. Arriving in Amarillo I discovered it is not only famous for the song, but is also the home town […]
27-30 May 2016. Landing early Friday evening out of Nashville, Chris picked us up at the airport. Old mate Chris is over here from NZ doing a stint for the NZ Defense force with his wife Nadine and their two children Jacob and Lucy. Nadine prepared some fantastic evening snacks over which we chatted for some time. […]