Wednesday 3 February After breakfast at Casa La Mar 3719 we strolled off down the road to La Punta Gorda, a peninsula with some rather ostentatious buildings situated amongst the local houses shops and restaurants. In the distance we spotted what looked like an observatory but turned out to be a nuclear power plant that has never […]
Saturday 30 January After a relaxing start to the day we headed to the airport. Once again old cars puffed out black fumes while drivers and passengers alike draped arms out open windows or rested elbows on sills, just like you used to see in NZ prior to aircon in cars. Sylvia has a long […]
Roger: Saturday 23 January A stroll out the back of the hotel to the beach confirmed that the pictures on Hotel.com had been doctored up considerably. Sitting by the pool were three blokes from up near Chicago. Ben, Chris and Andrew had just arrived and told they couldn’t check in until 2pm. We left their […]
Monday 18 January While Roger was in the Shot Show in Vegas my sister, Debbie, and I decided to have a few days reliving our childhoods at Disneyland in LA. This is something we have done a few times and we always have a great time, soaking up the atmosphere and generally running around like […]
Sunday 17 January I am again fitting in the Shot Show in Vegas on the way to meet Sylvia for a week, then Cam and AJ, in Cuba. On arriving in LA, after a reasonably comfortable flight NZ6 from Auckland, I discovered Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck had taken up residence at US immigration. Thanks to […]
Thursday 31 December 2015 In the afternoon of New Year’s Eve the heavens opened and it poured down, ruining the plans for New Year’s Eve dinner on the beach. Mark and Laura, the managers of Kandolhu, and their staff did a fantastic job of reorganizing everything and setting up dinner in the various restaurants. We were […]
Monday 28 December – Saturday 1 January Pretty uneventful, but long journey via Helsinki and Singapore – we arrived in Male at about 11pm. By the time we arrived in Singapore Roger was no longer standing out or inviting incredulous looks from the flight crews, which he certainly had when he showed up at the airport […]
Roger: Thursday 24 December Iina our guide was ready and waiting as we returned from breakfast at 0930. As we did the one hour drive to the Luxury Action offices by the airport it was only -5’C, considerably warmer than yesterday’s -23.5’C. In a very warm basement we are kitted out with helmet, boots, pants, […]
Here are a few videos from our last few days. The password for all of them is: Going Places Husky Sledding Video (long): Sylvia Driving Huskies Video: Snowshoeing Video:
Roger: Tuesday 22 December After another night of not enough sleep, we were picked up by Anniina and driven 40 minutes to Husky Point. At -3′ C it’s quite warm for this time of year. Last week it was -30. We were issued boots, gloves and overalls before checking out some husky pups. They […]