Our final full day and the sun was ready for us as we had breakfast on the balcony. It was…

Finally it was a beautiful morning that greeted me as I pulled back the curtains and opened the patio doors…

This morning I was convinced we would wake up to blue sky and sunshine but instead for the third day…

This morning we were both up by 9am and on balcony to look at the weather or rather the Calima.…

I awoke to cloudy skies but it was still very warm. Karen slept into until about 9am. Today was Stuart’s…

There was a great big beautiful today waiting for me when I hobbled out onto the balcony this morning. Everywhere…

Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise. That was a maxim that Mum used…

Our intention of getting some sleep before the long flights home was not really achieved. Just after midnight yet another…

Our last full day of the trip. We were concerned it might be quiet and uneventful. It turned out to…

After a good nights sleep we had a make do breakfast in our room. Karen still had some porridge packets…

For our last morning in central Perth we had booked the Hotel Hot Buffet again. By 8.00am we were tucking…

Today saw Karen wake up with a lot of pain in her hip. It was probably from all the walking…

Today was the day I had been looking forward to of the whole trip. We were off to Rottnest Island…

We were both awake early with our bodies still adjusting to the new timezone. We didn’t mind as Karen was…

The alarm went off at 6am for another early start. We were in the car and moving out of the…

For the first time this trip we woke up to showers. I wanted my money back from the NZ Government.…

Well that was another ruined nights sleep. We had barely been in bed for a hour when Karen’s phone rang.…

After a lovely nights sleep the previous night it was always likely to happen that the next night would be…

This morning I woke with no back pain thanks to the best bed we have had this trip. In fact…

Today was another porridge day and also a relatively early start. Not only did we have a long drive ahead…

The motel we were in had a kitchen area so we were able to prepare porridge and tea for breakfast.…

Updated: May 23, 2022 There was no microwave in our room and so his morning we decided not to pay for…

Today was yet another relaxed start to the day. We had been told that our booking included the hot buffet…

It was good to be able to wake up and sort out some porridge for breakfast in the room today.…

Another beautiful day greeted us as we pulled back the curtains today. We decided that the Hotel Breakfast seemed quite…

Updated: May 23, 2022 It’s just ‘Another Day’ said Paul McCartney in about 1971 and so it was. However today we…

Another day in the southern hemisphere started with more porridge and then a reasonably early departure as we headed out…

Another day in the future. Well that is how this trip was feeling with the time difference of +13 hours…

Today for the first time this trip we were in no rush and so it was a very leisurely start…

Our first full day in New Zealand and we were greeted by a beautiful blue sky and a lovely warm…

The USA Immigration staff could learn much from the New Zealand staff. They went out of their way to be…

Finally we made an early’ish start. We wanted to enjoy as much of Singapore as we could before heading back…

Around 8.30am we got up and readied ourselves to go into breakfast. We ate the buffet slowly. It was a…

The alarm went off at 4am. My anxiety meant I had not had much sleep but there was no turning…

I LOVE Christmas. And when I say I love Christmas, I mean I really LOVE Christmas (In my head when…