We took a punt and booked online. Unfortunately our first choice boat based on Tripadvisor was fully booked and we ended up on the 3-star Golden Lotus Classic cruise. I think this is an overly generous rating – it was … Continue reading Halong Bay Cruise – Vietnam
So after the zombie mannequins at Beenleigh Historic Village, I was pretty sure that a visit to Wolston House was going to be your standard, run of the mill historic house. For the most part, I was right, however visiting Wolston House will remain memorable for a couple of reasons, but I’ll come to those shortly. First […]
Click here for part 1 Blurb repeated from previous entry so skip to the photos if you read the first one 😉 When we did our Royal Carribean cruise back in July, for the second cruise we had two stops … Continue reading Visiting Hoi An (part 2)
A few weeks ago when I was working Queenstown, I took a few hours to drive out to Glenorchy, you can read about visiting Glenorchy here and about the war memorial here. One of the last things I have to share … Continue reading Glenorchy Church, Library and Museum – near Queenstown, New Zealand
It’s a fairly common question for travellers with long layovers at LAX. What exactly do you do? LAX isn’t the nicest of airports, though it has improved in recent years. Also for New Zealander’s and Australian’s (and likely others) one … Continue reading Long layover at LAX – what to do?
When my flight home was cancelled due to weather the other week, I decided to stay through the weekend in Queenstown. I took the opportunity to visit the Lakes District Museum in Arrowtown. Arrowtown is about 20 minutes easy and … Continue reading Lakes District Museum – Arrowtown, New Zealand
I’ve already blogged about visiting Te Papa – Museum of New Zealand and visiting their Gallipoli exhibition, but I thought I should share some of the other things I did and saw on my brief trip to Wellington the other week. For … Continue reading Lord of the Rings, Beehives, War and Weather – visiting Wellington
Visiting Wellington last week I took the opportunity to visit Te Papa – Museum of New Zealand to visit their Gallipoli exhibition. The exhibit was created by Weta Workshop, the same team who bought the movies from the The Lord of … Continue reading Gallipoli Exhibition at Te Papa, Wellington
Sometimes wandering around a strange city, with no particular place to go or thing to see, allows you to stumble upon the unexpected. This is exactly what happened to us while visiting Barcelona. I’m not sure where we were going … Continue reading Roman Graves at Plaça Vila de Madrid, Barcelona, Spain
When many people think of Peru, they think of the jungle or Machu Picchu, which is what I knew before I travelled there. Now having been there, when I think of Peru, I think of the vast and incredible desert, enormous … Continue reading Desert Mummies of Peru
So during the 7 weeks I was working in Dunedin, I found a bunch to reasons to love and visit this great southern city. Here are my top 10 in no particular order (well except maybe the first one 🙂 ) … Continue reading Top 10 reasons to love Dunedin
Following on from our fabulous visit to the Museum of Anthropology, we decided to head to the Museum of Vancouver. This costs $CAD14 for adults and $11 for seniors. They do family, student and youth rates also. You can easily … Continue reading Museum of Vancouver and Granville Island
The Auckland War Memorial Museum is right in the middle of the city in the expansive Auckland Domain, its an imposing building right on the top of the hill. Originally built in the 1920s as a memorial to those who … Continue reading Auckland War Memorial Museum
During my unexpected day off work in Dunedin, I decided to visit Toitū Otago Settlers Museum. For the simple reason that it was free, in walking distance from my motel and I hadn’t been there before. It rated highly on … Continue reading Visiting Toitū Otago Settlers Museum (Dunedin, New Zealand)
Later in the year we are doing an Alaska cruise with the following itinerary – 1 Vancouver, Canada — 4:00 p.m. 2 At Sea — — 3 Tracy Arm, Alaska Cruising Cruising 4 Skagway, Alaska 7:15 a.m. 7:30 p.m. 5 … Continue reading Trip Planning – Alaska Cruise – Independent Port Exploration
