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Tour des Morts
(or in Spanish, Gira de los Muertos) 11 February 2023, Buenos Aires, Argentina – You could be forgiven for thinking that we’ve developed a morbid fascination with death. Today we ventured north to one of BA’s biggest drawcards – Recoleta Cemetery. The closer we got, the more Parisian our surrounds became, as Recoleta is one […]
Getting Better
Another quick update to say I am feeling much better this morning, fingers crossed by tomorrow I will feel fine. We plan another very easy rest day today, just to make sure things have settled properly. Ian has made various forays to the supermarket etc. The nearest one is well stocked with GF food, and […]
Buenos Aires
Too tired to think up a catchy title. We flew overnight to BA and arrived this morning, feeling like zombies. The apartment is small but comfy; it is HOT here. More on BA later; first an update on Dallas. Aftr going to bed on our second night, I developed a pain in my right side […]
Dallying in Dallas
5 February 2023, Dallas, USA – Our first rule of long haul travelling is always to block out the first full day after arrival for R&R, in case we are too jetlagged to get out bed. Last time we flew to Europe (which feels like aeons ago now but was only in 2019), my head […]
Twilight Summit Of Mt Rooper, And The Taking Of Blackcurrant Island
Yesterday was a day for washing, catching up, and reading on the deck, until 5pm when Ian declared “I’m going for a walk up Mt Rooper”. This is the hill we can see, with the Telstra towers on it. He took a steep but sealed road, with a short dirt section at the end. From […]
Brochure Day
The main reason for coming to Airlie Beach was to visit the world famous Whitsunday Island and Whitehaven Beach. If you’ve ever googled “world’s best beaches”, you’ve seen the amazing photos of swirling azure water, and gleaming white sand. Unfortunately, being ranked as one of the World’s Best Beaches, means Whitehaven is also one of […]
Coral Beachcombing
We are staying in the middle of Conway National Park, so it seemed appropriate to do one of its numerous walks – especially as the trailhead is literally just down the road. Our map did not give the contour interval, so the half a dozen contour lines that we needed to climb up and down […]
Checkin’ Out The ‘Hood
A smooth boat ride from MI to Townsville; a smooth drive from Townsville to Airlie (there seemed to be a lot less roadwork); with a quick stop at the Burdekin Bridge, and a quick and very steep side trip to the top of Mt Inkerman; a short shop at Cannonvale, and finally we found ourselves […]
The High Road and the Low Road
Final day on Maggie (we’ve gone local), and we decided to go our separate ways. But only in order to reach Arcadia, which is a couple of bays away. There are two ways to walk there – the “High Road” and the “Low Road”. One is longer, steeper and rougher than the other. I took […]
Magnetic North
For the princely sum of $3.75 pp, you can ride the Sunbus all day, hopping on and off where you please. Seeing as it only takes 15 minutes to get to the north side of the island, you don’t spend a lot of time actually on the bus. It runs from Nelly Bay up to […]
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