LYTTLETON, NZ 13-17 Feb, 2018 Our airbnb flat in Christchurch is actually in the port town (small town) of Lyttleton. It’s charming, and the flat oversees port ops!!!! Our hosts are especially terrific as they go out of their way to help and advise us.Our flat is one of the best we’ve had. It has […]
PICTON – GREYMOUTH The scenery approaching Picton, through the Queen Charlotte Sound, reminded us of Maine or similar areas with piney woods, no signs of life, and steep slopes to the water. Picton is a small town and we rented a car and headed the 2+ hours to Nelson, a more substantial town, for
WELLINGTON, NZ It’s been a while, I know, but we’ve been on the move and not on the move, and when not on the move, we’ve been enjoying ourselves in the various destinations. And then there have been times when the wifi was not so good or most recently, when power was limited and devices
AUCKLAND, NZ Feb 1, 2018 When leaving Chiang Mai, at the international departures terminal, we were checking our luggage to get on our Silk Air/Singapore Air flight(s) to Auckland. The ticketing agent seemed very puzzled when looking at our passports, and our booking file. He asked if we were residents of NZ – response was
CHIANG MAI 30Jan 2018 Today, 30Jan, we are in Chaing Mai Thailand, in the northern part of the country. We’re up near mountains and it’s much cooler in the morning. It was 61deg when we got up, so we have windows open for the first time in a few weeks. It will still get hot
KRABI-KLONG MUANG BEACH 21Jan 2018 We arrived yesterday and took a taxi to Krabi in the heavy rain. Slow going. Fortunately it stopped as we got close so we didn’t get drenched while going into our new flat for the week. Oliver came to greet us in the lobby of the condo complex. There’s a
BANGKOK 17-21 Jan 2018 Jan 17-18 – the flight to Bangkok OK – now finally getting back in the swing of things. The flight Tuesday, two legs, to get to Bangkok, was tiring. And of course landing at Bangkok BKK for the first time was an experience. We thought we were in good shape when
TOFINHO We realized after several days that it was time to see other parts of Mozambique. Maputo is fairly depressing!!! We found reasonable air tickets to the northern beach area of the country, the town of Inhambane. The town of Tofo Beach is a well known surfing beach area. About a mile south of Tofu
Maputo After Durban we took a bus to Maputo Moz, and spent 4 days there. The bus was supposed to be 8-9 hours, departing at 7am, but it took as 13. Our several “10” minute stops lasted over an hour. That’s how it goes in Africa!!! We then flew to Ihmambane and taxied to Tofo/Tofinho
DURBAN, SA We decided to go back to South Africa to visit Durban after our niece Charlotte told us not to miss it. We found a nice Airbnb flat that was a bit of a hike from the downtown area. We were able to walk to the grocery store for provisions but relied on our