Where winding roads, rusty rails, iffy health and lean budget meet the calm
To begin with, there was no bad! Usually we travel solo and slow, taking the time and enjoying the places we visit, with me doing the itineraries and the planning. Continue reading “The tour – the good, the bad and the hidden”
Jan 27
The tour is over and we are back in Casablanca. It is Monday again, exactly 2 weeks since we first arrived. Continue reading “Casablanca, Part Two”
Casablanca is not necessarily a pretty city. As a matter of fact, it is on my list for one of the ugliest cities we’ve visited so far. Continue reading “Casablanca, Part One”
Perhaps some of you want to know about our good and bad moments. I don’t think we really had bad moments, just some nuisances. Continue reading “Stats, lists and favorite moments”
It has been about a year since we booked our accidental around the world trip, and less than 6 months since we completed it. Continue reading “Reflections”
Our last stop in Bolivia was in Copacabana, a small town on the shores of Lake Titicaca. Continue reading “Bolivia: Copacabana and Lake Titicaca”
As I am transcribing my notes from two years ago thousands attend the funeral procession in La Paz for those killed in clashes earlier this week. Continue reading “La Paz: A view from above”
As mentioned yesterday, the current unrest in Bolivia brought me back to my notes from our visit there, two years ago. We do hope they come to a peaceful resolution soon. Continue reading “Entering Bolivia: From Villazon to Uyuni”
We left hot, smelly (lean closer to the screen maybe you can smell it), dirty, stinky, kitschy Melaka (Malacca in English) a UNESCO Heritage city for hot, smoggy, steamy, rainy (this is welcome to clear the air) Kuala Lumpur (KL), the capital and the biggest city of Malaysia. Continue reading “Kuala Lumpur”
It was surprisingly easy to travel by bus in Malaysia. If you remember, we arrived in Malacca, our first destination on Malaysia, by bus from Singapore. Continue reading “Buses in Malaysia”
End of May
It is hard to imagine that this modern, multicultural, sophisticated, effective, and should I add futuristic and utopic city-state, began its existence in its current representation only 54 years ago. Continue reading “Singapore”
Adelaide and Darwin: what do these two cities have in common? To begin with these were the last two Australian cities we stayed in. Continue reading “Adelaide and Darwin”
Still April
Cairns was not on my initial itinerary, but after talking to Gary, our Australian neighbor, we decided to squeeze it in for a few days and try to visit Daintree National Park and the Great Barrier Reef. Continue reading “Cairns”
Included in our package, aside from breakfast at dawn in the desert, which we covered in Part 2, were two excursions. Continue reading “The Ghan: Part 3 – Side Trips”
May 19
We arrived at the Adelaide Parklands Terminal about 2 hours before departure, as we had been advised by a staff member the previous day (Alex: besides, we were excited to get going). Continue reading “The Ghan: Part 2 – Our journey”
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