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We’ve been temporarily back in the UK for a few months and, although it seemed like we had all the time in the world to catch up with everyone we wanted to see, typically we’ve run out of time before … Continue reading
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We made it out of the Kalahari and headed for Augrabies Falls National Park. More to follow on that, but since we’ve got about 10 minutes of internet, for now just a quick summary of our present Christmas:- Found Santa … Continue reading
Etosha at last. 23,000km2 of desert National Park (about the size of Scotland). The salt pan itself is 4,700km2. Everywhere in Namibia is remote – this place even more so than most. The country is the size of the UK … Continue reading
If you had Easter-eggs in the UK on 30th March, you could have doubled-up today in Cyprus. Today is Easter Sunday in Cyprus (5 weeks after Easter in the UK!). Any idiot knows when Easter is each year. The Council … Continue reading
The Turkish coastline gets more interesting (and less touristy) as you go east. The road can’t always follow the coast due to the sheerness of the cliffs in places…… But that doesn’t make it any less attractive. We even drove … Continue reading
Another great view from the ‘Penthouse’ at around 8am in Eastern Turkey. Inland / Eastern Turkey is quite different from the beach-resorts that dominate in the west and the south. More rugged, more mountainous and more unspoilt. And more snow! … Continue reading
Didn’t get a chance to put these pics up before we left Italy. Stayed in a small hillside town called Alborobello (on the ‘heel’ of Italy). Cracking place. It’s got it’s modern urban sprawl but the centre of the town … Continue reading
Left Amalfi in pretty grim weather and headed for the Bascillicata region (around the top of the boot). These guys can build anywhere – came across this tremendous villa build into the cliff, wedged between 2 rocks. Fantastic views from … Continue reading
Knocking around Palu in SW Sardinia. Camping is a game of 2 halves: found a cracking beach last night and decided to camp opposite. Then the weather changed. Hell of a storm all night and till lunchtime. Volume turned up … Continue reading
We’ve moved to the East coast of Sardinia to avoid the worst of the weather (not entirely successfully). The hotel is basic, but pleasant. The people are really nice. However (surprise) the restaurant is Chiuso. So – lunch on the … Continue reading