Two hards days for our trusty driver and bumpy ones for us as we drove south on gravel roads to get to Luderitz, a port town in the south of Namibia that provides access to the ‘ghost towns’ of Kolmanskoppe and Elizabeth Bay (intriguingly often referred to here as E-Bay!) each of which would offerContinue reading “On gravel roads to Luderitz and beyond”
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Ai Aiba : the San people and cave art
Having left Etosha with a final visit to a waterhole shared by all the animals we had become used to and, dare I say, a little blase about we set off for the Erongo Mountains National Park and the delightful Ai Aiba Lodge: just the place to relax with glorious views and lots of interestingContinue reading “Ai Aiba : the San people and cave art”
On the way to Svaneti
A stop on the shores of the Black Sea where the black sand is described as ‘magnetic sand’, driving through Poti, a seaport which has lost its former importance but where Tako’s mum has fond memories of childhood and Tako of childhood holidays, where they still have a home which, in its day must haveContinue reading “On the way to Svaneti”
Finding Anaseuli
May 6th, the Tuesday after Easter, was to be a fairly leisurely day – or was it? We certainly spent the morning sitting in a warm room, in good company, catching up on various things we hadn’t done. Lika. our host, had had to go to a meeting in the nearby town so wasn’t ableContinue reading “Finding Anaseuli”
Good Friday in Tbilisi
How to celebrate one of the most important days in your faith in a foreign country whose ‘form’ of Christianity is very different from your own? Today, I started to learn. Although the most important part of the day would be meeting Tako and her mum in the late afternoon, I was determined not toContinue reading “Good Friday in Tbilisi”
A final twenty-four hours in Venice
We DID get up early again for the last full day in Venice: and it was well worth it as there were very few other tripods in St. Mark’s Square. Indeed at 06.59 when this image was taken we had the place to ourselves apart from the workmen setting up for the day ahead. IContinue reading “A final twenty-four hours in Venice”
An early start, markets, masks, and an unexpected gondola ride
Up and out early again, heading to the Rialto bridge which we were told looked good in the lights of the early morning. I confess to being disappointed when we first got there, but as time went by and we saw different images, I appreciated it more. The gondoliers were just about coming to life,Continue reading “An early start, markets, masks, and an unexpected gondola ride”
A rainy day in Venice
Having been up for sunrise every day this week and suffering lack of sleep as a result of travel times and different surroundings, we decided on a later start, going out after a late breakfast knowing that we might encounter showers. The forecast for the day was not good, but there was A PLAN….. Wet,Continue reading “A rainy day in Venice”
Homeward from the Mara
It’s nearly 11pm. I’m absolutely shattered and sitting by one of only two very small, not very well stocked coffee shops in Terminal 1C at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport waiting to board our flight home. After a full day of animal spotting and crossing searching yesterday following the river bank, we had had a pleasantlyContinue reading “Homeward from the Mara”
Sukhothai: an overnight trip from Lampang
Lampang is a railway town in northern Thailand. It was where I first discovered Thai culture and was welcomed into a family home in 1997. Here I met the boy who was to make me understand Thai and who would become the bridegroom in that very modern Thai wedding I attended in Nakhon Si ThammaratContinue reading “Sukhothai: an overnight trip from Lampang”
Living the Journey 