In 1945 the Americans bombed the real bridge on the river Kwai. The centre parts of the bridge (the flat bits) are new, and the original part of the bridge has the curved sides. We could walk on the bridge; it is a rail bridge only, and not available for road transport. There was a […]
I know it is now called Mumbai, but for me it will always be Bombay, and our guide spoke of the city using both names. We were told that many people living in Bombay still referred to their home city as Bombay. As we sailed closer to the harbour we overtook an Indian naval vessel. […]
Danang, China Beach and Good Morning Vietnam – with Robin Williams’ Viva Danang comes to mind when I think of this area. We flew from Saigon to Danang airport, which is the airport for Hoi An, where we would be staying. On arrival in Danang (about 9.00 am), we were met by Phong ‘Our man in Danang’, […]
Our next stop would be the Barossa Valley, which was a six hour drive from Broken Hill. As we headed south it was all open spaces. The pictures above reminded me of Jack Absalom’s paintings. The Australian land has very distinctive smell, for me it is the smell of Australia and I love it! My […]
I think that every bus in Cochin (Kochi) had been hired for our arrival. This time we didn’t take a ship’s tour because it is just as easy to DIY. Two of our friends had decided to join us for a tuk tuk tour of Cochin. Our other two friends where having no end of […]
In 1945 the Americans bombed the real bridge on the river Kwai. The centre parts of the bridge (the flat bits) are new, and the original part of the bridge has the curved sides. We could walk on the bridge; it is a rail bridge only, and not available for road transport. There was a […]
Three guesses for our next destination. I was eighteen when I first visited Japan and have always wanted to take Maureen, so when a positioning cruise came up, at the right price, – I booked Diamond Princess. We sailed in the Diamond Princess from Sydney to Singapore in 2016 so hopefully it’ll be like coming […]
I thought I’d just post a collage of photographs of Buenos Aires, without too much ‘chat’. The yellow bus is a Hop on Hop off bus, worth the money even if it is only used to get around from one photo opportunity to another. Part of the main square of the city – Plaza de […]
There comes a time when all this gender neutral rubbish has to be laughed out of sight. We now have ‘neutral’ Mother’s Day cards, so that a very small minority are not ‘offended’. How about the rest of who might be offended? What happened to the child celebrating their own mother’s special day? In the […]
Civitavecchia pronounced ch-ee-v-ee-t-aa-v-EH-k-k-ee-aa On arrival at Hotel Traghetto, which is a family run hotel, we were shown to our room on the second floor. The room boasted a small balcony, which we didn’t use. I’d booked us for three nights, but two days, just incase anything happened to our luggage. Having seen two ladies distressed over […]
Not long after we arrived home from our South American cruise, we were ‘invaded’ by the family, who wished to celebrate our Golden Wedding. We never turn down a party particularly when we don’t have to prepare anything :- o) During the party we were presented with a voucher for two nights in the city […]
Over fifty-five years of flying as a passenger, with comments on various airlines that I have used. In alphabetical order, not in historical order. I flew part way across the Pacific Ocean in the above aircraft, and years later I found her at a small aerodrome near where I live – no longer in service. […]
Majestic Princess Reg. London, 144,216 gt, 3,560 passengers maximum. (will it feel crowded?) There comes a time when winter is all too much as one grows older . . . and older. A few months ago I started to check where to go or what to do, for part of our Sydney winter. Being a wimp, I […]
Metro station entrance – note the lack of graffiti, litter and rubbish, nor did we see anyone constantly cleaning so the locals must have been well educated with regard to litter etc. Metro platform, well designed and marked out to let passengers off the train before new passengers enter the coach. Train about to leave […]
