Thursday 29th Tarawa, Kiribati (The Gilbert Islands) We had to leave at 2.15am to get to Nadi to get our flight to Tarawa, Kiribati. After a 2 hour 45 minute flight on Air Pacific we arrived at Bonriki Airport on Tarawa. It hadn’t changed in 26 years since Liz was last there. Children were running along side the runway waving at the plane….the odd pig was also trundling alongside the runway too! As we walked across the tarmac to the Arrivals lounge the heat and humidity hit us…..it was 30 C with 100% humidity and only 8.35am! It felt like the [View Full Entry]

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Thursday 22nd October in Fiji, The Coral Coast We arrived at Nadi airport at 4.50am and got given shell necklaces and greeted by a Fijian band. After an hour and a half minibus ride to our resort, the Warwick, on the coral coast, we began to chill out over a big breakfast buffet, with views across the turquoise lagoon to the breakers crashing on the reef. Yes, we had made it to paradise. The resort was nicely landscaped and the rooms were high standard with hardwood polished floors, massive walk-in showers and satellite TV (not that we are watching much - [View Full Entry]

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Monday 19th and Tuesday 20th Oct Having flown across the US it really gives you an idea on how big a country it is, seeing lakes, vast plains and the Rocky Mountains. After some much needed rest Tuesday 20th was spent exploring Hollywood where our hotel was based and then touring bits of LA such as Bel Air, Beverly Hills and the famous Hollywood sign. The tour showed great views across LA from the side of the hill and there were various houses of famous actors and actresses, as well as the expensive shopping area of Rodeo Drive where soft top [View Full Entry]

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Friday 16th Another travelling day with flights from Lima, to Panama City and then onto Washington. We flew by the entrance to the Panama Canal and saw all the boats lining up for the trip through. Panama City looked quite impressive with lots of sky-scapers. We got to DC and our hotel, the Washington Plaza, at 3.30am!!….and were very glad to crash out in very, very comfy beds. Saturday 17th It seemed the Welsh weather had caught us up and decided it was going to rain all day. Nevertheless we walked 15 minutes from the hotel to the White House and [View Full Entry]

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The Amazon Trip Tuesday 13th Left Cuzco at 6am to fly to Puerto Maldonaldo and then our group of 16 enjoyed a 3.5 hour motorised canoe trip up the Amazon to the Libertador Tambopata Eco Lodge. The scenery along the banks of the river was great with palm trees and banana trees plus lots of other tropical vegetation. We spotted caiman, heron, the largest rodents in the world (can’t remember its name), plus lots more. The Lodge was great. We all had our own rooms, 2 per bungalow, under a thatched vaulted roof with hot showers (heated by solar panels), and [View Full Entry]

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Wednesday 7th We arrived in Lima on Andy´s Birthday after flying across the Andes with some beautiful snow topped mountains.....and then in Lima we had a wander around Miraflores (the posh neighbourhood) taking in the funky coloured buildings and sampling some of Peru´s culinary delights. Thursday 8th Having arrived in Peru we wanted to make use of our full day in Lima, so headed off early to the zoo, which had a good selection of local and international animals. We went early, which worked out well as it wasn’t too busy for what turned out to be a Peruvian national holiday! [View Full Entry]

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Friday 2 October 2009 - Well the day had finally arrived and after some packing and repacking (due to suitcases being a little too heavy!) we set off from Tiverton, Devon with Sally & Neville (the Mundy’s senior). We met up in Windsor in Brown’s for a farewell late lunch with both sets of parents, Liz’s sister and husband as well as little Christopher, who did a very good job of stealing the attention, and also Lyn, our good friend, popped along. After this we headed over to Heathrow with both sets of parents and after another a set of ‘au [View Full Entry]

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