Andy and Liz

Oz Week 1 - Sydney Wednesday 4 November Arrival in Sydney, although it was British weather that greeted us along with Tim with a Devon flag and a ‘Welcome to Australia’ goodie bags. We had a quick tour of Sydney before Tim dropped us at our hotel, the Menzies (which was very central) and headed back to work. We met up with Tim for a drink at the Lord Nelson pub and then a meal at the Harbourview Hotel in the Rocks, where we enjoyed kangaroo steak. Thursday 5 November Trying to be organised we had a pre arranged meeting with the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, so even though it took an hour of filling in forms we left with 2 new pre ordered bank cards with our names on and 2 new bank accounts, even ... read more

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 - just BBC world). Lots of fish can be seen in the crystal clear lagoon…along with crabs and eels and star fish….and the resort had its own little island which has a restaurant on. We have ... read more

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 went on a tour of the gardens there. We walked right in front of the Oval Office and because it had lights on inside we could see who was there…it was President Obama himself showing ... read more

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! We saw Amazonian animals, Tapiers (warthogs with elephant trunks) and a jaguar, plus lots of macaws and parrots (as well as the usual, lions, bears, giraffes etc.).When we had finished and came out of the ... read more