Caro 1 - Caroline

I am a lively fit lady with grown up kids and five grandkids, who has auquired the travel bug over the last few years. I have spent time in South America traveling to Peru, Brazil, Paraguay and Bolivia and visited Vietnam and Cambodia last year, having enjoyed a trip to Thailand a few years ago. I have planned a five month trip begining in October Just 9 weeks away!. It will be a major undertaking very exciting though scary too!!! I will be visiting China, Malaysia ( Borneo) Australia, new Zealand The Cook Islands ending up in Califonia with time in Nevada and Texas before flying home in late February 2010

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By Caro 1
November 22nd 2009

Made it to Australia! Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Perth

my path out of town!

Arrived in Perth in the early hours of last Friday morning , it is now sunday- well it was when I first posted this - it is now tuesday 24th !.I had huge problems uploading the photos but have now managed to do it in the wilds of the australian outback (9 For the next blog!) So much has happened between then and now that it seems more like weeks than days! The weather is hotting up after some unseasonable cool and rainy bits in perth Perth was founded on the lovely Swan River ( named because of the black swans [View Full Entry]

By Caro 1
November 14th 2009

Sarawak and the Ibans - goodbye Malasia! Asia » Malaysia » Sarawak » Kuching

view from my hotel room

It's Sunday the 15th and its my last day in Malaysia- its been an interesting time!!!! . Kuching, in the Malay language means" cats" originally it was called Sarawak , the first White Rajah James Brook when he arrived in the early 1800's took a liking to the cats he saw in the town and re named it!! Now that information is for Jenny!!! I took a river cruise the first afternoon and this gave me a feel for the city and its history. It went on into the early evening when the crew gave us a dance demonstration from a [View Full Entry]

The new parliament building opened in july

By Caro 1
November 11th 2009

more from Sabah Asia » Malaysia » Sarawak » Kuching

sunset

as promised more phot0s! Sarawak seems very different from sabah the city of 2half a million people is very very old and the state has some of the oldest virgin rainforests in the world. I am on a five day small group tour but just found out that i;m the only one!!im not too happy as this is not what I booked! They tell me that the tourist trade has really been hit by the recession and they have fewer visitors this year couple with the fact it is the low season. hey ho you'll just get more photos more often [View Full Entry]

By Caro 1
November 10th 2009

On the Move again!-Thoughts on Sabah Asia » Malaysia » Sarawak » Kuching

paradice personified!

We flew from Penang due south to the large island of Borneo heading for the State of Sabah and the city of kota Kinabalu. Sabah like other places in Malaysia is a huge mix of races and we were told that different peoples speak more than 32 dialects very few written so most are dying out. We seem to be stepping from one paradise to another and our wonderful hotel while a resort is of a local design incorporating all of the Malaysian traditions and set on the sea front with the most fantastic views, we have sat on a little [View Full Entry]

By Caro 1
November 3rd 2009

Hello from Penang Asia » Malaysia » Sabah » Kota Kinabalu

Our fab hotel!

Well what can I say about our time in Penang. We have rather indulged ourselves and all I can do is blame Anji!!!. The island of Penang’s history dates back to 1786 when it was seeded by the sultan to the British east India Company. Today it has around one million people , half of whom live in Georgetown the capital, and the state is one of 13 making up the federation of Malaysia. Having moved from our original hotel we have used this wonderful residence to the full. On our first day we walked for about 2 and half hours [View Full Entry]

By Caro 1
October 31st 2009

Hi from Georgetown Penang Asia » Malaysia » Penang » George Town

friends arrive!

We have been in Malaysia for 3 days now and what a fun packed time we have had!! Anji arrived in KL on Wednesday evening and we started as we meant to continue with a couple of glasses of white wine! Our hotel lobby is very grand though the rooms less so! Les also arrived in KL that night and we linked up with him on Thursday morning. LK is a compact city, very hot and humid and has grown from a prospectors town to the most prosperous city in Malaysia in just 150 years. It is monsoon season now so [View Full Entry]

By Caro 1
October 28th 2009

made it to Kuala Lumpur! Asia » Malaysia » Wilayah Persekutuan » Kuala Lumpur

The harbour cruise

The parting of the ways came for Al and me this morning, I panicked as usual when my booked coach was half an hour late to pick me up. As it turned out we spend in under 40 mins to the airport and i had time to spare!! I have arrived in KL , the landscape looks very different from HK and mainland China . We are much nearer the equator , its monsoon period so the sky was grey and light rain splattered down but its 86 degrees so very deceptive. the vegetation is very luch lots of palms before [View Full Entry]

By Caro 1
October 25th 2009

The hazy city of Hong kong! Asia » Hong Kong » Kowloon

First Impressions of HK

Hello there on this sunny but hazy morning from Kowloon one of three areas of the Autonomous state of HK. we arrived on Thursday evening after what seemed a rather long and challenging day! HK's new airport is ginormous, it took us 45 minutes to walk from where we arrived to immigration control , admittedly at Al's snails pace but nevertheless a long way. Al being Al and the honest man he is , filled in the compulsory health questionnaire by ticking one of the boxes and so they whipped him off for a health check for swine flu that added [View Full Entry]

By Caro 1
October 22nd 2009

Final Thoughts from mainland china Asia » China » Yunnan » Kunming

Farewell Supper

Good morning everyone and once again thank you so much for your comments on yesterdays blog especially Georgia and Alex. to answer your question Alex it took us a whole days driving to get from lijiang to Shangrila up in the mountains so that's a long time !!! When we flew back it only took I hour. Glad you liked the masks and hat Georgie i have a brochure for you and Jess that shows all the national costumes of Yuannan province As you can see we have enjoyed this trip the contrasts of the country from thriving ,bustling cities with [View Full Entry]

By Caro 1
October 21st 2009

Hi from Kunming Asia » China » Yunnan » Kunming

Around Lijang
view from our hotel bedroom sunrise

What a fantastic few days we have had . We arrived back in Kunming the capital city of Yunnan province (one of china's smaller cities with a population of about 6 million!, ) this morning, after a spectacular few days in Lijiang and Zhongdian which is the Tibetan capital of Chinese Tibet. We drove for a day from lijiang around 200 kl climbing 1000 metres to just over 3000 metres. We stopped on the mighty Yangtze where it bends nearly 180 degrees and then on to another amazing spot to take pictures of the valley and sheer cliffs. The tiger leaping [View Full Entry]

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