adamandsarita

We are ending up our trip now and 6 months has flown by. In a way we have been a little disappointed to finish in Tanzania but in another way it has been good as we are redy to head home now. OK this is just one couples experience in Tanzania so I would say it isn't the gospel on travel in Tanzania, especially as travel is so dependent on the luck of the draw of what people you meet along the way. Disclaimer over and down with, lets tell the tale. So there is this restaurant in London called The Fat Duck. It supposed to be the quintessential experience in gourmet dining. The problem is that everyone I have ever talked to says it is all hype and that while there's some interesting dishes that ... read more

We are loving Africa. Great people and amazing scenery. While in J'Burg we did visit the Apartheid Museum, and a few historical landmarks in Soweto, which was an eye opener. Leaves you a bit shell shocked by how people could have thought the whole idea of racial segregation was a good idea! We then jetted down to Capetown where we went up Table Mountain by cable car (again!!!!!....Sarita tells me this is the last one for the holiday but she has said that before) and we visited Robben Island where Nelson stayed for a while (18 years). Then we hired a car and hit the Garden Route, armed with our camping gear and saw some beautiful scenery, did some camping, some hikes and I got some surf in.....hooray! Sarita had a go at surfing too... she ... read more

Yes in the words of the great singer/songwriter Peter Allan 'I still call Australia home' and why wouldn't you, it rocks. Good work to all those friends and family smooth talking Sarita on the virtues of the great land, now if someone could just provide us with stacks of cash and some good jobs for us and some of the UK family to move over to, we would be there in a second. It was all a bit of a whirlwind tour but still great to catch up with all our friends and family in Melbourne, Adelaide, Armidale/Bellingen and Sydney. Especially happy that Grandad finally got to meet Sarita and that we both got to meet Jake. We sat and chilled out at some great cafes and pubs in Melbourne and caught a tram around the ... read more

Running a bit behind with our blog entries since hitting NZ and Oz, but thought I better finish off the South American leg of the travels. Chile was awesome! We did struggle a bit with their take on Spanish, but were relieved when we met people who could speak Spanish fluently that said "oh yeah we can't understand what the people in Chile say either"..... apparently they use a lot of slang, which as a true blue Aussie I can relate with the temptation to twist the mother tongue that was taught to you by the motherland until it is almost unrecognizable, we have done the same to English :) There are also a lot of statues of a guy called Don Bosco in Chile - now I thought that was the guy who played Mr ... read more