Finding the local guide There was a bit of too-ing and fro-ing as Lisa sorted out the local guide who would be showing us Chan Chan and the Temples of the Sun and the Moon today. The original guide did not seem to be available, but had recommended a stand-in for the occasion. All this became known after the original guide failed to show up at the agreed time and place - which all went to make the whole arrangement seem a bit amatuerish. Eventually, a fortyish something woman did show up. Lisa began spruiking her up as one of the [View Full Entry]

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Arrival - Day Zero Its strange to think that this is the first overseas trip that I am really doing by myself. Every other time that I have travelled outside of Australia, it has been with spouse and when the children were at home, them as well. In the middle of the night last night, I arrived at Lima airport, and about 90 minutes later was getting out of the airport bus at this hotel. Tomorrow I join a Kumuka tour, and will overland over the next 20 days, ending up in Quito. Lisa, the tour guide, has rung and made [View Full Entry]

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Singapore This was another mad weekend. We had won a travel voucher that was going to expire at the end of Jun, and I was still studying, so we only had time to take a short break. We went to Singapore for the Easter Weekend. Great shopping and sightseeing. [View Full Entry]

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In October 2003, E and I stayed at a resort on the Coral Coast of Fiji. This is a stub to remind me to get the rest of my diary transcribed! [View Full Entry]

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The Evening It was going to be a long night. We were returning home to Canberra from England on a Air NZ flight via LA and Auckland after being on the road for five weeks. Two legs were over nine hours, and they other two would add another five hours. Almost a complete day in the air! Our seats were quite close to the front of the aircraft, just forward of the door we boarded through, and several seats around us were unoccupied for the London to LA leg, so we were expecting a quiet time. It was not to [View Full Entry]

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The final leg of our 2002 trip to Galipolli was a weekend in Paris. We travelled by bus from Nottingham and crossed under the English Channel in the tunnel. E had thought that we were going be ferry, but that was not to be. Learnt how to use the Metro, and went shopping, to the Louvre and markets, and walked along the Seine just as people were opening up their stalls. Return journey to UK uneventful, except by now it was clear the E suffered from claustrophobia in tunnels. She was glad to see the last of the Chunnel! [View Full Entry]

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This is a stub for a future entry on our trip to Gallipoli for Anzac Day in 2002. [View Full Entry]

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Travelling in Scotland in the middle of spring has some definite advantages, including an almost empty carpark at John o'Groats and a clear view across to the Orkney Islands. This was a wonderful couple of days before heading back down to Nick and Celia's in Nottingham. [View Full Entry]

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This is a stub to remind me to finish describing E's and my trip to Ireland in 2002. [View Full Entry]

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This was the trip that started the travel madness. E had won a prize from Ansett Airlines to go anywhere in Australia, and one from Air New Zealand to go anywhere on their network. Then Ansett went broke, and Air New Zealand said they would honour the prize with a trip to any destination in NZ. We were saving up to go to Gallipoli in Turkey for Anzac Day, so we were not interested in spending a lot, so decided to travel to Auckland for the Australia Day long weekend. [View Full Entry]

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