We are in Tassie and yes you read right it is the last stop before Antarctica don’t think we have ever been this far away from home before Tasmania is a beautiful state full of mind-blowing scenery. Today we took a tour that drove thru picturesque fishing villages down the Tasman peninsula to Port Arthur. A prison for repeat offenders that closed in the mid 1800's After the penal colony closed 800 or so tourists took a boat walked among the ruins, danced in the mess hall and locked each other in cells for fun and a tourist attraction was born. So today in the spirit of things we learned of convict’s lives in Port Arthur which was self sufficient even making their own boots it is also the scene of one of the most ... read more

20 hours in the air later we have been here for 72 hours and it t feels like a week probably because we lost 1 day in the plane- just like that -Thursday of last week no longer exists for us we get a day back when we return but it will never again be thurs day feb 23 it will be gone forever We have had a few exciting and fun days here just off the plane we were met by our friends and hit the ground running armed with a Sydney rail day pass we visited the Sydney Harbor Bridge , the opera house and sailed on a commuter ferry to Manly beach so named for the aboriginals described ( by the captain who first landed here) as... manly Back at our friends ... read more

Country: Thailand City:Rai Lei- an island with no motor transport We walked a long windy hill that circled around and around to arrive at what felt like the middle of no where surrounded by tall, tall cliffs so hidden if you didnt know it was there you could never guess. I imagine you could only see it from the sky. As the sun went down the lights came on from an out door bar that had only a partial roof (no walls) . The rest of the place ( chairs, tables) was amoung cliffs, grass , trees and plants . It felt as if we were in a movie on a desserted island and I knew I could never explain how surreal it felt. My pictures dont even do it justice. ... read more