After months of anticipation and 26 hours of travelling we finally arrived on the tiny narrow road that was Poppies Lane, Kuta. As the 3 of us piled out of the taxi and began to wonder just where this 'Fat Yogi’s Bar' was, that we'd arranged to meet in, who should come wandering along? Sharon. It must have been part of the Woolley telepathy that she should come along at that precise moment. After hugs and kisses she took us to where Scott was waiting at Fat Yogi’s. We all downed a few welcome beers and tramped around Kuta for a while before jumping into a taxi to Bingin, near Dreamland. In the darkness our accommodation appeared to be in the middle of no-where. Leggies bungalows turned out to be a delight - even the huge ... read more

At last, after 18 months we've returned to one of my favourite places, The Red Sea. Sharm el Sheik, to be exact. We were a bit apprehensive as sometimes a return visit doesn't live up to your memories of a place. We needn't have worried, our hotel was even better than the last one we stayed in and more importantly the hotel's beach was fantastic. One of the problems of Sharm is that most beaches are private so you're stuck with the one your hotel has to offer. Set in a part of Shark Bay our beach was uncrowded, sandy and the coral was absolutly amazing!! Just a short 'glide' through the shallow water over a layer of relativly dead coral and you came to the edge of a steep drop where the sea turned a ... read more

Stradling the border from East California to Western Nevada is Death Valley. Reputed to have recorded the second highest temperature on Earth ever. (not sure if that little piece of info has been beaten in recent years, what with global warming) Anyway as we drove thru' it, it definately was not that hot, the wind that had followed us all around was still with us making feel decidedly chilly some of the time but then it was only April. As we drove through, the rock formations were forever changing shape and colour and had to be seen to be believed, at times they gave way to huge sand dunes that seemed to appear out of no-where. We visited several well known sites including 'Artist Pallate', an array of fantastic coloured rock that appeared to be swirling ... read more