edgesoftheworld

Travelling to Amsterdam took ages, We had a good journey but it seemed to take a long time in the truck. Once we got near Amsterdam it started to go wrong. Firstly we got stuck in a housing estate - my fault entirely but the estate roads seemed to go on and on. After that we arrived at a couple of different campsites only to find that they were really crowded or completely full. We rejected the naturist option by a unanimous vote!. Having no luck with the campsites we decided that a hotel would be sensible. After travelling through Harlem and out the other side we arrived past the CORUS plant (just like home) to a Holiday Inn that was dirty and horrible. It was getting really late by this time and various suggestions including ... read more

We spend one night in Bruges. The truck is not really suited to these old cobbled narrow streets (or is it the other way round?) Arriving, we seemed to be approaching a near dead end before the hotel appeared in front of us on the waterside. Leaving, we had to back up a very narrow street as bikes and pedestrians took their lives in their hands on all sides. We hired bikes for an enjoyable couple of hours - this is a great way to see the city. As we are in Belgium now we have partaken on Leonidas Chocs, waffles and chips and Mayo. Also the kids have discovered a lemon juice drink that is almost impossible to drink without some very inventive facial expressions! After leaving Bruges we travelled to a campsite just outside ... read more

A shorter trip this time - a few weeks round the Low Countries in Northern Europe during the Summer of 09. The Family Five have also adopted new names for the European leg of their travels - Arty, Smarty, Farty, Party and Karate set off in the truck at the end of July 09.... read more

The previous blog was a bit rushed as we were in the ariport waiting for a flight. Here are some more photos of our week in Sabah. I have realised that my camera is not up to the job wrt wildlife photography - really you had to be there!... read more

Our flight from Oz was reasonably relaxed with half the seats empty on the flight. That meant that we all had a bit more room - also all the kids took the opportunity (willingly of course) to do some maths! We arrived in Singapore and Fab was given a special birthday card - she was really made up!. We got to the hotel late and wandered out to find some noodles at about 10pm - we were near to Orchard Road and walked for ages before finding a small stall selling some noodles, satay sticks and rice. The kids were whacked and we had an early start the next day so our expereince of Singapore this time was short and very limited although Fatty and I have good memories of the place the last time we ... read more