We’re coming to the end of our first-time visit to Jordan with great mates, Ralph & Karen. 😍😍 Welcome to Day 9, our last full day here and my final Post for this holiday. Another day, another guided tour! 😁. This time we’re heading for the ancient town of Jerash, population 237000! The Plan… Read …
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Holiday: Jordan – Day 8 (23rd April)
We’re in Jordan for 10 days with great mates, Ralph & Karen. Welcome to Day 8! Thanks for all the great comments about yesterday’s visit to Amman. Yes, it was a busy one, and I think we’re going to need another holiday after this one! 😁😁😁. If you missed any of my previous Posts, the …
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Holiday: Jordan – Day 7 (22nd April)
We’re in Jordan for 10 days with great mates, Ralph & Karen. Welcome back! It’s Day 7, and after a four-hour drive from Petra yesterday, we’re back in Jordan’s capital, Amman. If you’ve missed any of my previous Posts, I’ve put the links below. Today we’re meeting our local Guide, Eddie, for a half-day historic …
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Holiday: Jordan – Day 6 (21st April)
We’re in Jordan for 10 days with great mates, Ralph & Karen. It’s day 6 of our 10-day trip, where today we take the Dead Sea Highway back to the capital, Amman – some 150 miles. Forget ‘Route 66’, this route is known as ‘Highway 65’! It’s a long road ahead – about 4 hours …
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Holiday: Jordan – Day 5 (20th April)
Good morning all!! 😃. We’re in Jordan for a 10-dayer with great mates, Ralph & Karen. We’re halfway through our break where today, we’re off to Dana Biosphere Nature Reserve. It’s Jordan’s largest nature reserve, located in the south-central and was founded in 1989. The Biosphere supports over 800 plant species and more than 450 …
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Holiday: Jordan – Day 4 (19th April)
We’re in Jordan for 10 days with great mates, Ralph & Karen. It’s Day 4 and our second (and final) visit to the World Heritage site – Petra. If you missed my ‘Petra – Part 1’ yesterday, click HERE. 👍 Our Cunning 10-Day Plan! What you may have missed… Day 3 – Petra (Part 1)Day …
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Holiday: Jordan – Day 3 (18th April)
We’re in Jordan for 10 days with great mates, Ralph & Karen. It’s Day 3 and we’re off to the World Heritage site, Petra. There’s a lot to see here, so we’ve spread it across today and tomorrow. Whether you see Petra as a ‘holy city’, an ‘architectural wonder’ or ‘just an interesting place’, it’s …
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Holiday: Jordan – Day 2 (17th April)
Welcome to Day 2! We’re in Jordan for 10 days with great mates, Ralph & Karen. For our second full day here, we’re on the move, leaving the Intercontinental Hotel here in Amman behind and heading to the famous Kerak Castle. We have a change of Hotel too – our home for the next four …
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Holiday: Jordan – Day 1 (16th April)
The holiday has officially started!! 👍😀. Welcome to our first full day (of 10) here in Jordan with great mates, Ralph & Karen. We arrived in the early hours – 2am! We’re here, briefly, at the Intercontinental Hotel in Jordan, checking out tomorrow. More details HERE. Missed yesterday’s Post?Click HERE With everything planned for the …
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Holiday: Jordan – Day 0 (15th April)
It feels like it’s been a long time coming, but we’re finally off to Jordan for 10 days with great mates, Ralph & Karen. Today is ‘Day Zero’ – our travel day. Our whole itinerary was recently thrown slightly by British Airways who cancelled our original flight, requiring us to travel a day earlier! OK, …
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Holiday: Fuerteventura
Due to my hand injury, it was just too much effort to record a daily Post for this holiday – our first trip to Fuerteventura. Instead, below is a short summary. Gosh! It was an early start. We were up at 4.15am.. yes AM!!! and on the road to Paul & Sue’s just before 5.30! …
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Holiday: Day 8 – Thessaloniki, Greece (2023)
Friday, 29thDay 8 (of 8) Why Thessaloniki? (click for more) We’re in Thessaloniki, Greece for a week that incorporated my Birthday celebrations a few days ago! 👍. The location is also known as Thessalonica and is the second-largest city in Greece, with just over one million inhabitants. It is Greece’s second major economic, industrial, commercial …
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Holiday: Day 7 – Thessaloniki, Greece (2023)
Thursday, 28thDay 7 (of 8) Why Thessaloniki? (read more…) We’re in Thessaloniki, Greece for a week, incorporating my Birthday celebrations (a couple of days ago)! 👍. The location is also known as Thessalonica and is the second-largest city in Greece, with just over one million inhabitants. It is Greece’s second major economic, industrial, commercial and …
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Holiday: Day 6 – Thessaloniki, Greece (2023)
Wednesday, 27thDay 6 (of 8) Why Thessaloniki? (click here for more) We’re in Thessaloniki, Greece for a week (incorporating my Birthday celebrations, yesterday) 👍. The location is also known as Thessalonica and is the second-largest city in Greece, with just over one million inhabitants. It is Greece’s second major economic, industrial, commercial and political centre, …
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Holiday: Day 5 – Thessaloniki, Greece (2023) “Birthday Boy”
Tuesday, 26thDay 5 (of 8) Why Thessaloniki? (Click toread more…) We’re in Thessaloniki, Greece for a week, in part to celebrate my Birthday today! 👍. The location is also known as Thessalonica and is the second-largest city in Greece, with just over one million inhabitants. It is Greece’s second major economic, industrial, commercial and political …
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Holiday: Day 4 – Thessaloniki, Greece (2023)
Monday, 23rdDay 4 (of 8) Why Thessaloniki? (read more…) We’re in Thessaloniki, Greece for a week, incorporating my Birthday celebrations too! 👍. The location is also known as Thessalonica and is the second-largest city in Greece, with just over one million inhabitants. It is Greece’s second major economic, industrial, commercial and political centre, and a …
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Holiday: Day 3 – Thessaloniki, Greece (2023)
Sunday, 24thDay 3 (of 8) Why Thessaloniki? (click for more) We’re in Thessaloniki, Greece for a week, incorporating my Birthday celebrations too (in a few days)! 👍. The location is also known as Thessalonica and is the second-largest city in Greece, with just over one million inhabitants. It is also Greece’s second major economic, industrial, …
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Holiday: Day 2 – Thessaloniki, Greece (2023)
Saturday, 23rdDay 2 (of 8) Why Thessaloniki? (click for more) We’re in Thessaloniki, Greece for a week, incorporating my Birthday celebrations too (in a few days!) 👍. The location is also known as Thessalonica and is the second-largest city in Greece, with just over one million inhabitants. It is also Greece’s second major economic, industrial, …
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Holiday: Day 1 – Thessaloniki, Greece (2023)
Friday, 22nd – Day 1 (of 8) We’re off to Thessaloniki, Greece for a week, incorporating my Birthday celebrations too! 👍 The location is also known as Thessalonica and is the second-largest city in Greece, with just over one million inhabitants. It is also Greece’s second major economic, industrial, commercial and political centre together with …
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Pacific Paradise – Day 28/28
Saturday, 6th May: Coronation Day – Heading Home Our final day here in LA! So, for the last time (for a while)… “Hello, loyal Readers!” 👍 They Think It’s All Over… Well, even by our standards, that was some holiday! They think it’s all over! Almost! Our flight is an overnighter, leaving LA at 10.30 …
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Pacific Paradise – Day 27/28
Friday, 5th May:Venice Beach,Los Angeles Good morning, loyal Readers! 😎. This is the penultimate day of our holiday – and the weather forecast, as you can see, is ‘varied’ (polite version!) 😟. It’s our second day here in Venice Beach, Los Angeles, where (luckily) the weather has, so far, defied the official forecast and been …
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Pacific Paradise – Day 26/28
Thursday, 4th May:Venice Beach,Los Angeles Morning All! 👍👍. We slipped into dock just after 6.15. It looked like a grey day out there! But here’s hoping! At just after 8.45am, we were back on dry land, having said goodbye to the Regatta. Our next stop? The Kinney hotel, west of Los Angeles, about a 50-minute …
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Pacific Paradise – Days 20-25/28
Sea Days x6: Friday, 28th April – Wednesday, 3rd May Hello you! It’s been a while hasn’t it? 😉. ‘Days at Sea’ are inevitably, part of the whole ‘cruise experience’ and it’s all about making the most of that time away from land. SIX days IS a long period, and it pays to have some …
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Pacific Paradise – Day 19/28
Thursday, 27th April: Honolulu (Day 2) – Pearl Harbour Aloha! 👍😎. It’s our final Port day today in Honolulu where our priority is to visit the Pearl Harbour Memorial. Time permitting, we also want to cover the Red Route on the Trolleybus that we postponed yesterday because of the deteriorating weather. The latest forecast shows …
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Pacific Paradise – Day 18/28
Wednesday, 26th April: Honolulu, Oahu IslandDay 1 “Aloha loyal Reader!” Guess where we are! Yes, it’s our second day in the Hawaiian Islands and our first day (of two) in Honolulu. We docked around 6.20am (local), 5.20pm (KMT). Our first view wasn’t that impressive, though! 😟 We have two major priorities today: the first? Stay …
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Pacific Paradise – Day 17/28
Tuesday, 25th April: Lahaina, Maui Morning readers. Welcome back! After four days at sea and 2000 (ish) miles, 🥴🥴 our journey northwards from French Polynesia to the Hawaiian Islands has been completed. We arrived into Lahaina, on the Northwest coast of Maui Island (part of The Hawaiian Islands) at 10.03am local time (9.03pm, UK time). …
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Pacific Paradise – Days 13-16 (of 28)
Friday, 21st – Monday, 24th April: All at sea, heading for Lahaina, Maui Morning All! 👍👍. For us, a slight change of routine begins today. Yesterday afternoon, we left French Polynesia and we’re now heading north (ish) for the Hawaiian Islands. We’ve got four days at sea (and about 2000 miles!) ahead of us to …
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Pacific Paradise – Day 12/28
Thursday, 20th April: Nuku Hiva Welcome back Readers! 👍👍. Here we are, just arrived on the volcanic island of Nuku Hiva, one of the most remote places on the planet. We’re told that the nearest land mass is actually Mexico, some 2650 miles away! Needless to say, we’re closer to the Amazon than we are …
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Pacific Paradise – Day 11/28
Wednesday, 19th April: All at Sea! Heading for Nuku Hiva Thanks for letting me know that some of my recent postings are not making the journey to your end! I have no idea what’s going on, but it’s being investigated back in the UK as I write this. Hopefully, things will improve over the coming …
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Pacific Paradise – Day 10/28
Tuesday, 18th April: Still Cruising!Rangiroa Welcome back Readers! 👍. The techy issues that began yesterday may not have been completely resolved, but if you are reading this, then things are OK for now. Onwards and upwards ehh?!?! 😉 Today, we’re heading for Rangiroa, north-east of Bora Bora (where we visited yesterday). For a quick summary …
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