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8 amazing days on one of the remotest places on earth! First up and off the bat, I will refer…
This year, 2017, has seen us jump on the travel blogging bandwagon. We decided to change our passion into our…
A snippet of the countries travelled between 2014 and 2016 Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, USA, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Maldives,…
Whilst staying in Guaranda we decided to do a day trip to Mount Chimborazo, only some 50 kilometres away.…
Soon enough we were off to Baños de Agua Santa, or Baños, as it's more commonly known. The area around…
We'd been to or through Macas a couple of times over the years, and this time we would pass through…
It was now time to get off the beaten track. We had seen and done so much in Ecuador over…
As soon as we crossed the border I felt totally at home. It's usually like this when I set foot…
Alex vs 'Sexy Woman' Our aim was to get to Ecuador by Christmas time, but we…
Lake Titicaca magic! Island of the Sun. Who could ask for more ... at the Copa, Copacabana! But it's not…
On the road to Chulumani. The road to Chulumani was bumpy, very bumpy! But we were excited; a place I…
Hello La Paz! Oh La Paz ... you're high, you're cold, you make walking around difficult, you have witches' markets,…
Cochabamba street art. On the way back from Toro Toro National Park we decided to stop in Cochabamba for a…
Toro Toro In the streets of Toro Toro. An overnight bus took us to Cochabamba, in central Bolivia, from where…
Sleepy Samaipata. We were umming and ahhing about where to go to next. I had done much of the Andean…
Potosi. Colonial Potosi. Very high, actually, Potosi is arguably the world's highest city, at 4090 metres above sea level. Even…
THIS is life! Second time around, Bolivia was as beautiful as the first, when I first visited it in 1999.…
On the bus, on the way to Jujuy. We had to do one more 'city' to do in the north…
Amaicha del Valle. Although Amaicha del Valle (in the Calchaquies Valley)is only a short bus ride from Tafi del Valle,…
Dinosaurs ... alive and kicking! When I had been here in 1999 I had done a day trip out to…
Melbourne trams? No, Mendoza trams! After seeing the many photos we posted on Facebook and our Facebook page, veryitchyfeet.com, our…
Dad's been mapping my travels since 1989. Getting ready for a one-month trip is one thing. Getting ready for one…
I want that Barbie t-shirt! We had a mission in Bangkok ! To eat good food and shop! Whilst the…
We had been told not to go to Mandalay; that it was dusty anddirty and nothing more than a big…
Hsipaw early morning fresh produce market. Seriously, what bus gets into ... anywhere ... at 3.30am! Talk about all dressed…
Flying over central Australia en route to Bangkok, via KL. With only a couple of months behind me since I'd…
With Pensiri at Lamphu House This trip was proving to be lots of fun and I had , as usual,…
Market place Thong Pha Phum Packed and ready to go, the next part of my adventure was about to…
Off to Thailand ... yay! One door shuts and another door opens! Oh, how I love the travelling door! She…
Surprise ... Happy Mother's Day Mami!Another trip, and so soon after Vanuatu ... not for me, but for Alex! With…
View from Tamanu on the Beach We spent Easter Sunday mostly hanging out at A Room With a View, but…
Vanuatu, here we comeLast year, in October to be exact, we had been asked to 'save the date' for a…
With Papa Jacinto, Alex's Grandpa.In the first week of January we spent a bit of time catching up with various…
The children await the activities!This year Alex and I decided that we would not give any Christmas presents, as apart…
Viva Ecuador!The first few days in Quito, Ecuador's capital, were spent hanging out at home, acclimatising and reconnecting with our…
Ready to go!As usual, I find myself asking where time goes. It's the middle of March and we've been already…
Deni and Alex hanging out at homeWe were only JUST saying goodbye to Denisse in Australia, and now we are…
Early Saturday morning, ready to explore Sydney!We arrived back from Thailand on 9 April, and Denisse would be flying home…
On the way to AyutthayaThe bus took around two hours from Bangkok and before we knew it we were in…
Bangkok ... good things come in small packages.I have been to Thailand so many times, but it never, ever, ever…
Welcome to Australia Denisse!Whoooooooosh! That's how fast the last six months have gone! It feels like only yesterday that we…
Protest in Buenos Aires.Argentina certainly ain't the cheap place it used to be ... well it was expensive, then cheap,…
Our niece Isabella ... cute as a button!Alex and our nephew Axel.We had so much fun in the 'full house'…
Alex with siblings Karen and Jean Pierre.It is no longer a secret that my 'home' now lies between two continents…
A ship on the sea in Portarlington.Singapore in a flash was our last blog, and in a flash seems to…
Changi, Airport We did Singapore in such a flash that I almost forgot that we had…
Making our way to Ko KoodOops, mixed up our entries. This post should have actually come before the last one…
Alex 'n' Dan on Khao San RdThe week had flown, but we'd had so much fun. Unfortunately, time usually goes…
Back in the land of smiles!That's easy... run away! And where to? Who cares! Overseas is always a good option! …
At Dad's for dinner with Yuko and YujiI cannot believe that it has already been over three months since we…
Inside a Penang temple Where was I? Oh yes, we were flying to Penang at…
Borneo! For me, it has always conjured up images of the wild man of Borneo, headhunters and orangutans. Having said…
Omar Ali Saifuddien Mosque & Royal Barge, Brunei C'mon, give me a break...it was ABSOLUTELY time…
L to R: (Back) Narelle, Jane, Natarsha, Ombi &(front), Linda, Karen & Kirrily As I tap away, I am acutely…
L to R: Dino (my Dad), Ida and OmbiAs part of my work at Inclusive Leisure Victoria (ILV), which does…
Alex and I at Jarrod's 21st, April You may recall, only a couple of blogs back, another blog entitled, "2009...Going,…
Can someone PLEASE tell me how we got to the 8th March 2010? I've missed something, haven't I? There's another…
What a year 2009 has been! It saw me wrap up my time at Vision Australia, where I was working…
Following on from our last blog, we are posting the video of the slide show, A Window into Latin America,…
Well, it has certainly been a while since I have blogged. Busy, busy, busy! Well, that's my excuse. 2009 has…
Our last week in Ecuador was a flurry of activity! We were invited to Marcia and Gustavo's house for Alex's…
So, we had spent time with family, caught up with some of our friends, and done a whole lot of…
We had a great flight over to Quito, with a stopover in Miami. As we checked in, we were told…
The time had come; for once in our lives we weren't rushing around like chooks with our heads cut off,…
I cannot begin to describe the joy I felt when our very dear friends Yuji (aka Nashville) and Yuko Mizushima…
This Easter was spent on Freddy and Ada’s property, near the township of Glenrowan. So, who are Freddy and Ada,…
Everything happens for a reason, or so they say! One good thing to come out of the stuffing up of…
The average tourist on a two week sojourn through Samoa usually only gets to Upolu.....well, we aren't "average" and we…
As soon as our travelling debacle had been solved, we felt a huge weight come off our shoulders, and it…
I usually end each of my entries with a quote, but this time, it is the way I will begin:"We…
Christmas at home? C'mon, give me a break! I'm already conforming to the world of work and employment, ain't that…
2008 was an incredible year, which whizzed by at a speed I would have formerly thought of as impossible. Sadly,…
As soon as we arrived in Trat (via the back of a pick-up) we made it to the bus station,…
We had been travelling for close to 16 months and whilst culturally and spiritually invigorated, we were physically spent! I…
We crossed at Poipet/ Aranya Prathet. It's amazing what an "imaginary line" can do. As soon as we crossed this…
Head Stone, Cambodia Angkor Wat umm What? Siem Reap is Cambodia's cultural and spiritual heartbeat, and…
As I have already mentioned, Cambodia wins no prizes in the outstanding road stakes. It's a poor country, and its…
Like all too many people passing through Cambodia, we didn't spend enough time here! My usual war cry here, yet…
We had heard horror stories about Saigon, or as it is correctly referred to nowadays, Ho Chi Minh City. Although…
We woke up bright and early the next morning..upon the insistence of the bus driver! For some reason, we were…
Vietnam is surprising "easy" to travel in. Perhaps too easy! There are so many organised tours and buses, that if…
After a week or so in the quiet and more tranquil northern part of Vietnam, we found ourselves suddenly being…
As I mentioned, walking to the border and crossing on the Chinese side was easy, and it looked like the…
So close, yet so far! In Shangri-la (or Zhongdian, as it is more commonly known to the Chinese), I felt…
Now, I hope you did your homework, and checked out a map of China. Although we "only" did the south-west…
Think China! Think Yangshuo! With its famous fairytale karst peaks, one after the other after the other, the landscape is…
Nothing can really prepare you for it!!!!!! I mean this is the land where 25 million trees are felled annually…
Now Macau, where is that? Well, if you thought that Hong Kong was small, welcome to Macau (also spelt Macao).…
Towards the end of our stay in Hong Kong (which at two and a half weeks, was longer than we…
Wow! The madness continues! Wrapping your head around Hong Kong is like learning Chinese overnight! If Japan has neon or…
We made it back to Paris safely and easily, after which we went "straight" back to the the hotel close…
I cannot recall at what point we decided that we would visit Germany, or to be exact, visit one of…
We were arriving to France on the evening of the 1st of August and flying out to Germany on the…
Our final stop in Morocco would be Essaouira, a gorgeous and relaxing spot on the Moroccan coast. I never thought…
Here we are in Morocco, smack bang in the middle of summer, and it has been scorching. Desert trips, further…
No sooner had we set food on terra firma than we noticed that there were cafes everywhere, predominantly patronised by…
We have now definitely got the pedal to the metal! With only weeks left on our ticket, we are now…
Can you imagine my surprise when about a year and a half ago, when Alex and I still had the…
Ah, Florence, it has always been one of my favourite European cities, and again, it did not fail to disappoint,…
They say that Venice is a hauntingly beautiful city. This is very true indeed, but we also found it to…
It’s only three hours from Trieste to Pola, or Pula as it has been called since it became part of…
In no time at all we were at the appropriate train station, meeting the people who we would be sharing…
Finally we were on the plane and away, flying off to yet another destination on yet another continent. My friend…
There are several ways to get from Luxor to Dahab on the Sinai Peninsula, and there are also several prices,…
The trip to Aswan, at the southern end of the Nile, would be a long one! Some 28 hours, to…
Cairo was full on, and we felt that we needed a little tranquility! We scanned our guide book and decided…
I have travelled far and wide, but nothing.......no amount of reading nor research, could have prepared me for Egypt! It…
Again, both Puebla and Taxco were places that I had visited on my last Mexican trip, but I remembered both…
Despite our four blogs on Cuba, I still feel that there was so much that I excluded. This was not…
Cuba Musicians Santiago de Cuba provided us with more dazzling culture, and amazing people, both foreigners…
Our next destination was Trinidad, heading further east. What a beautiful and delightful colonial town. It is actually classified as…
My, my I do beleive that I have caused, and am continuing to cause, quite a stir with my last…
Nothing could possibly prepare us for what we experienced in Cuba! We spent 21 days there, and only just returned…
The first thing we noticed about Mexico was how much longer the distances were between each place and how much…
You know the old saying, "Another day another country".......well, that is what it has felt like lately! We are trying…
It was raining when we arrived in Coban, and cold to boot! Actually, very cold! I was not really expecting…
Although we were having a brilliant time in Guatemala, Alex and I both decided that we could not leave until…
I had also been to Lake Atitlan when I was in Guatemala last, but had only spent a few days…
"Don´t go to Chichicastenango! There´s nothing that you cannot buy cheaper in other parts of Guatemala", I heard from several…
The last time I had been in Guatemala was in 1999, and although I certainly had fond memories, I was…
The Flower route (or Ruta de las Flores) includes a small stretch of mountainous towns in the Salvadorean highlands, one…
Apart from a few stops, to fix up a falling exhaust pipe, the trip back to San Salvador was short…
Suchitoto was yet again only a short distance from La Palma. Being so small, however, nothing is too far away!…
El Salvador, the least travelled Central American country. Do we need any other reason to go?What our Central American guide…
We had really had so much fun around Tela, but a move to a new place always brings yet more…
The ferry arrived back in La Ceiba at around 8.00am. We made our way to the city centre, where we…
Alex and I have wanted to do a diving course for years, but something always seemed to crop up. Besides…
Another day, another border! The border crossing at Guasaule was easy and effortless, but then we are becoming old hands…
To all of you that have taken the time to share our journey & passions, we would like to thank…
Some say that we need to "wake up and smell the roses"! Some people actually do not have roses to…
First of all......sorry about the delay in updating the blog, but we went through a 10 day patch of no…
On the morning of the 26th, we made our way to the dock, where we would catch a ferry back…
A 3.00am start it was! After being told that all the inter-country buses were full, and that we would have…
Jeep-boat-jeep was the way we got to Monteverde from La Fortuna. Let me explain. Option 1 takes you around the…
An early start meant getting up, catching a boat back across from Bastimentos to Bocas del Toro, and then catching…
It is supposed to be one of Panama´s highlights; the archipelago of Bocas Del Toro, in the country´s Caribbean northwest,…
Panama has been an experience that has not stopped with the Kuna Indians! It is a country that has so…
I am not really sure as to exactly what I was expecting of Panama....but I have been pleasantly surprised. I…
Travel is often go, go, go! Sometimes it's also about being quiet, and in the moment, but it's a big…
When we woke up the day after the hike, we felt like we had been body-slammed and then run over…
After an amazing few sun drenched days on the coast of Samana, relaxing on some of the Caribbean's most beautiful…
Back in early October, when we were staying with Alex's auntie in Chicago, we noticed a lot of Halloween preparation…
Cabarete? Sosua? Puerto Plata? Las Terrenas? Punta Cana? No thanks, no thanks and no thanks again! All the above mentioned…
Exotic, hot, humid, passionate, breathtaking and heart wrenching! These are only some of the adjectives that I could use to…
As soon as we landed in the Dominican Republic we knew we would love it. It has a totally different…
Puerto Rico! As I sat on the plane I thought, "Oh my God, this is really happening, I am really…
The night before we left Chicago, which as you can see has proved to be a major place of "excitement¨…
Well, on the day of our (or I should say my!) accident, we were on our way to see my…
You may recall that Tom and Camille kindly drove us to Chicago. Actually they drove us straight to my friend…
Well, well, well, hasn't Toronto grown up since I was last here sometime in the early 90's? The only thing…
You may recall that in a recent entry (From New York to Philly) I mentioned my friend Erin, her jewellery…
Yes, the time has come for me to have a really good bitch about how some (please note the some,…
Back in the summer of '89!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Next destination - Indiana USA. I was going back to the summer of '89....this was…
How do backpackers and travellers get from point A to point B when they are travelling? No, it's not all…
As every astute traveller will know, where there's a will, there's a way.......a cheaper way! We were on our way…
After Philly we made our way back to New York, where we spent another two days with Alex's mum and…
Yesterday, we had the opportunity to go to the World Trade Centre site in New York, the place where part…
It was an early start, as we got up and ready, and made our way to Manhattan to catch a…
Another big day in New York City, and another early start! We got up quite early and made our way…
Well, I don't know about hating it! That's a pretty severe word with lots of negative undertones. Not even dislike…
