Ubud – Part Two
Elephant Cave Spent the last couple of days wandering the laneways and getting lost (as usual). We also spent some time at Elephant Cave which was amazing and thankfully not too crowded with tourists.
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Discovering Ubud, Bali
Discovering the sites, sounds, culture and spiritual centre of Bali. We have been getting lost down alleys, experiencing the best warangs serving the most authentic food. This is Ubud.
Gold Coast to Bali
Farewell Gold Coast It was an amazing week spent in Main Beach with Steve and Alan. The hospitality and dwellings were 10/10. It was another teary farewell as they dropped us at the airport in Brisbane. I’ve had enough tear-jerker moments in the past couple of weeks to last me a lifetime I think. It […]
Hello G.C
Living life on the GC – Life is Good
Nearly There
The Final Stages Sometimes you think that you’re never going to get there. That countdown app on your phone still shows a horrendous amount of days to go. Then suddenly ‘BOOM’, D Day is nearly here. That’s right – Departure Day is only days away. How did that happen! The final stages when everything starts […]
Queenstown Discovery
Finishing our Road Trip We continued on with our journey from Manapouri, ending up in the tourist mecca of Queenstown. It was bustling with tourists which gave it a party atmosphere despite the changeable and rather cooler weather. Pinot and Hiking Not both at the same time! Central Otago make some of the best […]
Exploring Southland
Visiting Family Southland bound – We heading south to visit family and to take the opportunity for a road trip around the bottom of the south and ending back up to Queenstown. Invercargill was our destination for family catch up and then we headed to ‘lands end’ before taking in the views around Lake Manapouri and […]
So…..what’s middle age
Is Middle Age Just a Number Okay, we’re both in our early 50’s. When we first started researching everything there is to know about long term travel, nomads, backpacking or budget journey’s, there were a whole host of YouTube videos on ‘twentysomething backpackers’ and how to make the most out of hostels, drinking and the […]
House/Pet Sitting in Mangawhai
It’s V Day – Time for our Vaccinations
Everything you need to know about vaccinations The goal posts keep changing when it comes to finding out what vaccinations are required. That’s why it pays to go to a clinic which specialises in overseas travel. They have the up to date information on the warnings and outbreaks around the globe. It’s not cheap but […]