A big day awaits us, as today we are off to visit the famous Terracotta Warrior site, just a two drive from Xian, depending on the traffic. En route we stopped at a Terracotta Warrior factory shop where everyone bought their warriors (even before we saw the real thing, go figure!). At the factory we saw a […]
Ephesus, what can you say but WOW……..it is one of the most interesting and extensive ancient sites in the world, and ‘must stop’ on any trip to Turkey, and it seems like one of the busiest tourist attractions, especially if there are cruise ships docked at nearby Kusadasi, as this is a compulsory shore excursion.
Stepping […]
We woke up in Cape Town to blue skies, perfect as we were heading to Table Mountain and knew it meant we were in for some great views from the top. Tickets in hand we headed to the cable car which can carry 65 people at a time, and you stand the whole way up as the car rotates […]
At last we were on the road and heading out of Beijing for the Mutianya entrance of the Great Wall, passing orchards and farms along the way. Just under two hours later we arrived, collected our packed lunches, water bottles (which we bought in Beijing before we left - a lot cheaper), hat, sunglasses and headed into […]
It was time to escape bustling Buenos Aires and head to quieter shores, literally, as we boarded our high-speed hydrofoil for the one hour journey across the Rio Plata to Uruguay, and the historic town of Colonia del Sacramento.
On arrival we were meet by a local English speaking lady who showed us to our car for the five minute trip to […]
It is 2pm on a March afternoon and I’m sitting in a mokoro in Botswana’s Okavango Delta. The sun is hitting us directly, as well as reflecting off the water. It is hot. Ahead of us, we can see hundred’s of pelican’s and Marabou storks lined up on a sandbank. There are also red lechwe grazing […]