Archive for October, 2008

Discovering Yosemite

October 27, 2008

An early start to the day saw me meet my tour driver/leader Scott and group in the hotel lobby. We received a briefing on the trip which included Scott talking to us about how he conducted things, and what he’d learned over many tours, and what we as pax could contribute, in order to have […]

San Francisco bound

October 21, 2008

My holiday started off fabuloulsy, as I was able to stretch out over three seats on my flight to San Francisco, and have a good kip before my 7 day Western Wonder trip with TrekAmerica began. San Francisco turned on a lovely, warm arrival day, and after checking into the Americania [Trek’s pre-tour] hotel, my […]

New Year Vegas Style!

October 14, 2008

Enjoying a Thai curry with friends at our favourite local restaurant, our conversation turned towards, if anyone had plans for the New Year! Some of us were heading to the beach, nothing better than a BBQ, others were staying in town, but one friend said she and her cousin were hitting the bright lights of […]

Thundering Victoria Falls

October 2, 2008

An exciting day as we cross from Botswana into Zambia via the Kazangula Ferry. Patience is required as only one small ferry operating, to transport many people and vehicles across the Zambezi River. We managed to cross in 1/2 hour but had to wait another 2 hours for Jan and Werner to bring our bus […]