Day 02: Ice cold cruising
We wake to a glorious sunrise and minus four degrees Celsius. A couple more hours of sleep is in order. When we do finally get going, our plan is to...
Day 00: 32 hours is a long time
Our 2024 adventure kicked off with a 32 hour journey from Canberra to Montréal. In between was Sydney, Auckland and New York. The ever reliable Moses who has been driving...
Three Rooms, Two Dinners, One Ship
Anyone who has read our travel blog knows that Mardi and I are creatures of habit. Just take a peek at our ten trips to New York – same hotel, same flights....
May 2024 – London – Day 8: Towers and walls, walls and towers
As I stepped out of Tower Hill station, a sense of anticipation washed over me. I had read about the ancient remnants of the London Wall, but nothing could prepare...
May 2024 – London – Day 7: Hampstead, again!
Our second visit to Hampstead is a lot brighter. The sun is shining and we are keen to fully explore this village and unlock its history. We head back to Hamstead...
May 2024 – London – Day 6: In search of the elusive flying pig
Today we head off to see Battersea Power Station. Work and meetings behind me, we now have a couple of days to explore London together. I take Mardi to what...
May 2024 – London – Day 5: From Nelson to QEII
After a very interrupted sleep, attending meetings back in Australia between 12.30 and 2.30am, plus a couple of early morning meetings back home and follow up with RNIB and Vision...
May 2024 – London – Day 4: Some work and a visit to a late Princess
I set out early to spend the day with colleagues from the RNIB. A quick bus ride along Marylebone Road gets me to Grimaldi House in around 20 minutes. I...
May 2024 – London – Day 3: Wet in Hampstead
It’s a public holiday today in London and sadly for the end of the holiday long weekend it is pouring with rain. Although that doesn’t stop people from going out!!...
May 2024 – London – Day 2: Walking the Thames and finding a globe
Wow, what a day we have. Another glorious morning awaits us as we head out around 10.00am, a Sunday. The sun is shining and the streets are getting busy. We...
May 2024 – London – Day 1: A new home away from home
After a hectic day in Singapore we had a chance to relax in the First Lounge at Singapore Airport whilst we waited for our Qantas Flight to London. Part of...
May 2024: A day in Singapore
As part of a broader trip across three continents, I spent a day in Singapore. The trip was largely work related, well pretty much all work related. I met up...
2024 – A week in Tokyo: Where new meets newer
We started our second week in Japan by saying good-bye to the delightful Celestine Hotel and boarding a Shinkansen for Tokyo. We treated ourselves to some green car luxury on...
2024 – A week in Kyoto: Where old meets older
An Uber, plane, bus, plane, monorail, train and bullet train (Shinkansen) and here we are: Kyoto. The first leg of a visit to Japan. Next week Tokyo. We arrive at...