We bumped and bounced through the clouds before dropping below them and getting our first view of Peru, and she is a looker. Cusco is at 3400m and altitude sickness hit us almost the instant we stepped out of the plane. We stood in the queue for immigration feeling light-headed, woozy, slightly nauseous and very … Continue reading Feeling a bit light-headed around Cusco
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“A sabbatical from our sabbatical” – Part 2: France, Italy, Germany, France again and back to England
We’d stayed still for all of 12 hours so it was definitely time to move again and we were up with the sparrows on the Tuesday morning following the Bank holiday to fly to Nice and Caro’s parents’ house. This too was a pit-stop on the way to Italy for Caro’s brother’s wedding and on … Continue reading “A sabbatical from our sabbatical” – Part 2: France, Italy, Germany, France again and back to England
Drawing part one of the epic adventure to a close in Palolem, South Goa
We were both pretty travel weary by this time and, having looked at the public transport to get to Palolem, we decided that a taxi was definitely the easiest option and worth the small extra expensive for the ease and the comfort of air con. We had booked in to stay at Crystal Goa, a … Continue reading Drawing part one of the epic adventure to a close in Palolem, South Goa
Failing to be hip in Anjuna, North Goa
Our flight from Kathmandu to Goa took us via Delhi and we spent 4 very unpleasant hours in Delhi airport which is, in our opinion, pretty average. On the plus side it does look like it has been built out of Daleks. The highlight, however, was the truly uninspiring food court where the sound system … Continue reading Failing to be hip in Anjuna, North Goa
Kicking back in Mirissa and Tangalle
We had long been looking forward to a few days R&R on the beach and could think of no better place than the famous beaches of the south coast of Sri Lanka. We booked ourselves in to a small family run guesthouse in Mirissa, just 5 minutes stroll from the beach. Disney Villa, which was … Continue reading Kicking back in Mirissa and Tangalle
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