Tuesday New York, NY New York, NY Tuesday 23rd We were all a bit slow getting going this morning. An early phone call to Ali established that she was ok. The rest of headed down to City Hall just above the World Trade Centre and below Chinatown. We strolled up Broadway and explored the streets… More
Recovery ward for Ali, 5th Avenue for us! New York, NY New York, NY Monday 22nd Hi all, Ali finally made it into surgery at about 10pm last night. All went well but her appendix had ruptured meaning that her recover time will be delayed. She was taken down to her room at about 3am… More
New York New York, NY New York, NY Hi all. Our Griswald’s holiday experience has lived up to full Hollywood expectations. We have had snow for the White Christmas already but have had a day at the hospital, Lenox Hill Hospital on Lexington to be exact. Ali fell ill on the way over. Her upset… More
Setting out Sydney, Australia Sydney, Australia Our ‘national lampoon vacation’ started out well. Mercer didn’t quite make it for the ride to the airport but I still gave him the quiche! Matt, ever reliable, delivered Annabelle just in time so she could finish packing. On arriving at the airport Mark and I found that we… More
Home at last! Sydney, Australia Sydney, Australia Hi all. Have made it home at last. We had a beautiful morning for our arrival home. It was great to be able to see blue sky. Don’t laugh or scoff….this is a luxury! We don’t realise how lucky we are living in this part of the world.… More
Santiago Santiago, Chile Santiago, Chile Friday 11th July. We made it in to our lovely hotel, the first one for this trip, at about 1am this morning. That was after leaving the jungle on Friday at 3am via the white cayman and piranha infested waters on our fateful boat trip! We are still getting over… More
Amazon Jungle Puerto Maldonado, Peru Puerto Maldonado, Peru Amazon Tuesday 6th July We were off to the jungle area of Puerto Maldonado today. It was a 30 min flight down from the Andes in a south east direction from Cusco into the Amazon Basin. There was a heavy police presence at Cusco airport due to… More
Cusco: Last day Cusco, Peru Cusco, Peru Monday 7th July This was our last full day in Cusco. We chose to have the day to ourselves and that started with an early morning walk for Mark and I. You have to be careful when out walking at this earlier hour. Less traffic means that the… More
Machu Picchu and back to Cusco Cusco, Peru Cusco, Peru Machu Picchu 6th July It is 5pm and I am writing this section from on board the backpackers’ train as we journey from Aguas Calientes back up to Cusco. Our time down here was wonderful. We feel very lucky to have been able to witness… More
Machu Picchu Machu Picchu, Peru Machu Picchu, Peru Machu Picchu 5th July Our trip to Machu Picchu started on the 6.50am train from Cusco. It is a 31/2 hr trip to the train terminus at Aguas Calientes. We were on the ‘backpackers’ train! How do I know?? Because the carriages were all labeled as such.… More