Grand Canyon Day Las Vegas, NV Las Vegas, NV Wednesday 26 thWe had a wake up call booked for 6 am due to our early tour start but I was up early which was lucky as the wake up call seemed to sleep in! The automatic shutters opened to reveal another sunny and magnificent cloudless… More
Our first day in Las Vegas Las Vegas, NV Las Vegas, NV http://www.vdara.com/ Tuesday 25thWe got away from the LA apartment at 9.3o am. Mid city had a 25 block Police ‘lock down’ following an overnight shooting. Two policemen were shot at whilst returning to base but, luckily, we were not caught up in any… More
Our last day in LA Los Angeles, CA Los Angeles, CA Monday 24th June: Mark headed out early to pick up the rental car from LAX. I tried out the gym and Tom slept in. He woke feeling much better and well able to tackle another day. We weren’t too sure what to do today.… More
Our second full day in LA Los Angeles, CA Los Angeles, CA Sunday 23rd.We slept a little late but headed out towards Santa Monica and Venice Beach by using the ‘hop on and off’ bus. It was a little overcast but that made the stroll along Santa Monica Pier and board walk more pleasant. We… More
Our first two days in LA Los Angeles, CA Los Angeles, CA http://www.vrbo.com/157486 Friday 21st June It started off as the shortest day in the year for us but ended up being the longest day as we made it up to the northern hemisphere. We arrived at the apartment at midnight Fri June 21st. The… More
Review of the Royal Beach Seminyak Sydney, Australia Sydney, Australia Review: The Royal Beach Seminyak Our family stayed at the Royal Beach Seminyak for 10 nights in July 2012. The Royal Beach is one of the first hotels along the beach in Seminyak to have direct beach frontage. That is, without a street between the… More
Our last full day Seminyak, Indonesia Seminyak, Indonesia Today is our last full day and we were greeted with a particularly warm and sunny morning. We met up as usual at breakfast at 8.30 am and then Matt and Annabelle headed into Kuta for one last shopping trip. The rest of us headed down to… More
Nick and Eleni return day! Seminyak, Indonesia Seminyak, Indonesia The morning walk was a most entertaining one indeed. There were hundreds of locals, armed with large bags and kitted with gloves, carrying out a ‘Clean Up The Beach” activity. None to soon is all I can say! I also discovered another large gathering of white… More
Lazy Day Seminyak, Indonesia Seminyak, Indonesia The morning started the same as all of the others; various forms of exercise and then we all met up at breakfast at 8.30am before heading to the pool. Mark and Tom went to the Sports Bar in the afternoon to watch the Swans whilst Ali and I went… More
Downhill Bike Day Seminyak, Indonesia Seminyak, Indonesia Friday 6/7 : very brief for the time being; will update with more detail later. Morning: Mark, Mary, Tom, Ali and Nick: Downhill Bike Tour from Kintamani 7.30am – 4.30pm Evening: Mark, Mary, Ali and Tom: drinks at hotel beach side bar and then dinner at Tekor; a… More