This post is part of a series called Adriatic Cruise Malta is small island country that lies 50 miles south of Sicily and just over 200 miles north of Libya in the Meditteranean Sea. Over the years it’s been conquered by everyone from the Romans to the Greeks, Arabs, Sicilians and of course the British. …
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This post is part of a series called Adriatic Cruise Montenegro is the last of the former Yugoslav countries that we visited and it’s the smallest. Our destination was Kotor, a small city located deep in the Bay of Kotor. The captain promised us a beautiful sail in (the Bay of Kotor is #7 on…
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This post is part of a series called Adriatic Cruise Overnight we sailed 240 nautical miles south to Dubrovnik, Croatia. We weren’t scheduled to dock until 9am, so it was actually light as we sailed in. This may look like a pirate ship, but I suspect it’s a “prop” for the Game of Thrones, much…
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This post is part of a series called Adriatic Cruise Early the next morning we arrived in Croatia, another of the former Yugoslav countries. Our good luck with the weather continued; we were greeted with bright sunshine and cool but comfortable temperatures. Today’s destination was Plitivice Lakes National Park, 130 km north east of Zadar. …
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This post is part of a series called Adriatic Cruise One of my favourite things about cruising is waking up each morning in a new location; it’s always a treat to open the blinds and see what’s there! 54 nautical miles east and slightly north of Venice, across the Adriatic Sea, is Koper, Slovenia, our…
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This post is part of a series called Adriatic Cruise Glass making has been a colourful part of Venentian history. Although it dates back to the Roman Empire, it was Venice’s trade with the Orient that brought it to the next level. As the popularity of Venetian glass grew, so did the protectionism of the…
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This post is part of a series called Adriatic Cruise We had scheduled a walking tour for 2 pm with Venice Photo Tours. We met up with our guide, Simone, by the Rialto Bridge and headed out to explore the small alleyways and lanes of the Castello and Cannaregio sestieres. Our first stop was Campiello…
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This post is part of a series called Adriatic Cruise Imagine a cluster of over 100 islands, connected by bridges and surrounded by canals and rios. A place with no streets, no cars and over 400 bridges; where daily life happens on the water. This is Venice, a city like no other. There are in…
View MoreAfrica Photo Gallery August / September 2017 VICTORIA FALLS, ZIMBABWE CHOBE RIVER, BOTSWANA SAVUTI, BOTSWANA KHWAI CONSERVANCY, BOTSWANA MOREMI GAME RESERVE, BOTSWANA CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA
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This post is part of a series called Falkland Islands, South Georgia & Antarctica
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This post is part of a series called Galapagos Islands & Quito San Cristobal Island, at 215 square miles, is the 5th largest in the archipelago, the closest to the mainland, the 2nd most populated and our last stop. One of the oldest of the islands geologically, all of the volcanoes on the island are…
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This post is part of a series called Galapagos Islands & Quito For some of us this day was the 2nd landing on South Plaza (due to the schedule change) but that didn’t stop me from taking pictures! Earlier in the week the guides had told us that, much like a diver uses a dive…
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This post is part of a series called Galapagos Islands & Quito An early start this day; up at 5 to say goodbye to the gang leaving today. Once they were gone, we climbed aboard the panga and, with Sausimo at the helm and the Monserrat following behind, we set off for Caleta Tortuga Negra…
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This post is part of a series called Galapagos Islands & Quito To the north-west of Chinese Hat & Rabida sits Santiago Island. It’s 226 square miles and almost 3,000 feet at it’s highest point. According to the GPS on my camera, we were at 14 min 47 seconds S, which is just under 15…
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This post is part of a series called Galapagos Islands & Quito After yesterday’s deviation from our planned course we are back on track – busy day today! Our longest sailing yet, from South Plaza north west to Sombrero Chino (Chinese Hat). Chinese Hat is a tiny island (less than .25 square km in size)…
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This post is part of a series called Galapagos Islands & Quito This was supposed to have been the day on Isabella Island. Instead, we went ever so slightly north to Seymour Norte (North Seymour) in the morning and then south-east to Plaza Sur (South Plaza) in the afternoon. The Galapagos islands are relatively “new”…
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This post is part of a series called Galapagos Islands & Quito My trip to the Galapagos was “West, Central and East Islands”; 7 nights aboard the Monserrat. In the west – Isabela; the East – South Plaza, Santa Cruz & San Cristobal and central – Santiago, Chinese Hat, Baltra, Rabida & North Seymour. I…
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This post is part of a series called Galapagos Islands & Quito For my second day in Quito, I decided to get out of the city. I signed up for a “Bird Photo Tour” that would take me north west of the city, to the Tandayapa Cloud Forest Reserve. Pickup was early, 5:30 am and…
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This post is part of a series called Galapagos Islands & Quito The Galapagos islands are located approx 1,000 km off the coast of Ecuador in the Pacific, the only way to get there is to fly from mainland Ecuador – from either Quito or Guayaquil. In my case, it was Quito. The highest capital…
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This post is part of a series called Southern Africa – 2017 My last day in Cape Town and, finally, blue skies and minimal wind. Table Mountain was open! The Table Mountain Cable Car has 2 cars that rotate 360° so that on the way up (or down) you get to see all of the…
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