So this was my destination event this year. We wanted to go abroad for a race again while making sure that my few tick boxes were met – not too expensive, not too hot and certainly no chance of a non-wetsuit swim. So this new race in June, in Northern France with a swim in […]
I have just returned from a week in Mallorca with K. It was so nice to get some sunny weather and we felt we both needed a break. One nice extra aside to a trip to the Balearics was that I would be able to get a bit of cycling in that I’d not been able to
This is the last of our at sea blogs as we depart Cambodia for our final destination of Singapore. After I last posted we went to watch the magicians escape act and in my eagerness to get a front row seat I ended up being dragged up front to help with the chaining and checking
Long overdue blog this one but we’ve just been so busy the last few days – breakfast, pick up trip ticket, get off ship, get on bus, drive, race around city, take photos, back on bus and repeat. back on bus, drive back to ship. get ready for evening, watch show, eat dinner, bed –
We are 6 days into our Far Eastern adventure. The first 2 and a half days were spent in the bustling city of Shanghai. We checked in to the Hyatt on the Bund hotel and it was seriously impressive – Kathryn wants to model our next house on the hotel room! The first night we
We’ve just arrived back at our beach villa having been caught on a pedalo half a kilometre from shore by a monsoon. It was quite fun actually as we tried to outrun it but it caught up with us with 100 yards or so left. Seemed like an opportune moment to write a blog anyway.
I am currently writing from the sunlounger next to our personal plunge pool/jacuzzi. Kathryn is currently at the Spa enjoying a deep cleansing facial treatment and should be there for the next hour or so. Yesterday we both treated ourselves to a revitalizing treatment that included a foot bath, body scrub, all over deep massage,
Well, I usually leave the blogs for Dave to write, but have decided its time for me to give a quick update (nothing to do with the fact that Dave is currently out swimming in the reef with all the wonderful fish!, will get to that a little later). I didn’t think we could trump
Last night we stayed in Dunedin and during the day we visited a penguin sanctuary that allowed you to get close to the Yellow Eyed Penguins due to the network of tunnels they had built for viewing and we also did the Cadbury World tour. Back last Tuesday we left Franz Josef and headed for