New Caledonia

New Caledonia

On April 7th I flew (as opposed to sailing from The Bay of Islands) from Auckland to Noumea, New Caledonia, to join Alison on The World. I arrived in the morning, got settled in, admired the new look of the…

Mt Kosciuszko

On Friday November 18 we boarded a plane to Melbourne where we landed on Sunday November 20th. We stayed 2 nights with our friends Patty and Jono and their 3 daughters in Aspendale. Very nice to catch up! Two days…

Mt Kosciuszko 2011

On Friday November 18 we boarded a plane to Melbourne where we landed on Sunday November 20th We stayed 2 nights with our friends Patty and Jono and their 3 daughters in Aspendale. Very nice to catch up! Two days…

Norway

On June 20th, one day later than planned due to our flights from Djibouti to London being cancelled on account of the volcanic eruption, Stephen and I boarded The World in Aalesund, Norway for a cruise through the Norwegian fjords…

7lows in Djibouti

On June 12, 2011, Stephen and I flew from London to Djibouti City for a 6 day adventure. Upon arrival on June 13 we stayed the first night in the lovely Kempinski Hotel before going on a 3 day tour…

Death Valley

On Friday, May 27, we set off from Emeryville around 3:45pm to start our Memorial Day weekend trip to Death Valley. We’d only decided this just over a week before and were lucky to still find accommodation in Death Valley…

Car Rental

About a month before leaving on our trip we emailed several car rental companies in Río Gallegos. We promptly got an answer back from Adrian Riestra from Riestra Car Rental and entered into an email conversation with him and Maria…

Trip Preparation

Our Antarctic trip of January 2011 had been planned and organized well in advance, and we’d planned a visit to Buenos Aires from the get go. Flight for this were booked about 10-11 months before. At that time the idea…