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Category Archives: Trips
Hopping!
We headed out for a pub meal last night and managed to stay awake until 9 o’clock and managed to sleep pretty well through to 8:30. It was cooler today at around 20C, but warm enough for breakfast out on … Continue reading
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Arrival
Things continued to go well with Air China, we departed Beijing about 5 minutes ahead of schedule. The first aircraft we went on was less than 1 year old whereas this one was closer to 25 years old, although you … Continue reading
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Traveling!
Well, we are on our way! We left home at 0930 for the Ottawa airport. Once there we managed to check in as far as Beijing, it was too early to check in for the Beijing -Sydney leg. Luckily we … Continue reading
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Here We Go Again
Just a quick entry to ensure I still know how to use the system! On Wednesday, October 17th, we head down to Australia for just under 5 weeks. We are taking the scenic route, i.e. longer distance and time gives … Continue reading
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Good Bye Africa
Headed off for our final breakfast this morning. Lyn had done most of the packing last night, for some reason she wouldn’t let me help her! Last night for dinner we sampled some local meats, I had crocodile, Lyn had … Continue reading
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Penguins!
The weather seems to be slowly declining, dull and overcast this morning with the threat of rain. Cape Town is in desperate need of rain, the reservoirs are only at 25% of their normal level and getting lower. Water rationing … Continue reading
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Next Stop Antarctica!
After breakfast we headed off to find the most Southern point in Africa. Many people think this is at the Cape of Good Hope, but it is actually further east along the coast at Cape Agulhas. As it was a … Continue reading
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Well…… we didn’t expect to see that!
You’ll have to read further to see what we didn’t expect to see! Different place for breakfast this morning, at 2300 last night this place was heaving with students from the nearby Uni, this morning there was only us there! … Continue reading
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Is it Friday the 13th???
Today was just one of those days! It started off OK with breakfast, the hotel has an odd way of doing breakfast; they have teamed up with three local restaurants and they give you a 100 Rand ($9 Cdn ~$7 … Continue reading
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Part 2
At least the title fits in with the last two, I’ll have to get creative again tomorrow. We left Robert and Molly and their fantastic hospitality this morning and headed out to the airport for our flight to Cape Town, … Continue reading
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