I slept well and for almost 11 hours which for me is unheard of. Hopefully that will mean much of

Getting into Fiji was nice and straight forward. Our luggage was off the carousel quickly and the only surprise is

‘Bula’ to this trip. Almost a year in the detailed planning and booking stages (although the first route was etched

I’m not sure that starting a New Year of blogging after more than a whole bottle of champagne is a

Our last full day of the trip. We were concerned it might be quiet and uneventful. It turned out to

After a good nights sleep we had a make do breakfast in our room. Karen still had some porridge packets

For our last morning in central Perth we had booked the Hotel Hot Buffet again. By 8.00am we were tucking

Today saw Karen wake up with a lot of pain in her hip. It was probably from all the walking

Today was the day I had been looking forward to of the whole trip. We were off to Rottnest Island

We were both awake early with our bodies still adjusting to the new timezone. We didn’t mind as Karen was

The alarm went off at 6am for another early start. We were in the car and moving out of the

For the first time this trip we woke up to showers. I wanted my money back from the NZ Government.

Well that was another ruined nights sleep. We had barely been in bed for a hour when Karen’s phone rang.

After a lovely nights sleep the previous night it was always likely to happen that the next night would be

This morning I woke with no back pain thanks to the best bed we have had this trip. In fact

Today was another porridge day and also a relatively early start. Not only did we have a long drive ahead

The motel we were in had a kitchen area so we were able to prepare porridge and tea for breakfast.

Updated: May 23, 2022 There was no microwave in our room and so his morning we decided not to pay for

Today was yet another relaxed start to the day. We had been told that our booking included the hot buffet

It was good to be able to wake up and sort out some porridge for breakfast in the room today.

Another beautiful day greeted us as we pulled back the curtains today. We decided that the Hotel Breakfast seemed quite

Updated: May 23, 2022 It’s just ‘Another Day’ said Paul McCartney in about 1971 and so it was. However today we

Another day in the southern hemisphere started with more porridge and then a reasonably early departure as we headed out

Another day in the future. Well that is how this trip was feeling with the time difference of +13 hours