THE CLARE'S TRAVELS AROUND THE WORLD
THE CLARE'S TRAVELS AROUND THE WORLD
2020 – Lanzarote – Day 2
I awoke to cloudy skies but it was still very warm. Karen slept into until about 9am. Today was Stuart’s
2020 – Lanzarote – Day 1
There was a great big beautiful today waiting for me when I hobbled out onto the balcony this morning. Everywhere
2020 – Lanzarote – Travel Day and before
Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise. That was a maxim that Mum used
2020 – SNZA – Travelling Home
Our intention of getting some sleep before the long flights home was not really achieved. Just after midnight yet another
2020 – SNZA – Day 28
Our last full day of the trip. We were concerned it might be quiet and uneventful. It turned out to
2020 – SNZA – Day 27
After a good nights sleep we had a make do breakfast in our room. Karen still had some porridge packets
2020 – SNZA – Day 26
For our last morning in central Perth we had booked the Hotel Hot Buffet again. By 8.00am we were tucking
2020 – SNZA – Day 25
Today saw Karen wake up with a lot of pain in her hip. It was probably from all the walking
2020 – SNZA – Day 24
Today was the day I had been looking forward to of the whole trip. We were off to Rottnest Island
2020 – SNZA – Day 23
We were both awake early with our bodies still adjusting to the new timezone. We didn’t mind as Karen was
2020 – SNZA – Day 22
The alarm went off at 6am for another early start. We were in the car and moving out of the
2020 – SNZA – Day 21
For the first time this trip we woke up to showers. I wanted my money back from the NZ Government.
2020 – SNZA – Day 20
Well that was another ruined nights sleep. We had barely been in bed for a hour when Karen’s phone rang.
2020 – SNZA – Day 19
After a lovely nights sleep the previous night it was always likely to happen that the next night would be
2020 – SNZA – Day 18
This morning I woke with no back pain thanks to the best bed we have had this trip. In fact
2020 – SNZA – Day 17
Today was another porridge day and also a relatively early start. Not only did we have a long drive ahead
2020 – SNZA – Day 16
The motel we were in had a kitchen area so we were able to prepare porridge and tea for breakfast.
2020 – SNZA – Day 14
Updated: May 23, 2022 There was no microwave in our room and so his morning we decided not to pay for
2020 – SNZA – Day 13
Today was yet another relaxed start to the day. We had been told that our booking included the hot buffet
2020 – SNZA – Day 12
It was good to be able to wake up and sort out some porridge for breakfast in the room today.
2020 – SNZA – Day 11
Another beautiful day greeted us as we pulled back the curtains today. We decided that the Hotel Breakfast seemed quite
2020 – SNZA – Day 10
Updated: May 23, 2022 It’s just ‘Another Day’ said Paul McCartney in about 1971 and so it was. However today we
2020 – SNZA – Day 9
Another day in the southern hemisphere started with more porridge and then a reasonably early departure as we headed out
2020 – SNZA – Day 8
Another day in the future. Well that is how this trip was feeling with the time difference of +13 hours
2020 – SNZA – Day 7
Today for the first time this trip we were in no rush and so it was a very leisurely start