I was working on our new website about Ho Chi Minh City yesterday, writing a blog post about how to keep the motivation up once you’ve booked your holiday but still have to soldier on til departure date. I suggested that reading a book about, or set in, the location you are about to visit is one way to keep your spirits...
Any of you that know me should be aware of my great love of red wine. There aren’t too many I don’tlike and I don’t have a very developed palate. If it’s $2 and it tastes good, then all the better. I’m like a kid in a toy shop when I get to Spain and France where the selection under...
Well, we were delighted and surprised bymanythings when we reached NSW and the East Coast of Australia not long after we’d finished crossing Victoria. Firstly we were delighted that we’d actually crossed the country when we made it to Eden. We had actually cycled completely ACROSS the country and not on the most direct route either. While both of us...
We’d entered Victoria, the Garden State, in mid December but to be truthful it didn’t feel like an Aussie summer at that point in time. The weather was still very cold at night and wet and windy quite a lot. We took a break from the bikes and headed home to Broken Hill for Xmas and then returned to much...
A lesson in hospitality. Turning things around
23 Jul, 2015
