Round the World in 90 Days
In and around World
Invited to the wedding of Clare Evans to Andrew Rayner on 30th December 2006 inspired us to plan this megatrip. We asked Ginny at TravelCounsellors, Cambridge to help us get organised and she has come up with an itinerary that includes almost all the places we wanted for the trip. We have had to include Fiji on the Pacific leg as our first choice of Moorea ( where Ed spent a few interesting weeks) was not includable on the ticket that otherwise worked best for us - but hey! how could you choose anyway?
So, leaving on Christmas Eve, we will eat Christmas dinner in Cape Town, travel to Constantia for the wedding, drive the Garden Route, stay 3 nights on the Kariega Game Reserve, fly to Australia where we do the region just north of Perth by car, the forest and the reef at Cairns, stay with Jill and David in Sydney. The next 3 weeks will be spent with Pauline and Tony in NZ where they will show us the wonders of their adopted country. Then its Fiji for a well earned rest (!) and on to LA and Miami, another car drive to Naples to visit Tommy and Nikki, before we fly to Quito and on to the Galapagos for a cruise of the islands. Our final destination is Anguilla Great House where we will again enjoy the sun and the sea in preparation for our return to the chilly march winds in England. The full itinerary will be posted for you to follow should you care to.
As I write this we have 6 weeks left to get properly organised and decide how much luggage to pack! Not a problem for Peter as a pair of shorts and 2 T shirts would keep him going for most of the trip. I like an occasional change of clothes and its nice to dress up occasionally - and not always in the same best dress!
Route taken and entries by Real Traveler peterandjudydean
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before Christmas
It is getting very close - the day we leave for our trip. We are getting excited and a little panicky. Apparently all our tickets etc will be with us... Continue reading » -
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Christmas
We arrived early Xmas am, had a snooze, an excellent Xmas lunch another snooze as you do after a good lunch and a long flight and then a wander round.... Continue reading » -
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the wedding
staying at Sommieres, Victoria Ave, Hout Bay, Cape Town tel +2783 2800643 We arrived at the villa and were met by Martin and Judith Evans.... Continue reading » -
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Garden Route 1
The day started with MARTIN'S birthday. So they all left to go seal watching leaving us to start the BBQ (Braai) which was ready at 12 but then we fou... Continue reading » -
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Garden Route 2
We left through the township area (frightening, a bit more civilised than Cape town areas but neverthless awesomely poor. We were told by a white woma... Continue reading » -
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Garden Route 3
Bucketed down overnight so we ate breakfast indoors (really hard). Left the wrong way out of hotel (some sun just doesn't shine in the right palce in... Continue reading » -
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Game Reserve
left tsitsikamma lodge and arrived at Kariega entrance to be welcomed by a charming lady called zoleka who sang to us in xhosa and was really nice. Th... Continue reading » -
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Western Australia 1
ARRIVED IN pERTH TO CLOUDS!! reached hotel suite via a czech taxi - very good value since all manner of politics discussed whist Judy slept. Walkewd a... Continue reading » -
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Western Australia 2
sorry no photos as yet because we are restricted by access and time problems!! we are hoping to add some when we get to Sydney Perth is an easy cit... Continue reading » -
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Western Australia 3
Time is travelling on as fast as we are. Today we drive to monkey Mia (pronounced Mya) through some very isolated areas. We saw one sign saying next... Continue reading » -
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Western Australia 4
We had to see the dolphins again before we left, and it was great. They take fish from visitors with some or all of their 104 teeth with much fussi... Continue reading »
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Western Australia 5
Peter wants to know what happened to the Dutch East India Company - does it still exist? Can anyone help? Back to Perth today, we left extraordinar... Continue reading » -
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Queensland 1
Arrived in Cairns after a quick stop off at Uluru - coudnt really see the rock as we were not allowed out of the airport and were on the wrong side of... Continue reading » -
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Queensland 2
Well, we are getting a feeling of deja-vu here - havent we already filled in and sent these Queensland entries? Never mind a different version will no... Continue reading » -
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Queensland 3
Today is a day we have been really looking forward to - snorkelling on the great barrier reef. We were driven to Port Douglas, Taken in a huge catamar... Continue reading » -
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Queensland 4
Trip to Kuranda today! We took the old railway up the mountain with the old carriages which were naturally air conditioned. It went through 13 tunn... Continue reading »
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Sydney
3rd entry for Sydney mon 29th Hired a larger car so we could all fit comfortably in the back and toured the beaches - not Bondai, but we hear i... Continue reading » -
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NZ South Island
We are having a wonderful time here in NZ with Pauline and Tony, but we are having a terrible time finding computer time - we are all talking and laug... Continue reading » -
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NZ North Island
13th feb
Arrived in North Island on the ferry from Picton. A gentle crossing we were told. Out ofPicton through the Queen Charlotte Sound and... Continue reading »
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Fiji
We spent the week totally relaxing with the ocean and a lagoon on one side and a motorway on the other. If the wind was blowing all we could hear was... Continue reading » -
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US
Not much to say about this part of the trip. We tried to get some relief for Peters pain in LA where we stayed in the Marriot at the airport before fl... Continue reading » -
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Ecuador
Having thought very carefully about returning home early, Peter decided he had to carry on with the trip. We would have forfeited our decent seats on... Continue reading » -
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Galapagos
Galapagos was fabulous!! We have been home a month and a bit and I have finally got round to completing this blog and adding the photos - a small s... Continue reading » -
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Anguilla
It took us all day to get from Quito to Anguilla and we had delays so it was after 10.30 before we got to our resort and we were very tired. The place... Continue reading » -
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