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UXO – the legacy of the Secret War in Laos
January 11, 2018My sombre visit to UXO Laos Visitor Centre in Luang Prabang revealed some staggering facts – more than 2 million tonnes of explosive ordinance were dropped on Laos in the Secret War. This is more tonnage than was used during the whole of World War II! Laos is the most bombed country in history. More […]
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Jordan’s Grand Canyon, Crusader Castles & Natural attractions
December 15, 2017Our long bus trip along the King’s Highway from Amman to Petra was broken up with a number of very interesting stops. On the way we were amazed to see Jordan’s very own Grand Canyon. Whilst not as large as it’s namesake in the USA it is nevertheless very impressive being 3.5 km wide in […]
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Blogging Competition
December 8, 2017As many of you will be aware Jacqueline and I house sit around the world as a way to experience non-tourist locations and save on travel costs. We obtain the house sits via various house sitting websites and I intend to write some more posts about our house sitting lifestyle and how it all works […]
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6 months down – how much has it cost??
November 19, 2017We recently celebrated 6 months since starting our roving retiree lifestyle on 9th April 2017 and thought it would be great to see and share how much it has cost. We think you’ll be amazed at just how much this lifestyle costs.
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The City of Mosaics and Moses’ view of the Promised Land
Madaba – the city of mosaics Madaba, known as the “City of Mosaics”, is 30km south of Amman, along the 5,000-year-old Kings´ Highway. The remains of the oldest known map of Jerusalem and the Holy Land can be found here on the floor of the Greek Orthodox Church of St. George. The mosaic map comprises more […]
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Jordan – The Roman Ruins of Jerash
October 31, 2017Our Jordanian adventure started when we arrived at Queen Alia airport after midnight following a delayed flight from Barcelona. Our rep guided us through immigration and to meet the other members of our tour group who had been waiting for us. The 40 minute taxi ride into central Amman saw us finally put our heads down […]
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Kings Landing aka Girona
September 22, 2017This was our third visit to Girona in the Catalan region of north-east Spain. Last year, whilst house sitting in Santa Christina d’Aro, we rode the 34kms each way on a blistering hot day (but that’s another story) and had a small taster of this magnificent medieval city. We returned a few days later in […]
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Travel costs – June 2017 (France and the UK)
July 9, 2017One of the reasons for doing this blog is to show people that it doesn’t have to cost a fortune to travel full time. Every month I’ll post a blog showing our total costs for the month and you can see how we’re going – here’s Junes totals.
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Avignon – a broken bridge and home of the Popes
July 6, 2017During our recent house sit in Provence, France we were fortunate to visit the UNESCO World Heritage site of Avignon. A spectacularly preserved medieval town on the Rhone River surrounded by it’s original fortified city walls.
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Our first week in Provence – Sommieres and French Bull Fighting
June 6, 2017Our first full week in the South of France and we’ve been busy little bees getting out and about enjoying all that this region has to offer – beautiful rolling hills, vineyards and medieval towns.
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Travel costs – the past month (well 23 days)
June 4, 2017One of the reasons for doing this blog is to show people that it doesn’t have to cost a fortune to travel full time. Every month I’ll post a blog showing our total costs for the month and you can see how we’re going.
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A walk in Andalusia – Ruta del Gollizno
May 31, 2017After dropping the home owners off at Granada airport at the start of our most recent house sit in Spain we decided to stop off at Moclin – a hillside village with a 14th century Moorish castle overlooking a valley towards the Sierra Nevada.
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Our first month of being roving retirees
May 11, 2017It’s been one month since we left Australia on our full time roving retiree lifestyle. How much has it cost…
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We’re famous – well almost!!!
April 29, 2017“How can you afford to travel full time??” friends and family have asked us. Well, part of the answer is in an article
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What a year!!! (part 1)
January 1, 2017Who knew that as we set off on November 5th 2015 what a wonderful, exciting, adventurous, enlightening, educational year it would turn out to be for us.
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The Silver Temple
October 17, 2016Chiang Mai has an abundance of Buddhist Wats but there are a handful that stand out as just that bit special. The Wat Sri Suphan, or silver temple, is one.
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Medieval Villages of Catalonia
October 4, 2016Spain’s north eastern region of Catalunya is overflowing with ancient medieval villages. On yet another glorious September day we took the car out to discover and explore what they had to offer.
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The Volcanoes of La Gorratxa
September 29, 2016Our last week on the Costa Brava saw us venturing further afield and heading inland, north west of Girona, to visit the Parc Natural de la Zona Volcànica de la Garrotxa. This park contains 40 volcanic cones, 20 basalt lava flows and numerous small medieval villages.
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The Catalan coast of Spain and Cork??
September 19, 2016After the winding drive along the rugged and spectacular Catalan coast of the Costa Brava we finally saw our destination – Tossa de Mar. The thing that immediately struck us was the walled ramparts and towers we could see on the promontory above the beach.
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Indiana Jones in the French Pyrenees
July 30, 2016Straddling a deep gorge in the Pyrenees in the Basque region of Larrau, South West France is the Le pont suspendu d’Holzarte suspension bridge. The drive from Mauleon, in the Soule province, to the start of the hiking track takes you through magnificent rolling hills, valleys and quaint Basque villages as the road follows the Le Saison and Larrau rivers.
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Andalucia, Spain – El Torcal Natural Park Reserve
April 24, 2016Today we drove to Torcal de Antequera Natural Area. It is one of the most dramatic and exceptional karstic landscapes in Europe.
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The Big Buddha – Hong Kong
March 31, 2016Today we took a trip to Lantau Island to see the Big Buddha at Ngong Pong village
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