Cartagena Despite arriving in Cartagena from Bogota late at night, the first noticeable difference was the heat. It’s very hot and more humid here. The day time temperature today is 31 degrees. Casa Moraira. We are staying at Casa Moraira, another boutique hotel in the old part of the city,…
Casa Deco Hotel Casa Deco is classified as a boutique property, located in Candelaria, the old part of Bogota. We have a corner room on the third floor, with a small balcony overlooking the cobbled streets and colourful buildings. Breakfast has been superb and the staff are wonderful. In fact…
Poki. Poki left Felixstowe on the Maersk IDANIA on 6th July and is currently in Rotterdam. Transshipping to the Maersk BATAM takes place here. As seems to always be the case, a delay has occurred. The departure from Rotterdam should have been on 15 July, but this is now scheduled…
We’ve been back at our lodge in Wineham for almost 3 weeks now. Flaming June it isn’t. In fact some summer days here have been colder than back in Rotorua’s winter. On two occasions we have even put the central heating on. We seem to have a plague of hornets.…
MINI CENTRAL ISLAND TOUR, SATURDAY, 9TH MARCH – SUNDAY, 17TH MARCH It’s been a long while since we posted a blog. After our travels around Africa, our life in New Zealand seems rather mundane and certainly not worth reading about. Dennis has been immersed in DIY and maintenance around the…
On Tuesday we went to collect Poki from Rotterdam. It all went very smoothly, although it almost didn’t. Dennis had set his phone alarm for 4am. It didn’t go off. Very fortuitously Dennis woke at 4.30. Our taxi to take us to Gatwick AIrport was due at 5. It was…
For the last few days the weather has been abysmal. Heavy rain with thunder at times. Hence we are confined to barracks and it is a good opportunity to update you on Poki and future travel arrangements. Poki’s progress. Poki is at last on the high seas. The Maersk, Santa…
Update on the unknown insect bite? Amputation didn’t take place..:) 2 weeks of antibiotics appear to have worked. The NHS was incredibly thorough. After my visit to A &E, I had a call from the Infectious Diseases Department at the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton, asking to see me.…
Wednesday 20th. Just a brief on the winding up of our Stage 4 Africa trip. Late in the morning, we received a message to say Poki would be ready to collect at 2pm. We had had an early lunch, which was fortunate, as the power went off at 12.30 and…
Sunday I am combining 2 days, as there isn’t a lot of interest to report. On Sunday, we had to pack up a wet tent. I already had a bag of damp washing. Camping isn’t fun when it rains! We had to checkout from the camp at 10am, so really…