The occasional traveller

We hope everybody had good New Year celebrations. We headed to our spot on Point Piper at about 9.30 to see the fireworks display. We thought that it would have been really busy but there was maybe 30 people there, which was great. [read on]

You wake up in the morning, open the window and the shutters. It is sunny, a cool breeze blows in the bedroom and parrots are playing in the trees. The beach is getting busy and you can see surfers riding the waves of a deep blue sea. And you think: “this can’t be true: it is 30 December”. But yes, HAHAHAHA, it is true. A picture of the view we wake up to every morning, just for you.

Tu te reveilles le matin, ouvres la fenetre et les volets. Dehors il fait beau, une petite brise souffle dans la chambre et des perroquets jouent dans les arbres. La plage se remplit et tu peux voir les surfeurs sur les vagues d’une mer d’un bleu profond. Et tu te dis: “c’est pas possible: c’est le 30 Decembre”. Mais si, AHAHAHAHAHAH, c’est vrai. Voici une photo de la vue avec laquelle nous nous reveillons tout les matins, juste pour vous.

                           

We have now left Sydney central for Bondi Beach where we'll be staying until 3rd January. The accomodation is excellent with the most beautiful view and poor Mark is stuck with 3 German girls and 1 Spanish girl, plus the ... [Continue reading this entry]

Just a quick post to wish you our families, friends and fellow travellers who are away from home a Merry Xmas and a happy new year. We arrived in Sydney yesterday morning, and it is so quiet compared to Hong ... [Continue reading this entry]

It is hard to sum them up. Hong Kong is very modern and it is now stagnant compared to the rest of China. Mainland China looks like a giant building site, where a couple of mountains are no obstacles if ... [Continue reading this entry]

We just added some pictures from the Asian leg of our trip. Nous avons ajouter des photos de la partie asiatique de notre voyage.

After a 3.30-hour bus drive from Shamian, we arrived back in Kowloon. Christmas is now in full swing but it is still so warm that we can't get our head round it. We stayed at the New garden Hostel last night, ... [Continue reading this entry]

As planned we went to the wonderful French restaurant in Xian called La Seine. We had the most amazing service and food. 20 pounds each for 6 course meal in a room overlooking the main road leading to the Bell Tower and ... [Continue reading this entry]

We have added more pics, this time of the Terracota Warriors. There are about 8,000 unique sculptures, discovered by chance in 1974. They were built never to be found and there are no indication as to who has made them. ... [Continue reading this entry]