12 days in Las Vegas
It’s now time to head home after a very fast paced 12 days here in Vegas. We’ve played 4 rounds of golf in over 36 degree heat – one day was 40 at least we are certain!!!! We’ve flown up to the Grand Canyon in a light plane, taken a …
Las Vegas 2
Time is flying by here – have now played 2 days of golf on the Bali Hai and The Royal Links Golf courses – both beautiful courses and not sure of a daily fee if we had to pay that but all part of our package so not worried. But …
Off to Las Vegas
For those who didn’t know – we’ve gone again!! It was a typical 13hr long haul over to Los Angeles then we had a delayed 6 hr wait for transfer up to Las Vegas on Wednesday. Arrived in here about 3pm so after a quick shower we managed a couple …
Thailand – Part 2!
Had a day out yesterday and took a tour to Phi Phi Island. Left the hotel about 7.15am and eventually made it back about 6.30pm so a very long day. The trip down to Phuket was about an hour to start with then it was onto these Jet Boats which …
Thailand – (Khao Lak)
Surprise Surprise! We’ve jetted off again! Left Brisbane on Friday to head here to Thailand – north of Phuket at Khao Lak to be exact – the area which was wiped out by the Tsunami in 2004. We had been here 3 months after the tsunami and the place then …
Rome and The Vatican
My last travel update ended in Naples from where we then headed the next morning to Rome. Headed with bags in tow over to the main train station and once again stood awaiting a platform number, train arrived, on we jumped into our respective carriage and seats and away we …
Florence to Naples
The next part of our trip has been heading down to Naples on the Eurostar train. We arrived lugging our bags from the hotel onto the platform and waited with however many other people until a platform number came up on the electronic display board which appeared a whole 10 …
Naples, Pompeii, Sorrento, Amalfi
Pickup at our hotel at 8am with first stop being at Herculaneum. In 79 AD a massive eruption of Mt Vesuvius covered this area with approximately 25 metres of pyroclastic lave flow and mud. The flow was moving at over 80 miles an hour and records indicate that people died …