Category: Oz Odyssey – Australia, Fiji,Hawaii 2016
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Climbing Mauna Kea
Mauna Kea is the highest volcano in Hawaii, standing proud at 4207 metres. However, most of it is under water and if you take that into account, it’s over 10,000 metres tall – higher than Everest. It’s also one of the few places in the world you can drive from sea level to over 4000…
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Car trauma and rain stops play
All ready to go to the farmers market and just about to get into the car when Steve spotted a huge dent in the rear of the drivers side. Thank goodness the person who hit the car was honest and left a very apologetic note on the windscreen with her details. She lives in…
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Aloha Hawaii
Credit card trauma and the resulting phone calls and organisation left us with a sleepless night. As a result we were more than ready for the shuttle bus to LAX airport at 6.30am. Dalaman airport in Turkey holds the record as the most expensive airport I’ve visited.(300ml water £3.00, a McDonald’s cheeseburger £8.00.) However,…
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Oz Odyssey
Here I am,blogging again, due to popular demand. (Well, three of you at least) This time our travels take us to Australia to see Steve’s brother Ian and celebrate his 50th birthday. En route we will be visiting Hawaii and on the way back, Fiji. In the middle we will be exploring various parts of…
Middle-aged flash packers 