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June 30, 2013
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IF YOU’RE NEW TO THE SITE, PLEASE READ THIS FIRST. I started this blog to write about my 2013 trip on the Trans-Mongolian Express. Its first expansion was to include my June 2012 trip to Malta. The momentum from that …
May 23, 2025
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Among the first things I learned after boarding the van taking our small group on a tour of Bruny Island was that the state of Tasmania isn’t simply the main island. Lutruwita is but the largest of more than 300 …
May 21, 2025
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If I’d paid closer attention to the detailed itinerary Road Scholar emailed prior to our trip, I might not have booked the nighttime feeding tour at Bonorong Wildlife Sanctuary. We’d had a visit to Taronga Zoo, I’d been to Caversham …
May 19, 2025
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Remember that I called the setup at Rydges Sydney Airport Hotel that had an airport check-in just across the street brilliant. It not only allowed me to avoid any potential chaos and crowds at the main terminal but this proximity …