Tag: travel diary
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South Island, Part II
A self drive itinerary of the South Island, New Zealand – Part II… Albert Town to Queenstown Distance: 70.8 km – 1 hour – Crown Range Road There are 3 different ways to drive from Lake Wanaka / Albert Town to Queenstown – highway 6, highway 8 or the Crown Range road. Now, obviously we…
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Uluru
Known as the red centre, Uluru is a UNESCO world heritage site and a proud national icon in the middle of outback Australia. Spectacular at any time of day, the changing colours from sunrise to sunset is one image you’ll never forget. A sacred place to the Aboriginal people of Australia, Uluru holds historical significance,…
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San Sebastian, Spain
San Sebastian. Coastal city in the autonomous community; Basque Country. After our tour around Spain, we jumped on busabout headed towards San Sebastian and I was in love! Beautiful clear waters to swim in and the most amazing food I have ever tasted – A great end to our trip through Spain. Our days were…
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Iberian Adventure
travel diary Busabout Tour – Iberian AdventureVisiting Cordoba, Seville, Tarifa, Ronda, Granada; Spain. Lagos; Portugal. Tangier; Morocco. We set off through Spain. Cordoba was a treat; a cute town home to the Mosque Cathedral. A walking tour introduced us to Seville; Alcazar palace, Santa Cruz (Jewish) quarter and plaza España in the Maria Luisa park. Up…
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Valencia & Madrid, Spain
Valencia. Capital city of the autonomous community; Valencia. Third largest city in Spain. We were travelling around most of Europe with Busabout; a hop on hop off network that takes you from one destination to the next, allowing you the freedom to choose your own accommodation and duration of your stay. It’s a great way…
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Barcelona, Spain
Barcelona. Capital city of the autonomous community; Catalonia. Second largest city in Spain. Contrary to the constant travel advise we received about Spain, in particular Barcelona, we never experienced anything sketchy. ‘Watch your bags, watch your surroundings’ Yes these things can happen in any country but we had to be extra careful in Spain especially…
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Iceland
Iceland was a country that most, like myself, had not really thought possible or even considered a travel destination until recent years of publicity of its beautiful scenery in blockbuster movies. Our original flight from New York to London had us stopping in the capital of Iceland, Reykjavik at 6:00 am for a few hours layover…
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The Caribbean & Mexico
We booked our second cruise with Carnival Cruises. Departing the port of Miami, we had a total of seven days visiting: Cozumel, Mexico – Belize – Mahogany Bay and Isla Roatan – Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands. Cozumel, Mexico We met Zach and Chris on the cruise and decided to put our money together to hire…
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Miami & the Bahamas
Visiting Miami was a last minute decision to include in our round the world trip. Mainly because it was cheaper for us to book two cruises (value for money) than it was to spend time on main land. I found it really difficult finding accommodation in Miami. According to tripadvisor, most places were crummy and rundown but…
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