tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35572161843189579892024-03-04T20:20:59.869-08:00Its About TimeA travel diary of our year's walkabout.Tony and Elainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07864374026101796588noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3557216184318957989.post-9292559186037231192012-06-28T11:31:00.001-07:002012-06-28T19:06:37.399-07:00IATTOUR May 29 to June 8 Portugal Part 4<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
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Well, here we were for the last week of our year-long holiday in the beautiful Algarve in Portugal. This was definitely a great place to finish up our adventure. There was so much to see and do here in this warm and friendly part of the world. And...even more fun, we were joined by our friends from Victoria, Mark and Maureen Blaseckie, who were finishing up their own trip through Scotland and Europe. <br />
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Our first morning together was spent in Sagres, exploring Maritime history and returning to join a group of Brits at a seaside restaurant. Maureen found herself with a table-side seranade after she made fast friends with one of the band--over the ukelele music of George Forman. Here they are making great music together.<br />
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Near the small town of Alcalar, we discovered another historic site--a passage grave that looked a lot like a small "Newgrange" (Ireland). We really enjoyed finding out some of the ins and outs of local history from the resident archeologist. Apparently a German couple bought a home nearby and tried to build on to it--only to find that the whole valley and surrounding hillsides are full of ancient sites. It will be awhile before development continues.<br />
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The castle on the hill turned out to have some surprising views and secrets. St. George (of Cappadocia)'s statue dominates the entrance, Leonardo Da Vinci (of Italy)'s "Camera Obscura" fills one tower and Muslim (as in Spain) tiles are visible in the castle's archeological ruins. We felt that we had come full circle here.</div>
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Trying not to miss any adventure in Portugal, we ordered up a plate of snails (Tony and Maureen shared). WHAT doesn't taste great when dipped in garlic and butter?<br />
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Pretty ironic watching South American musicians play Pan Flutes in front of a Portuguese monument dedicated to the exploration of the New World. Reverse Invasion?<br />
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After saying goodbye to Maureen and Mark, Tony and I explored a few more sights--including the Contemporary Art Museum and the Design Museum--both very worth visiting. <br />
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We were really impressed with the exhibits at the Contemporary Art Museum--very well-executed, diverse and thought-provoking. <br />
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Wandering the streets, one last night, we found the greatest little spot to eat above our Pension. The entertainers were out in full force and the food was lovely. We are so going to miss this!</div>
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During our last few days in Porto, we tracked down a number of sites--gardens, CODs and the Contemporary Art Museum. Though we didn't find the museum's indoor art very interesting, the outside sculpture and gardens made up for that. Who wouldn't want a giant red spade in their front yard?<br />
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Although Fado (the soulful, sad music of Portugal) is from Lisbon and Coimbra, Porto's restaurants have embraced it with gusto. We tracked down two Fado sites within walking distance of our home base--above the rowing club and in a narrow, side-street cafe. From our front row seats we watched the owner, his daughter and two of their buddies pour their hearts into the songs. One of them looked remarkably like our friend Jim Mattock!</div>
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Well, goodbye to Porto! With fond farewells to Sonia and Manuela (and to their wine shop), we headed off south through the cultural sites of Coimbra and Evora, then into the Algarve. <br />
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Coimbra is a big university town and tourist site (Manuelian=extremely elaborate architecture). Evora is also a university town, but with a few extras--chapel of bones, roman ruins and scattered prehistoric burial sites. Not only that, but everything there is devoted to Diana--from temples to student housing. We found many photo ops for Diane!<br />
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The fertile grain fields around Evora (Ebora) have supported people for a very long time--well before the Romans. We stopped for a "Dolmen"--neolithic burial site--very similar to those we had seen in Ireland, but couldn't find a "Standing Stone" ring, similar to Stonehenge. <br />
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Passage burial graves to bikini's this girl does it all!<br />
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Then, suddenly, we were in the Algarve--home to beautiful blue waters, giant cactus and gorgeous Bouganvillea bushes. We were delighted with our choice of apartments--2 bedrooms and 2 baths just off the beach beside a rec centre/pool/restaurant/pub. What a great place to spend our last two weeks.<br />
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Burgau, the village we were renting in, turned out to be a small, quiet village with great seaside trails and a modest tourist centre. It was about an hour long hike from Burgau to Luz in the east for a cappucino and pastry, a twenty minute drive to Lagos and the grottos and under an hour to Sagres--a site of maritime significance.<br />
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A decaying windmill and what it looks like inside.<br />
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Sagres is a must see for all who love maritime history. Prince Henry the Navigator (he who sent mariners off into the unknown in the mid 1400s) built a navigational school here. A number of his works still stand, including part of the fort, the compass, and the rebuilt church. One of our favourite stops at this site was to see the Jesuit priest (Jerome) who ran the wine shop (representing small secular and monastic vineyards). He was very knowledgeable about wines and not short of opinions on everything from religion to immigration. At the end of the day, he could be seen heading off to the supermarket on his motorcycle. Definitely an entertaining man.<br />
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The church, the flag and the symbol of Portuguese exploration.<br />
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Pretty interesting to see some of the places that the storks found to next. Church steeples and electrical towers seemed most attractive. Most nests had at least one chick in them.<br />
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Near the end of Diane's visit, we stopped by the dockside in Lagos to catch a ride out to the grottos. What a great hour long journey through beautiful blue water and fascinating tunnels, chimneys and grottos. The tide was perfect, but the water was chilly, so alas, no snorkeling.<br />
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Diane and I thoroughly enjoyed the shopping in the Algarve (Lagos, Faro, Luz,...)--as in other parts of Portugal--and made more than one vendors day!<br />
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But, alas, all good things come to an end and Diane had to return home. What a fabulous visit--so much to remember and laugh about when next we meet in Bella Coola and Tatlayoko. Thanks to her, we still have computer connection, so will be able to carry on with our story.<br />
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<br /></div>Tony and Elainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07864374026101796588noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3557216184318957989.post-52409850201075023982012-06-09T07:27:00.001-07:002012-06-27T15:09:21.372-07:00IATTOUR May 6-May 28 Portugal Part 1 and 2 (republished)<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">And...another update with photos:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Not much to say for our first day in Lisboa, the skies opened and it rained...hard! We opted for trying to see a few of the sights on one of the hop on/off buses and proved moderately successful...at least we stayed mostly dry. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The "Hop On Hop Off" Tour was a bit "flooded" so we</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> found a little hole in the wall cafe near the Mercado, not too sure what we were eating but it was hot and we were cold. Our umbrella's were little match for the torrents, so we put them away and just got wet. Our newly arrived travelling companions (Mina and Diane) were looking forward to an early evening, so we found a local restaurant around the corner from our hotel to grab an early dinner...it was still raining. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">But one last thing to do was to take the Funicular to the top of the hill and have a look and wander...it would be great on a nice sunny day, perhaps on our return in 4 weeks.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Our plan the next day was to get an early start with a trip to the historic town of Sintra on way up to Porto. Leaving town in a heavy rain with thick fog made driving on the roads a bit stressful in the morning rush hour. Portuguese drivers have a bit of a reputation of being overly agressive, hence the country has one of the worst safe driver stats in the EU...remember those defensive driving skills...nah just be better.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Sintra is a bit of a fairly land community not far from Lisboa, with a number of medieval hill top castles, museums, and lots of other touristy things to see. We spent most of the time at one of the king's palaces and gardens...not to miss. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">In order to get up to Porto at a reasonable hour we had to cut our visit a bit short...(Tony's prodding), as we still had about a 3.5 hour drive to navigate on the motorway then find our apartment in Porto. The drive up was uneventful, but we figured out the toll charge rationale: 1 hour shorter drive= $10 euro toll=the amount of extra fuel you would burn. So by taking the motorway the drive was 3.5 hours instead of 5.5 hours and cost about $22 euros in tolls.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">We only got lost a little bit going into Porto after plunking the GPS address in, missed the most significant detail, the apartment was in Villa Nova do Gaia not Porto. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">This base camp left Tony (who earned a medal for traveling with 3 women) free to hang out and read while Diane, Mina and I explored the shops and byways. On our first trip out, Mina scored some excellent reading glasses (5 Euros) and we found a delightful little free art show/grotto garden (try as we might, we couldn't figure out how to pick an orange though). Even better, each weekend, an artesane's market was set up along the riverbank directly in front of us. We never tired of looking at all the pretty things and talking to the craftspeople. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Motorcycle to Fatima processions traversed the street in front of our apartment never a dull moment!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">A great out-trip was to Braga for the day. We asked Sonia for clarification re: the costumes on travelers (black suits with capes covered with crazy badges--possible guides?). She said--lots of University students in their colours celebrating the end of the year. The town has a great central square and one of the oldest cathedrals in Portugal.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Finally, we had our slot at the rock art site so we were off to the Duoro Valley to visit the motherland of all things Port and visit the UNESCO Heritage site of Foz do Coa (to view neolithic rock art). Along the way we stopped for a riverside picnic along with the fresh cherry's picked up from the road side stand. We managed to explore a few of the hilltop towns and take in one of the premier Port vineyards along one of the many valley's we traversed..it was a great afternoon.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">After checking into our hotel in a nearby town close to Vaila do Coa's various neolithic sites and the museum, we headed to our rendezvous location before dinner to scout out our morning's early meet with the guide. In the town there were not many signs indicating a meeting location, so we tried to ask this elderly woman...she immediately began protesting nao Engleis...and started shouting at the top of her lungs for some help from an nearby building. Out of the building emerged a 35ish year old guy who spoke excellent English. He invited us up to his office to make some inquiries and call one of the park administrators (on speed dial)...turns out he was the Mayor and the elderly woman had interrupted a council meeting...He was very gracious...now that's how you make a good impression of your small town.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The next day, we met our guide at the appointed location and all 8 participants piled into the Land-Cruiser for the 10 km bumpy ride to the trail head of the park. It was a spectacular day, and the valley where the engravings were located was worth the walk even without the engravings. Along the interpretive walk our guide described the different styles of etchings and related that mysteriously no horse bones have been found at any of the sights despite an abundance of imagery. There are 3 open sites and at least 9 more under excavation. The valley itself is so lush and beautiful (including sugar cane and lake fish) that it is easy to imagine ancient peoples settling here.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">We were fascinated by a site called "Canada do Inferno". (We later discovered this means "place of the cane break in the fire".) Oh there is so much more to Portugal than we had imagined. </span><br />
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It soon became apparent that this city is all about Gaudi architectural wonders from the La Sagrada Familia; La Pedrera to Park Guell....mad or genius it is open to discussion, but still amazing to look at in awe. </div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">One our way out of Rome up the coast we managed to find a nice secluded bay to stop off for the yummy lunch that Elaine whipped up at 0500 prior to Glenda and Lyse leaving Rome..only thing missing was the wine!</span><br />
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Our destination for the night was the mountain top town of Volterra. The weather deteriorated through the day and we arrived to a pretty wet town. Duly checked into the small hotel we headed off to explore the town.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The town lives up to its advanced press and is a charming place to stroll about taking in all the narrow cobble-stoned streets</span>.<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> The rain continued, Ron and Wendy finally broke down to buy a couple of umbrellas..Elaine and I were dry with ours.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Pot luck dinner in the hotel washed down with a bit of local wine. Finally it looks like we might get a break in the weather for tomorrow. There are old Roman ruins every which way you look on the morning stroll before brekkie.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Back to Monterrosa to catch the train to the other towns on the coast.</span> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The weather gods have prevailed and there is sun!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Onward and upward, look out France here we come...Wendy lost count of how many tunnels we passed through on the route that passed through Genova to Menton.</span><br />
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We roll into Menton France late in the afternoon and find a Hotel then head off to the beach to enjoy the remaining sun. Thanks Carmel for this round of drinks-"A votre sante!"</div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This is a delightful spot to stroll on the seaside to take in the vistas and rich marinas.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The next morning we make our way along the coast through Monaco..but alas the black ties and supercars are only out between 2200 and 0500 hours and we aren't!</span> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> So no star sightings. We finally roll into Nice to wander the market in Old Town, climb the hill to visit the castle and take in the marina.</span> <br />
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Vintage musical instruments for Wendy and Vintage dresses for Christina<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The view from the Castle- stunning in all directions on this sunny day with the French Alps in distance.</span> <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wendy refilling the Holy Water Bottle--gotta find a way to stretch our travel dollars! </td></tr>
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We tour through this historic town the other holy city in which a number of Popes lived for over two hundred years.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Ron laughs at this hill- "you call this a mountain!" I guess a young guy of 83 can make these sorts of comments. Really, we all enjoyed the hike up and revelled in our timing as we had the peak to ourselves...on the way down we must have passed 40 people on their way up.</span> <br />
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We leave the Montpellier region to head to St. Cyprien our last layover before heading into Spain. Agian another great old town with lots of texture and a wonderful sunrise view from our room.</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">What the Heck! After getting over the shock of hearing my name called while in the WC at the Rome Airport—who knows me here?!!
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<span style="font-size: small;">Rendezvous Rome with three groups of disparate travelers. We all met at our rented apartment a short bus ride away from Termini...We loved our little apartment in Rome. There was room for the six of us (Glenda and
Lyse were already in Rome after their Italy tour) as it came with two bathrooms, three bedrooms, a
fully equipped kitchen and view of the Roman Aqueduct out back. It was
right on a bus stop and (for us) within walking distance of all the historic
sites (with a little grocery/wine store down a block or so). Even more importantly, it had the sweetest
little patisserie and espresso shop just around the corner. We had frequent flyer miles in that place! After a long day of sightseeing/gelato
consumption, it was the perfect place for eating a shared dinner, examining our
“booty”, drinking “a bit” of wine and laughing about the day’s adventures. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">We learned the hard way that all roads lead to the
“Termini- aka main train station”. Lose your way, climb back on
a bus or subway train or tram going back to the Termini and you can always
find your way back home. You can wander
a long way off course on these curvaceous Roman roads. Sadly, we didn’t earn our
pathfinder badges on a few days. BUT there
is nothing that a good gelato can’t fix!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Rome seemed busy...where do all of these people come from? Just think what it would be like in August! By 8:30, the tour groups are stacked 10 deep around the Coliseum. <u><b><i>Wendy, Ron and Glenda</i></b></u> pose for a classic photo pose inside the forum shooting back to the Coliseum! We decided that we would just walk around the outside and
go another morning. Maybe we could check
out the forum? No…trapped outside and
wandering into numbers of dead ends, we finally elected to walk to the Trevi
Fountain, the Spanish Steps and up toward the Palace Gardens. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">At least we didn’t
have to line up here, but oh there were crowds...we forgot this was the weekend after Easter..lots of extra tourists. Wendy was almost a
lucky, lucky lady--lucky enough to receive a FREE bouquet of roses. Turns out that the hawker handed them to her
and then targeted Ron for the payment. Along the way passed a few high end car dealerships. Then we braved the metro.</span></div>
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Claustrophobic on the way up, but what a view. Did we mention Wendy's Dad is 83 and was almost running up the stairs! He's a tough act to follow, but inspiring! That's a long way down...are those ants- nope just more tourists. The mosaic work up in the cupola is spectacular.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Third and last stop, the Vatican
Museums/Sistine Chapel. Well, we weren't so lucky with our timing here. After lining up
for an hour, having a delightful chat with a young lady from Guatemala, and
turning down increasingly desperate offers from potential tour guides (45 Euros down to 25 by
the home stretch), we were in. Wandering
down the halls, it was almost too much to take in. We passed by sculptures collected from various
ancient sites, the maps of Catholic territories and the Flemish tapestries
(Wendy’s favorite), strange pieces of contemporary art, and finally the renaissance
masterpieces by Rafael and Michelangelo.
Tony and I were amazed at the restored ceiling in the Sistine Chapel with its glorious
colours (not like that 35 years ago!). A bit toured out, we exited to find that the hour
long line was gone. Moral of this
story—always check with "Rick Steves" first. It turns out that apparently mornings—especially holiday
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Also, The Pantheon is right next to a splendid gelato
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<span style="font-size: small;">And then...hit the town. No, Tony and Ron didn’t join us for this segment—the
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already experts from their previous week in Italy, but it didn’t take Wendy and I long to catch up. (It is very hard to resist Pinocchio!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Sleuthing out the restaurant where Wendy's friend had eaten 40 years before, we divided to circle the block. Wendy and Glenda rounded it and still hadn't found the fabled "La Secreta" or met up with us...because Lyse and Elaine had found something even better. No, not gelato...a family run furniture business. Through an friendly interpreter, Lyse soon had made fast friends with the patriarch, taken group photos and explained that her Canadian-Italian father built furniture in Victoria, BC. This was even better than finding a piece of Italian wood for him and almost as good as connecting with the Gentile Vineyards! </span></div>
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and then on to the shopping later. First
stop of the day...the Coliseum where everyone re-imagined its glorious/notorious past. Even better, we took photos of the recreation
poster as a visual aid. Gladiators,
Christians, Emperors and Despots, this place has seen it all. Although most of its marble facade was stripped for Vatican
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<span style="font-size: small;">After the rush in Ankara to get to our flight, the rest of the trip was uneventful, with the Apartment Host and Hostess waiting to pick us up at Bodrum Airport and take us into town. We arrived at our hillside apartment in the dark after a pit stop for groceries and drinks, we have no context of what the area is like...so much fun finding our way back downtown in the morning. We were underwhelmed by our digs (no photos to post), but happy to be in one place together.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">We were sitting having Cay (tea) on the strand, when we were watching this fellow selling these unidentified fruits to many locals; who then were noshing away on them right away. He gave us a handful and we tried them, quite interesting, but have never seen them in this form before. Can you guess what this mystery edible is? Answer at the end of the post.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Walking along the beachfront, we find that Bodrum is just shaking out of its winter slumber with spring cleaning and painting going on everywhere and a lot of the shops just opening this week. In Gumbet (the party town next harbour over), they are actually sieving the beach; the workman said: "Not good, lots of #%$@ here!" The weather is very pleasant, with not too many tourists, we congratulated ourselves on our timing...we can only imagine the high season crowds and 40 degree temperatures. The harbour is full of hundreds of elegant charter boats; not sure who is buying these rides--perhaps Turkish film stars as rumoured. I know its not us!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">After three weeks of touring and some very intense Crazy Rummy, Jan and Frank winged their way to Paris for a day's layover before heading back to Calgary. Elaine and I packed up at the apartment and moved to the Moonshine Otel in town for the duration of our stay in Bodrum. Once in we thought, Janet and Frank would love it! What a great place, friendly staff, location,pool, bar, breakfasts,extra treats etc.etc....they will get a thumbs up on Trip Adviser.</span></div>
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"pension" for knights on the way to the crusades. Built by at Spanish,
Italian, German, English and French, using "borrowed" marble from the
local amphitheater and mausoleum, housed the "League of Nations" of the
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<span style="font-size: small;">We went out to the coastal fishing village of Gumusluk by Dolmus(collective bus); hopefully the rain holds off. We were told by many different people that this is one of the best places on the peninsula to get our feed of seafood and were not disappointed. The fresh calimari, sole and a few mezes, accompanied a bottle of Rose capped off a very nice birthday luncheon for Elaine. The town was idyllic, we will keep this in mind for a place to stay next time. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">What a shame we forgot the camera today at this huge market in Milas. We thought- great idea lets have lunch with the locals. We order the special horizontal grilled doner meat, that Frank had wanted to try, and sat down with a young man who offered us pieces of his lunch to sample. We declined to share his drink, but, not wishing to offend ordered the same. It looked like pomegranate juice...how bad could it be...I mean, we had been drinking Aryan which tastes like salty liquid plain yogurt. Well, it made the Aryan look very good. What was it? Maybe brine from the olive processing...salty, spicy and undrinkable by us Westerners. Straight to google when we got home, we found it was...TURNIP JUICE. What evil genius thought of bottled turnip juice! Oh and...the doner...we are pretty sure that was grilled sheep intestine. Not too bad! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Our time in Turkey is coming to an end; we have thoroughly enjoyed our time here with Jan and Frank to share the experience. We have had a bit of a rest this last week to get ready for the sprint to the end with a number of groups of friends in Italy (Wendy, Ron, Glenda and Lise) and Portugal (Mina and Dianne, Mark and Maureen)...see everybody real soon.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">ALMONDS </span></div>Tony and Elainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07864374026101796588noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3557216184318957989.post-63528359364250250352012-04-08T02:14:00.000-07:002012-04-08T06:03:28.417-07:00IATTOUR March 28 to April 1, Cappedocia<div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">All over the valley the there were remnants of the dovecotes- pigeon roosts...mainly to collect manure.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">"Old" Cavusin has a spectacular section of intact abandoned cave dwellings. Apparently locals are being allowed to refurbish the caves to current standards, but with no outward physical alterations allowed because of Heritage status. Our balloon pilot said that it was about triple the price of a new home to renovate an old one.</span><br />
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Our pre-takeoff dinner the night before at "Top-Deck's" Cave restaurant,which belonged to a cousin of our hotelier. The food was divine! Mustafa-Top Deck suggested dishes (soup, mezes and an entree) and tailored for us in amount. He claimed he could turn vegetarians into carnivores and eggplant despisers into cravers...all true. Jan was in the latter category. She spent the night trying to get his recipe for the eggplant dish...and finally got it before we left town.</div>
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Cappadocia by balloon at sunrise. Our best idea ever! Our pilot was quite the wit, answering that this was his first
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Not satisfied with letting Elaine deface Turkish heritage sites, Tony and Frank get into the act...<i><span style="font-size: xx-small;">(This was just pretend folks--luckily there were lots of close facsimiles to aid our ruse) </span></i><br />
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The underground city had about 8 levels and over 800 rooms, with tunnels running every which way. Janet was a trooper to navigate the complex, bum hip and all..we were impressed. The city was created as a defensive measure to avoid persecution for political, ethnic and religious reasons. In the region there are many other such complexes which are being excavated for public viewing.<br />
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Into the Ilhara Valley, site of many more cave dwellings along a river valley. It is possible that part of the Star Wars trilogy was filmed in the area.</div>
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Mmmm...craziest recipe yet. Take tahini, sweet molasses and marshmallow fluff. Marble on a plate and dip bread in to eat. Soooo good! We stopped in at a riverside restaurant in the canyon for lunch (delicious fish). The true water-side tables weren't occupied yet. During a post-luncheon walk, a short wind storm brought down a tree trunk, narrowly missing the owner's car. We decided to shorten our hike.</div>
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Janet and I had a detailed conversation with the little girl and mother in the photo. We learned that the daughter was now 6 and 1/2 years old and would be in kindergarten. We also learned that the mom was only too happy to have her going to kindergarten (she was pretty busy). All this in "momspeak".</div>
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If you have ever watched an episode of "Little Mosque on the Prairie", you will identify with the young, hip, clean-shaven, blackberry-carrying
Imam of the Mosque. He was very happy to show us around. Although originally a Byzantine Church, it was repainted inside and is now a museum/Mosque. The pulpit was a gift from Peter the Great of Russia. After our trip down to the Holy Water well, the Imam wittily blessed us and found us some Islamic/Christian brochures. He was so busy doing this that, he missed the start of call to worship. It was neat hearing him broadcast from the Mosque speakers. We like to think that he used his cell phone to trigger the village call to worship as he was visiting with us--that's the kind of guy he was.</div>
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The ghostly whirling dervishes were mesmerizing at the beginning of the show. The show then moved into regional folk dances and the the act got less classy as the audience joined in. Below you will find us getting into the act, which involved dancing out and around a fire in the courtyard. After a few rounds of instruction, we were able to do that without crashing into each other. Then the professionals took over again and did more than a few numbers--finishing with an amazing knife throwing demonstration that involved at least one lubricated guest. I think only one person was injured in this demo.</div>
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Our favorite participant of this evening was the crazy toupeed, raki-fueled gentleman from Taiwan who REALLY got into the belly dancing act, to the great embarrassment of our table-mate from Hong Kong. I think it was watching his toupee flop about as he tried to shimmy by manually moving his nipples up and down that finished us off. Now we see what Raki looks like from the other side.</div>
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Near the shop in the photo, Janet, Frank and I first met the "grumpy man". One morning, we walked into his shop and found his prices well below all others. As Janet and Frank debated whether the table cloth would fit their table, he took offense (maybe thinking they wanted a lower price), grabbed the cloth, folded it, returned it to the shelf and demanded they leave. Janet sheepishly took it back down, found some other items and tried not to make eye contact. After she paid him, he <u>almost</u> smiled and said, "my prices best in town!" She agreed, thanked him and we backed out of the shop. Sadly, I wanted one too. So back I went, but this time the shop was full of tourists. He quoted me a price about double what Janet paid and I said to Tony--just take it--and we aren't telling Janet--she'll think I am a chicken! Luckily, his voiced price was a show for the other tourists and he gave me the same price--telling me as I left--"my prices best in town!" We loved that grumpy man and later found that he was a town character who was known to argue with and chase buyers out of his shop.</div>
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Do Janet and Frank look preoccupied? The story goes like this. We caught the 11 bus at 11:30 out of Goreme and all was going sort of well. We met a lovely Turkish family when we changed buses in Neveshir and chatted while waiting for the next bus. Then things took an ugly turn as we found ourselves sitting--on the wrong bus--in our new friend's seats. They were very confused, as were we. Quickly scrambling onto the milk-run bus for Ankara,we discovered that it was due into Ankara at 6 pm, but we had to be at the airport for the 7:30 flight, which meant a taxi ride from the bus station to the airport. Yikes! As we fought against panic, we made a new friend--a delightful 23 year old military officer/helicopter pilot trainee who was returning to Ankara. We latched on to him like glue as he guided us through to the bus depot and into a waiting taxi. I am sure he said, "get these crazy people to the airport before they pass out". A few things were broken in the process--Janet's lovely bowl and definitely the speed limit. But...we made it...it felt like we were in the Amazing Race!</div>
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Our next stop is Bodrum, Turkey...next door to Ephesus (EFES in Turkish--the reason for the brand name).</div>Tony and Elainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07864374026101796588noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3557216184318957989.post-52052068905661523602012-04-06T01:49:00.000-07:002012-04-06T06:30:47.252-07:00IATTOUR March 23-28, Istanbul Turkey<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;">And now...Turkey! What a great idea to start with Istanbul on a Friday night. After an eye opening (or closing!) trip in from the airport, we were escorted to the apartment by our gracious hosts. Very shortly (about the time it takes to down 2 glasses of Raki), Janet had discovered "her people", Frank had made fast friends with the man at the table next to us (by asking him not to smoke his cigar during dinner) and Tony and I were given dancing lessons by the partying Turks in the roof-top restaurant above our apartment. Yes, we felt right at home with this "ground zero" apartment in the tourist quarter on "Antiques Row". </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Our first Raki toast. Drinking Raki makes you funnier, smarter, more social and happier...until the next morning. We didn't get the instructions, 1/hour along with a 1/2 litre of water.</span></div>
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The Taksim Square area, with its tourist shops, food, tram and churches was home base in Istanbul. We could entertain ourselves by just walking and people-watching.</div>
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The thing about visiting the Spice Market and Grand Bazaar on a Saturday is that everyone else is there. Shoulder to shoulder, we checked out all the goodies (some absolutely "1001 nights" bed coverlets that looked like wedding dresses and one-of-a-kind evening dresses) and finally stopped at a Doner shop for lunch of chicken doners and first cups of sweet, dark Turkish tea.</div>
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More photos taken near our apartment which show the resident animal population and a little "fixer-upper" midst the regular buildings. With so many tourist shops on the strips, Frank was able to pick up a little coin working as a head and hand model.</div>
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Turkey has incredibly talented craftspeople and it never ceased to amaze me how much time and skill went into the tourist goods.</div>
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The final stop for the ferry dropped us in a town below the old castle. We walked up to view it, but it was a bit of a bust. Janet walked partway up and had a much better time. As she rested outside a hillside home, the family inside was getting ready to visit with neighbours/go to church. The father of the family insisted she have some of the lovely carrot cake dessert they were carrying with them. </div>
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I was amused to no end to find out that a beer and spirits company (EFES) has the same initials as I have. This lead to much (pretend) defacement of Turkish property--see later photos. We stopped at back near the ferry outlet/bus stop for lunch of delicious fish and salad and picked up some souvenirs. </div>
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Many, many steps later, we were in this magical place--the Basilica Cistern. It is located just near the Blue Mosque and was used as a water reservoir. The lighting and silence makes it an eerie and beautiful place to visit; for us that equals lots of photos.</div>
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Did we mention that Janet has been traveling with a hip that is due for
repair? I cannot believe how much ground she covered during this trip
or how fast she can move when it counts. Tony really
liked that Jane was able to get us through security quickly and is
hoping that he can borrow her cane when she is through with it. We spent one whole day looking through Topkapi Palace, home of Turkish Sultans and some very exotic treasures (no photos as cameras were forbidden). The spectacular "Spoonmakers Diamond" and other opulent objects as well as the "Staff of Moses", the "Sword of David, the "Cooking Pot of Abraham", the bejeweled "Arm of John the Baptist" and many, many parts of Mohammed's beard can be found at the front of long line-ups of tourists. The view of the Bosporus from the castle is great, and is worth seeing along with the castle's many ornate rooms including the tiled "Circumcision Room".</div>
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Yes, that is Tony, Frank and Janet rocking the fez (singular and plural). A better bargainer than we, the young man who sold us these started at 15 E/fez. When Tony got him down to 2/5 TL, we gave him 20 TL and expected change of 5 TL, however , he gave us 8 fez instead and smilingly ran off with the 20 TL. It was such a good story that we are still smiling--2 Fez in change.</div>
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Oh Hagia Sophia, what would a trip to Istanbul be without a visit to this amazing church/mosque. Such a gigantic place, full of history and mystery. There are the stunning gold mosaics, the graffiti "Halvdan" from a Scandinavian mercenary, and, our favorite--the "Sweating Wall" (or Weeping Wall). If you look below, you will find Janet working hard to get some liquid on her finger and thus have her wish granted. I really wanted her to cast off her cane and say "I am healed" in front of the rest of the tourists, but alas--no wet finger.</div>
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Leaving the Chora Church still enthralled, we met our "Waterloo" in the guise of a cabbie. The taxi driver had us pegged. He scammed us not only on the meter, but palmed a 50 TL note saying we only gave a 5. Luckily, the lady who climbed into the back as soon as we jumped out, found our camera which had dropped out of a pocket or it would have been worse. Needless to say, we are now a bit more vigilant.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The Hippodrome area, near the place Elaine learned that she needs remedial bargaining lessons. After deciding how the bargaining process would go, we reduced the amount we wanted to buy. However, I stuck to the original number and offered the owner more than he was asking for our souvenirs (hopefully a Freudian slip). He quickly calculated that that would be 2 TL OVER the asking price and said, "Yes!". Luckily, he was honest, gave the correct change and then jokingly said that he had a carpet to sell me.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"> March 18 Two days in One..,.Here we go again!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Our flight out of Bangkok on Air Berlin was trouble free, but a long 12 hour flight. We left around noon and arrived into Berlin around 6 pm. Being a bit tired we opted for a taxi direct to the apartment where Janet and Frank were already ensconced. We arrived to a fresh drink and some appies.. The effects of the long trip and such we didn't last long into the evening.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">We soon discovered that Berlin is quite an amazing city with something for everyone; history, culture, 20+ museums, BEER and much more. The weather for the first few days was on the colder side of spring forcing us to purchase a few more layers to survive. A city orientation on one of the hop-on-hop-off buses got us familiarized to our new surroundings and let us know that it was going to be busy seeing everything in the short period of time. A stop at one of the local supermarkets found that prices of basic staples (bread, milk, cheese, beer, wine) are cheaper than back home by 30-40%...a surprise.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Back in the apartment overlooking Karl-Marx Allee; the famous stretch of the former GDR </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">having numerous military parades while under communist rule, we settled in for a relaxed evening. Janet and Frank coming from Calgary were just getting their second wind, while we coming from Bangkok were well past bedtime according to our internal clocks.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Every morning Elaine and I would head out for an early morning stroll (i.e. 0600hrs); one fine morning we ended up at the East Side Gallery along the Spree/ RiIver. This is a 1.3km long stretch of the former wall left standing was adorned from one end to the other with some great art depicting freedom and other poignant scenes/abstract art.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">There was a great photo exhibit on display outside the Bundestag on the Democratic uprising in Egypt that we caught on one of our early morning walks.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Out for a reconnoiter to get the lay of the Berlin environs on the Hop-on-Hop-off bus tour. Saw lots of the key sites and areas to revisit in the coming days. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">We hooked up with our friend Juliane from the Montevideo Language school for a day of museum touring and visiting. She brought along a friend, Camilo who has been living in Berlin for the last couple of years and was a wealth of knowledge on the history and architecture of the city. He was pointing out the bullet holes in all the historic buildings when the Russians came through in WWII.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">After a lunch break, we parted with Jan and Frank to head off to the Jewish Museum with Julianne. This museum is housed in quite an abstract architectural edifice which needs lots of direct interpretation by guides/books to tell you what it all means...the message was lost on me with regards to the building. The museum goes through the history and plight of the German Jews leading up the war and Holocaust along with a whole educational aspect to what Judaism is all about. Leaving here we walked up to Check Point Charlie the famous gate in the wall where numerous spy exchanges were done during the period of the Cold War. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"> The next day we all headed of the Topography of Terror Museum which documents the rise of the Nazi party and various agent arms (Gestapo, SS, SD, et.al.) which implemented the dismantling of democratic rights and creation of a police state, moving to the genocide of 6 million Jews, 3 million Russians, 1/2 million Roma/gypsies and >300,000 disabled/mentally ill german men/women and children. It was a chilling disgusting account which at the end of the day too few people were brought to account for the atrocities committed. We had a good discussion afterwards about how the exhibit effected each of us; we agreed that the hope of the museum would educate coming generations of how these things can take root if people do not stand up for what is right. It is a hard history to see every day and we were thankful our German friends have taken on the difficult task of living with this message. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">This touring is hard work, today we are off for a river cruise to see Berlin from the water side of the Spree. It was a beautiful spring day perfect for a trip on the river. Seeing and hearing about the divided city was a interesting excursion, not to mention having a seat to watch and quaffing a Hefeweizen sitting in the sun. Got to see new and old.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Later we met up with Martin's partner Wei-Wei and went for a stroll by a section of old East German block apartments ready for demolition that was occupied by a group of people (including avant garde artists) who were refusing to vacate thus creating a tense stand-off with police. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">a nice end to a great night with a drink of schnapps and a toast to see friends again soon.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: small;">We all agreed that Berlin is a city that should be on everyone's "must see" list and that we would be happy to make a return visit; but allow more than 4 days!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Thanks to the terrific transportation system, we easily made the subway connection and train to the airport the next day and were off to Istanbul.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"> Koh Lanta Part Duex</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Just so this part doesn't get too boring, we have decided more photos, less talk. After signing up for another week in Koh Lanta, the pattern of our days fell into a routine of exercise in the morning (walk, swim), breakfast at the hotel (feeding the kitten under the table), back to the pool, off to scooter & explore plus eat lunch (many samplings of chicken Phad Thai, fruit shakes, singa or chang beer and varieties of curry with rice), back to swim and then out for dinner (Jai Dee's or Beachside Cafe, mostly). Here are some of the activities that kept us amused:</span></div>
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find a large group of guests gathered outside our unit trying to find
out what was making a loud "mooing" noise. Yes, this tiny 3 inch
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the beautiful blue sky and swimming the length of the shore--lots of
clean water and beach. As long as the tide was in and the waves down,
this was wonderful. With the tide out, we tended to get bashed against
the rocks as the waves pushed us about. Also not a good idea to stay
after about 11 am as it was very, very hot! </span></span></div>
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a lot of fun, especially before or after visiting one of the small,
beach-side restaurants that sold great, cheap Thai food (is there any
other kind?).</span><span style="font-size: small;">Sometimes people come to Thailand and never leave--like the youngish
Parisian woman who has started this mixing bar with her Thai partner.
They have a lovely "Happy Hour" in which all cocktails are on offer for
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insane traffic of Chiang Mai or Bangkok). Quick, easy, cheap and allows
you to see a ton of stuff. Check your insurance though--any accidents
may not be covered if you don't have a motorcycle license in your
homeland. (This was just for show--Tony drove all of the time.)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Caving on Koh Lanta--very cool! First thought--wear something with tread as you are going to be climbing a bit and walking on slippery stuff. Of course, the guide will wear flip flops and stop for a smoke at the top of every difficult stretch. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The cave is a large one, but we only climbed through 3 "rooms" in the 1 hour we were inside. The guide related that he also runs 4 hour tours in which you visit 8. Yes, and he mentioned that there were 20 m. sections that you had to crawl through, so, no, we didn't sign up. Lots of climbing up and down bamboo ladders and across bridges, but only 1 bat in the main caves. Stalagmites and stalagtites are present as well as crickets and spiders--that seemed to be minding their own business until Tony mentioned that I had just put my hand beside a palm-sized one to go down the ladder. Good thing that was after the climb.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The day of the monsoon was also the first day of the "Lanta, Lanta Festival". As the rain had stopped for a short while, we drove in to have a look. The MCs (one in Thai and one in English) explained that Koh Lanta is one place where 4 cultures live in harmony (hopefully true)--Buddhist Thai, Muslim Thai, Chinese-Thai and Chao Ley (Sea Gypsies). This festival was strictly designed for the locals--and they were out in droves in their finest finery. Very neat to see dance demos and cultural exhibitions. We escaped before the next downpour, but the festival was under water for the next two days.</span><br />
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Sea Gypsies stilt houses.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">One of the local markets along the way; check out how many different types of rice and a bucket of live eels!</span><br />
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We watched the disintegration of this 15m boat over our time at the beach; it started out all together but with a holed hull, then ended up in this state by the end.<br />
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Our new Canadian (Nanaimo) friends Bill and Mary at one of the favorite haunts on the beach for evening Happy Hour at the Rasta Bar> Their last night on Koh Lanta.<br />
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Leaving Lanta was an interesting exercise! We expected to be picked up at about 7:30 so were gobbling down toast as we climbed in at 7:10. As per usual, the driver picked people up enroute until the van was packed. No amount of egocentricity will save you extra space. We watched with amusement as two groups of Parisians (a family of 4 taking up 5 spaces and a couple taking up 3 spaces) tried to hold on to their territory. First, the driver picked up a tall tourist from the roadside and the family insisted that the couple had more space--they caved. Then finally, almost everyone was rearranged at the local bus depot. Out went the single woman and the two small guides and in came 4 large men (the 2 largest in the tiny spaces up front) which finally broke the family's hold on the last seat and the teenage son moved back with his family protesting all the while that there was no room. Any more changes and we expected to be out on the street!<br />
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A very guilty pleasure this--having a dress tailor-made! Though we still don't have it (very busy at the factory--of course), we met an extremely interesting set of British clients--father, who briefly worked on trapeze in the circus and owned his own construction company, and son, who contracts to complete high-end soft ware engineering for aviation companies (most recently in Switzerland).<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">weekend market..massive</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Sheesh another market I think its time to leave Thailand!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">so much stuff so little time!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Feb 22 Departing Chaing Mai to Krabi</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">As we head to the airport in our sketchy micro-bus, we see
the local mountains starting to appear out of the haze that has shrouded Chaing
Mai since our arrival. The check in for
the first of our flights to Bangkok (BKK) on Air Asia goes as before with nary
a problem…..However, the hitch on using this cheap fare to get to Krabi is that
Air Asia only does point to point fares, which means we have to collect our
bags in Bangkok and recheck for the next flight…in theory all OK, but if the
bags don’t show up…big problem. I worried needlessly as all bags delivered
and rechecked. BKK airport is a mega complex for both Domestic and International flights, it was quite fun listening
to the range of different languages being spoken through the terminal. On the Domestic side of the terminal,
services were a bit minimal given the magnitude of travelers passing through
on a daily basis, but we survived.
Another quick 1 hour flight and we were deposited in Krabi airport, with
our smiling driver holding a sign with our name outside the arrivals waiting to
take us to the Krabi River Hotel. We
were again whisked down unfamiliar roads..good thing we are trusting souls to
be dropped at a quaint small hotel sitting on the banks of the Krabi
River. The Chinese owner greeted us
and got us registered in swift order then up to our river view room that was
recommended by our friends Fraser and Shary….
What a little gem of a hotel; comfy room, good AC, easy walking distance
to town, ferry terminal and the night
food market…and 35 Baht ($1.10) Chang
Beers sold at the hotel..who wouldn’t be happy. We sit on the balcony enjoying
the scenery and seeing the long-tail boats plying the river.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Feb 23 Krabi- Raley and Au Nang</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">We have the best room for sunrises coming up over the Krabi
River…to be repeated each day we are here. We go for a nice walk along the river seeing everyone heading to work and school on the longtails. </span></div>
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the pier to find a long-tail boat to take us from Krabi to the isolated Raley
beaches. While we sit around the pier for a bit waiting for them to fill the boat, we chat up this British bloke waiting for his mini bus to Surithani; turns out they had to send him to a different location on a motorcycle taxi..off he goes!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">These impressive monoliths are the things
ardent rock climbers’ dream of scaling.
<a href="http://www.railay.com/railay/climbing/climbing_intro.shtml" target="_blank">Railay Climbing</a> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">We soon find that these beaches are only isolated in the fact there is
no road, however that doesn’t mean they have empty beaches…far from it; there
seems to be a smattering of just about every nationality known, but with a
decidedly Russian majority. It was fun
watching a number of the different pitches being climbed ranging from 4-8 in difficulty we were told. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Walking along the trail from the West Beach
to the East Beach takes you under the cliff faces which have huge eroded
undercut bases and many caves heading under the hills. Limestone stalactites and stalagmites lined
the path; some of the shapes having a rather “phallic” shape take on an icon
image for the local fisherman who adorn these edifices with silk scarves and
other paraphernalia…needless to say there are many women posing with these
large promontories. </span></div>
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side we find our small piece of beach to call home and head in for a dip to
cool off….no sooner we are in the water and Tony comments on feeling a few
stings, but continue to swim for a bit as there are many swimmers in the
water. Back on the beach we watch the
young-guns (guys and gals) jumping off one of the many 7+m cliffs ringing the
bay. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Further down the beach the long-tails
congregated, some offering up tasty treats for lunch. A bit more wandering and we catch another
long-tail over to Au Nang beach to check out the scene their..nice long stretch
of beach with lots of development, but doesn’t seem too busy. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">However the beach water is far from the idyllic
aqua blue waters you see in the brochures; but is OK. Elaine spots a two piece bathing suit that is
calling at one of the local shops. We
catch the Sorng-taa-ou (truck with high cab and two benchs)- the local
equivalent to the community bus; back to Krabi.
By the time we reach Krabi, Tony’s lower arm is covered with a large rash;
itching and stinging like crazy; unfortunately our antihistamine cream was in
the “lost bag”, so we stop at a local pharmacy to pick up some topical cream to
ease the symptoms…works a bit. We figure
out it was caused by “stingers”- jelly fish, certainly not mentioned in any
information sources.</span></div>
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our first dish arrives…wow was that scrumptious garlic and onion prawns…turns
out it was our neighbours order that we demolished. Our soon arrived and we ate that too. We had a good laugh with the young Frenchman
and found out that he was doing Dive-master work in the area and hoping to stay
for a while….The end of a long day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">We get a bit of a late start after an action packed day
yesterday. Tony’s arm is now an angry
red mess of welts looking like some alien disease; hopefully spines don’t start
sprouting! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Arriving to the beach in the
Sorng-taa-ou we strike out to find the kayak rentals that we were told by the
French fellow from the night before.
Success and we agree on a price of 300 baht for 2 hours, but first lunch
at the last bistro on the beach. Elaine
said this was her best Phad Thai so far, washed down by a Lime Shake. We head out to paddle around some of the
large karsks and explore the shore and caves.
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local birds and fish jumping about. The
kayak parked back at the beach we notice some action happening down the beach
and find lots of monkeys young and old...photo ops a plenty. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Things are pretty warm on the beach so a
couple of more fruit shakes before heading back to Krabi. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Tony’s arm is looking angrier, so we scout
out another pharmacy to try to find some anti-histamine pills…you can find/buy
anything without prescriptions here. The pills do the trick..the swelling is
coming down and the itching stops, but the arm doesn’t look very pretty.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">We drop off the Sorng-taa-ou about 4 km short of town to
another beach which is less developed.
We walk out at low tide to one of the small islands for a swim before
the tide starts coming in and cuts off the island. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">It was a nice day at the beach! We finish up the day at the Krabi Saturday
Night Market, lots of food stalls, trinkets and music. We book our ferry ticket with the hotel owner
for the next day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Feb 26 Krabi to Phi Phi Island</span><br />
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to the ferry terminal to catch the boat to Phi Phi Don Island. This ride to the terminal should have been
our first clue that our experience on the Island might not be what we expected;
there was not a soul over 30 on the bus except us! A couple hours later we arrive to the island
amid much commotion on the dock and a 20 baht “breathing” arrival tax; AKA
clean beach fee. We find our Brandon, MB
friends Murray and Heather waiting to greet us on the dock. The place is a mad house of hundreds of
youngsters disembarking and embarking on the islands’ only terminal…apparently
they exchange about 4,000 people a day during high season- not sure where they
all stay. Murray led us thru the winding
alley ways dodging bicycles, push carts (no cars or scooters in the main
town) and throngs of backpackers to get to our accommodation at Dee Dee Lodge on Loh Dalum Bay. Cute little grass shack with a fan; best we
could do for the night. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Had a refreshing
drink with Murray and Heather McCallum and planned to meet up with later that
evening for dinner with them and their daughter and her partner. We went to look for our digs for the next day
and soon found out that we were situated at ground zero for the daily beach
parties; think techno rave at 120 dB. Anyway,
we figured we could survive anything for a few days. Drinks at the Apache bar then off to Tonsai
Bay to a fish restaurant, off to an Irish Pub, then finished off back on our
beach to watch some of the fire shows and some of the goings on and very loud
music. We finally bid Murray and Heather
good night and bon voyage as they were to return to Canada the next day. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Tonight we had a bit of distance to the major
sound sources, but the flimsy grass walls and our mosquito net did not do much
buffering, so did not get much REM sleep until the music stopped sometime after
0300 hours. I guess we are no longer
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<span style="font-size: small;">Tony’s preprogrammed alarm wouldn’t let him sleep past 0700,
so we got up to go find some breakfast in town as the hotels here don’t need to
offer breakfast to entice patrons. Found
a nice spot with good yogurt, museli, fruit and coffee to get the engine
going. A leisurely pace this morning
because we have to change hotels to the Twin Palms down the beach. It was very nice to find the new cabin with a
well-functioning AC as the mid-day temperatures soar, with not a breath of wind
to be had…a refuge from the heat. That
said, it did not slow us down too much as we rented a kayak and headed out of the
bay to find to open clean water. The
only beach going counter clockwise around the Island is called Maya Bay; where
the Di Caprio movie “The Beach” was filmed. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">We kept going in hope of finding a secluded spot to stop, but nothing
but sheer cliffs on the southern side of the island. Could that have been Leo we saw rescuing a
group of lady kayakers in his run-about?
Probably was! Backtracking to
Maya Bay we pull the kayak up onto the rocky shore and swim in the aqua waters
for an hour or so till we were getting to scorched; then head back to the main
beach at Loh Dalum Bay. We enter our
cold refuge for some comfort and an afternoon nap in preparation for the festivities
we know are coming this evening. We catch
a bit of the fire shows and turn in about 11, the party is just getting warmed
up; we were both so tired we were able to sleep, albeit intermittently. Techno music till 0300.</span></div>
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the view point trail. Good thing we got
going fairly early, as we were wringing wet 15 minutes into the 90 minute hike
up 4 km of trail and about 350 m elevation; it was only about 30 deg at 0930. The track took us through some pretty
undeveloped areas of lush tropical forest with small share crop farms along the
way. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Lots of butterflies and we could
hear the monkey’s hooting in the trees.
We were rewarded with a great view of both the main bays and beaches
from the top. Some industrious islander hauled a beverage refrigerator all the
way up to the top viewpoint up the trail, but he wasn’t up when we came by so
couldn’t buy a cool one…too bad! On the way down, we stopped to buy a ticket
for Kho Lanta—we hope that’s a great place to head. Elaine is worried for the Momma cat at the hotel and her 5 kittens; off we go to find some cat food to leave at the reception desk. They need an animal rescue society to be set up on this island to start a neutering program for the burgeoning feline population... be nice to see something set up akin to the Cook Islands with visiting vets volunteering service. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"> This exercise pretty much
did us in for the day as we went into low power mode, read, snoozed, ate and
drank and turned in early, but got even less sleep than last night.</span></div>
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of people heading off the island. This
time, it is to catch the small green boat to Kho Lanta which has room to
spare. Many of the passengers opt to
ride up top to enjoy the view—or perhaps to avoid the waves coming through the
cracked window? I am tempted to tickle a set of feet dangling above my head.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"> Coming into the town of Saladan by boat offered up a interesting perspective of the town</span><span style="font-size: small;">. </span><br />
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Lanta.</span><span style="font-size: small;">. Off to the “Clean Beach Hotel”,
we find a lovely bungalow with tons of space and a porch out front. Maybe we will extend our stay! Even the lunch stop, the “Blue Moon” Café (Ole Black Rum has an away bar to play),
seems low key and mellow, with eclectic décor and beachfront dining. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">After wandering around a bit, we head back
there for dinner—to find the proprietor hanging from the rafters and numerous
guests reclining in hammocks.
Apparently, the dining portion is closed after 6, but we can stay for
drinks…or? Luckily, we find a BBQ place
down the beach, where the very young Thai staff are pleased to see anyone
arrive. Had an interesting guest above our heads and watch a couple of gheko's catching big flying ants...yum!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"> Yes, I think we will be able to
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endearing tiny kitten scrounging around) and then hire a scooter for the day to
check out the island. We head down one side of the island, thinking
about where we might move when our 4 day rental is up, but decide after seeing the island and chatting to a few other travelers
that we stay put. There are a ton of beaches to explore here
and we have only seen a small part of the island. So, back to Clean Beach
Resort for us, to sign up until March 14<sup>th
</sup> (and more scooter time)! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">That done, we headed off to “Old Town” on the
trail of the “Sea Gypsies” and really great seafood. No beaches on this route, but a very cool
fishing village with plenty of eclectic businesses, many run by ex-pats, shops,
a jetty and delicious seafood in restaurants overlooking the bay. After lunch, we decide to check out the rest
of the island and head north. No, we don’t
check out Di Caprio’s house (that would feel too much like stalking). </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"> We stop in the Saladan to pick up
refreshments and fruit. The place is
teeming with Scandinavian families with small children in tow. Back at our refuge we find more time to swim
and then eat more seafood at one many beachside small resturaunts. We know
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<span style="font-size: small;">Today is all about snorkeling—4 island stops—and, hopefully,
beautiful fish. There is a bit of a
communication breakdown and we wait on the beach for a bit, while our guide
waits on the roadway. Finally, all
accounted for, we start out by speedboat and have our “briefing” about the
dives. </span><br />
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out 2 more people have arrived. I do
admire the efficiency of trying to pack as many people in as possible ..~30 but its a big boat with triple 225hp outboards; lots of get up and go. The first dive reminds us that we have
already seen some exceptional sites and to not get our hopes up too much. The visibility is poor with only smaller fish
around. The next stop is really
terrific. We swim in a line through a
pitch black cave (emerald cave) and arrive at a lovely interior beach,
surrounded by limestone cliffs. </span><br />
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our multi-purpose crew serves a delicious lunch then sets us free to
snorkel. Thinking there isn’t much
around, we have left our masks on the boat.
Wrong! Retrieved gear on, we are
delighted to find a large variety of fish in the water and play until it is
time to go. What a beautiful island; it apparently was pretty hard hit by the Tsunami, but looks to be back on track.</span><br />
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takes us by a closed area (#1 dive site, now closed after Tsunami, our guide
tells us). We go to the #2 site, which
is plenty wonderful for us. Although the
coral has been hit, the water teems with fish, small and large. Some of these are fish that we haven’t yet
seen in our travels. Hooray! Some neat sites on the way back with small beach shacks to fruit bats and fishing boats. Everyone is exhausted by the time we climb
back in, though the guide tries to rev us up.
Back home, reading to dinner, we think we might even have to try this
snorkeling trip again.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">February 14 Enroute to Malaaca-Melaka, Malaysia</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Our route out of Singapore was a snap on the metro to the Golden Towers complex to catch our bus up to Maleka Malaysia. Being Singapore, everything is running on time, so away we were precisely at 1045 am. The process of leaving Singapore and entering Malaysia were mere formalities done in very short order, the bus barely stopped rolling. The bus driver had a bit of a lead foot and was passing everything left, right and centre; soon we were in Maleka dumped at Melaka Sentral, the main bus depot for the state. We purchased our onward bus tickets for Kuala Lumpur for 2 days hence, then started looking for the local bus to get us into town. After a bit of hit and miss found the town bus, for a whole 1 MY each (~30cents) into the old town square. Everything was done up in red for Chinese New Year in this section of town. Off to the Hotel Puri--a gem of a place just to the north of the canal. A bit of a stroll along the riverfront, showed the town being a very charming place. Being Valentine's Day, we treated ourselves to the Hotel's special Valentine's dinner in the courtyard; we wore our special Cologne- bug dope (very romantic) as there were a few mozzi's about. Reading in the paper Malaysia reports about 5-600 cases of Dengue a week!</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1 of about 93 costume pictures Elaine took, you can ask for a special show!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">from the church they kept St. Francis Xavier in Maleka before shipping his body to Goa</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Arab adventurers brought the Islamic faith in the 1440s, Siamese pirates harassed traders, St. Francis Xavier carried Christianity to SE Asia through this port and at one time, 84 languages were heard locally. Such an interesting place with a fascinating "Reconstructed Sultan's Palace", ruined fortifications and many museums, not to mention lots of historic mosques, temples, churches and buildings. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">We walked and walked and walked through the city, ate along the canal and got haircuts (finally) for $5/each. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Everywhere there are people from different nations exclaiming over sights and enjoying exotic treats. I am so glad that Shary and Fraser steered us this way.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Alright! We negotiated the city bus, back to Malaaca Sentral (first time we have had a bus driver stop at a service station to fill up) in time to catch our next ride to KL. How fortunate to find ourselves seated next to an extremely interesting group of University professors/travelers from Java Indonesia. We chatted non-stop regarding traveling (he had lived in the eastern part of the US for school and Internship and she had spent time Interning in Europe and traveling throughout). So wonderful to hear their interests and opinions; it made us sad we had missed some of the Indonesian sights they spoke of. We parted ways in KL, but hope that we will see them again one day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Once in KL, we found our (upscale) accommodation, The Swiss Garden Hotel, and wandered through the evening streets of this very busy business-oriented city. The local night food market had no shortage of mouth watering treats.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Bonus of the upscale hotel is the upscale breakfast spread; lots to keep us charged for the day's explorations. We head out in search of the central market that Elaine scouted to view the myriad of treasures (at least that what Elaine thinks; Tony's not so sure). </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Dinner at the same great spot in the street is punctuated with lightening and thunder, but tastes just as good. We wandered into another electronics mecca of 7+ floors jam packed with patrons looking for a deal. More high tech toys available everywhere and we spotted a too--funny
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<span style="font-size: small;">February 18 KL to Chiang Mai</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">After wandering all the temples, we stopped off at the fish spa to get a foot treatment. For the first 5 minutes we couldn't stop laughing because it tickled so much with hundreds of fish nibbling between our toes, then it started feeling really good. Apparently, the fish have a bit of electrical charge to go along with the cleaning of dead skin...our feet never felt softer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Yes, all the travelers we have spoken to mentioned the great Thai food everywhere...they were right! We book our tour and return for the night market and dinner. Many hours later, we return home exhausted and out of humour--beaten by the night market. What a place!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">What we don't realise is that this is going to be a tour like no other we have experienced before. Action-packed would be an understatement! From 8:15 am to about 5 pm, we are treated to the most exciting hours $40/person has ever purchased. First we are off to view gorgeous orchids at a farm--who knew that they would be growing virtually in air? </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Next, we stop to visit with a number of hill-tribe people (including the "long-necks" and learn about their culture. We do feel a little uneasy taking photos of people as if they were objects, but are reassured that the money tourists bring in helps fund the tribes' schooling and provides a large part of their living. Their brass neck rings are built up from when the girls are about 5 years to reach a maximum when 25 years. These collars weigh about 6-8 kgs; with the origin as a means of protection from wild beasts and rats chewing on necks.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Our pachyderm was a 48 year old female. The elephants definitely have plans of their own--helping themselves to various plant life, water and stopping unanticipated breaks. So amazing! Then, lunch at a roadside shack and again, the food is delicious. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Hanging around we notice a few fat big mozzies (i.e. Aedes variety - not good). Bug dope applied, we return after an hour and are back on the road again. This time, it is to go rafting...the white water kind. With life jackets, helmets and safety procedures in place, we climb into the large rubber raft and ready our paddles. (Sorry no photos--our camera is not waterproof!) After the first drop, we relax...until the guide emphasizes that the next section is going to require us to drop to the floor and hold on. Yes, it certainly did require that. Wow! Many more exhilarating drops and rapids later, we think that we are going to get out, but we are transferring to bamboo rafts and floating the rest of the way. Our older guide hangs on as we dangle on a rope and float semi-submerged to the take out point. Is that the end? No...we towel off and change...if we remembered dry clothing...and head off to visit the last village. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Our knowledgeable guide, who comes from another, more northern village, explains the customs and answers our questions. It has been a very, very full day. We return home in near silence, fully satisfied with the experience. No night market for us tonight as we barely fit in eating before we are back home to sleep.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Dividing up after lunch, Tony checks out the dental treatment (first rate- 800 B for a clean) here while I head off with a guide for the "handicraft tour"--aka--factory tour. Although this could easily be done by hiring a tuk-tuk to take you to the factory section outside of town, however the guide did scout out the best places to view demonstrations. We visited the leather factory,the Thai Silk factory (many photos and videos there), the Gem factory and showroom (largest in the world with gargantuan gems in gold), the umbrella factory (buy a t-shirt,then have it specially painted in front of you), the lacquer-ware and silver factory. Elaine has video of the silk making process, but the file is too large and will not load, ask for a special show on our return.</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">I didn't need to go to the night market after that so we finished the day with a macro-biotic veggie dining experience (a great place for Val, Anne and Thierry). </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">And, yes...there is a distinct foreign age/gender group present here with younger Thai women on their arm's. On to Krabi tomorrow.</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: small;">http://www.baliguide.com/balifood/sate_sampi.html</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: small;">Pineapple Tarts: </span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: small;">http://j2k3blogs.com/?p=4092</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: small;">http://www.yumsugar.com/Classic-Singapore-Sling-Recipe-8077410</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: small;">http://www.malaysianfood.net/recipes/recipemsianchxcurry.htm</span></i></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMrLk0PUUAM1GZNS1gyNDPZO6BJdU5OoBV7CcyoHIDJxWZupWQ-FvUFKy2hjFn5ZHnyeh_Iu5w5pm3jFAfRGDe1xblWvp-f7J41Efhws8SZai2a6Rne0qVOVSlumr_OBIfgVRRL3dsZ1W5/s1600/IMG_8258+%281024x768%29.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMrLk0PUUAM1GZNS1gyNDPZO6BJdU5OoBV7CcyoHIDJxWZupWQ-FvUFKy2hjFn5ZHnyeh_Iu5w5pm3jFAfRGDe1xblWvp-f7J41Efhws8SZai2a6Rne0qVOVSlumr_OBIfgVRRL3dsZ1W5/s320/IMG_8258+%281024x768%29.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-size: small;">We awoke in Fraser and Shary’s Balanese paradise refreshed
and ready to go.<span> </span>This is the first time
in our travels we haven’t had to deal with multiple hours time zone change, so
no early morning wake ups!<span> </span>We got to
meet their house keeper Phu Tu (please send corrections if I got this wrong),
what a lovely young lady and boy does she work hard; prepared a nice brekkie of
fresh fruit and musli.<span> </span><span> </span>This is certainly a different way of roughing
it in retirement!<span> </span>I am sure we could get
used to this.<span> </span>After getting sorted out
this morning, all four of us went out for a walking tour of the Sanur beach
front; what a lovely stretch of beach.<span> </span>This
is not a hidden treasure, but very well known to many visitors from near and
far…most notable are the Dutch nationals baking themselves at many of the resorts
along the way.<span> </span>We stopped by a favorite
Warung haunt, Momma Rosi (?) to rehydrate and also have a bite to eat.<span> </span>Finally back to Villa Selarus and into the
pool to cool off, and rest our dogs.<span> </span></span></div>
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evening just happened sipping on our Vodka and tonics or wine…<span> </span>Not sure where the evening went, chatting
about all subjects, but morning was going to come early as Fraser had arranged
a tour with a local guide and friend to take us to see some of the local sites.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Komang arrived as we were finishing up breakfast and joined
us for a bite after we were introduced.<span>
</span>While we were driving off to our first stop, we had a great chat with
him to get lots of island information, but also about where he is from, his
family and Hindu religion; made for a pretty chatty day with not too many quiet
periods.<span> </span>We pulled into Batabulan
Village the site of the Barong Dance venue, a few minutes before the show began
and were surprised to see how full the crowd was at 0930.<span> </span>This show was a 6 act play that encompassed a
range of characters enacting good and evil, that showed off many aspects of
Balanese dance along with a 20+ piece orchestra…it was good fun and very
colourful.</span></div>
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first temple was Gunung Kawi, a 9<sup>th</sup> century aged site which was
carved into the valley walls; a stunning location with a river running through
and terraced rice paddies along the perimeter.<span> There are also some pretty big spiders lurking next to the pathways, not sure what they eat...tourists! </span></span></div>
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nod and say "</span><span class="short_text" id="result_box" lang="id"><span class="hps">tidak, terima kasih"</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"> (no thank you) and walk on.<span> </span>Komang was waiting for us in the car park
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<span style="font-size: small;">Tirta Empul, the site of the holy water
temple.<span> </span>Within the confines of this
temple are the springs which the holy water erupts, then is channeled through a
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doing up at the<span> </span>Batur volcano, but
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and the original caldera which Lake<span> </span>Batur
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rolled across the valley.<span> </span>It was impressive
to see the scars left across the valley from the lava fields that devoured the
valley forest and into some of the lower lying villages.<span> </span>They now are harvesting the volcanic rock for
a variety of building needs.<span> </span>We took
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<span style="font-size: small;">By this time we are starting to get a bit weary as we have
been on the go for 7+ hours.<span> </span>Our last
journey takes us through one of the prime tourist areas of Ubud <span> </span>all its boutique shops.<span> </span>Komang safely returned us to the Villa where
we said goodbye. <span> </span>If anyone is looking to
have an excellent guided tour in Bali with a very safe driver and very
reasonable price we would highly recommend Khomang.<span> </span>You can contact </span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><a href="http://www.komag.com/">I Komang Sumendra (Komang<span style="font-size: small;">)</span></a><span style="font-size: small;"> through his web site</span><a href="http://www.komag.com/"></a><a href="http://www.locomotion-bali.info/" target="_blank"> www.locomotion-bali.info</a><span style="font-size: small;"><span>
or </span></span><a href="http://www.komag.com/"><span style="color: black;">email:</span> </a><a href="mailto:manggalo@yahoo.com" target="_blank">manggalo@yahoo.com</a></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Up early for a short walk and drop off the laundry...yes this has to get done even travelling, but nice thing here it is freshly pressed and folded on return. While Elaine and Shary were checking out fabric, Fraser and I were parked at a nearby watering hole, the sign outside read:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The afternoon was all about Balanese massages for all by Jeffry; 1 hour of bliss to feel like a mound of jelly at the end. I am sure that Jeffry needed one after 4 massages. A quiet day of lounging (Elaine in the Bale) and reading, then out for a nice dinner at one of the many close by excellent restaurants. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Kuningan is a very quiet day in Bali, most things are shut down, not much going on with the exception of a few local businesses. Getting rested up before heading off for the next bit of travel. We have had a very enjoyable relaxing stay with our very gracious hosts Fraser and Shary. They winter here from Sidney BC and have the place available for rent during June-November, and other times by request; have a look at: <a href="http://www.flipkey.com/sanur-villa-rentals/p293898/">Villa Selarus Bali </a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Off to Singapore. Fraser has arranged for Teja to take us to the airport. We say goodbye to Fraser and Shary. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Our trip to </span>Singpore was uneventful arriving late afternoon. The hotel is in the heart of Chinatown all decorated up for Chinese New Year. The hotel is bathed in red, the room is about the size of the camper we rented, but quite serviceable. Still early so out we go to explore the neighbourhood. Place is loaded with people of every nationality, a buzz in the air. We take dinner at one of the street side restaurants and watch the throngs.</div>
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A day in Singapore. We make it to the local MRT station through the monsoon deluge (no umbrella) and find a very helpful staffer that gets us oriented on the ins and outs of the subway and where to get our tourist pass. There is so much to see here, but all we have given ourselves is a day to hit a number of high points; Botanical Gardens, Little India, Lim Sim Square (6 stories of electronics of every variety..mecca for techies), Inner Harbour, Raffles and to pick up onward bus tickets for tomorrow. Our feet were tired by the end of this day you can believe, but what a great city to explore.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">check out the link</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1289194/Marina-Bay-Sands-resort-opens-Singapore.html">Marina Sands Hotel most expensive in the world!</a></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Jan 24: Bundaberg</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Well yes, we were on our way to Rockhampton and hoped to
make it to the Capricornia Caves (area lies on the Tropic of Capricorn), but
the weather dissuaded us. The monsoons
began again and the roads started to close around us as Tex and Gordon had
cautioned us. The radio reports
suggested not driving at all and at least avoiding the worst areas. We turned around and headed back down the
coast. This time we drove to Bundaberg,
found a motel and had a great time wandering around the historic downtown while
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<span style="font-size: small;">Jan 25: Mooloolaba</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">After narrowly missing being stuck in Childers (the Bruce
Highway was temporarily blocked by a flash flood) we pressed on. After a bit of lull in the storm we were off
again, electing to retry the highway rather than getting stuck in the more
rural overland routes. Success! This time we moved to the holiday town of
Mooloolaba (which is really just part of a mega Sunshine Coast district including Morychadore and Budderim) and hoped
to be able to spend Australia Day there, then make it through to Brisbane on
Friday for our flight out to Perth.
Mooloolaba was full of holiday-makers, hanging out at the beach, filling
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As befits a national holiday, merry-makers were up early, decked in
Aussie gear (flags, blue body paint, tattoo decals, green and gold clothing
along with a wonderful holiday spirit). </span><span style="font-size: small;">We managed to find a local Geocache to deposit the last
of the travel bugs that Elaine has been carrying for various students
and friends, they are now safely released.</span><span style="font-size: small;"> Mooloolaba’s beaches were strewn with debris from the flooding rivers,
but that didn’t stop anyone from enjoying the surf and sand. We watched cliff-side as surfers balanced on
their boards over the big waves, Dragon boaters practiced in the surf,
sea-doers flew up over the crests and one group of boaters challenged the giant
waves in their small aluminum skiff. All
of this amidst a drizzle that continued on and off all day—definitely nothing
gets in the way of fun—I really like that about Australians! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Can we make it?
Alright, Tony guessed that he could avoid a giant delay by taking a
small detour. Well done! We are back in Brisbane, but it is still
pouring so we hole up in the hotel, do our laundry and drive to the small
market. Goodbye to the West Coast—as Tex
said—April might be a better time to visit if you want consistent weather. Off to Perth where it is 40 plus degrees
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<span style="font-size: small;">Off to Perth in the early morning, we find ourselves
stepping into what feels like Bikram Yoga with the humidity turned off. Perth is a large modern city. We choose to visit city later because of the
heat and find our way to the Van rental then drive out of town south to the
coast…we aren’t sure where. After
enjoying mile after mile of beautiful South West Coast grasslands, lovely
rivers and giant trees (reminding me of the large oak meadows back in
Victoria), we arrive in the pretty town of Bunbury. As this is still summer vacation for the
school children, the store clerk doesn’t give us much chance of finding
accommodation. Lucky for us we stop by
the information centre and the ladies phone to reserve the only site available
in a local caravan park. We know this
because the person arriving just before us is turned away. Thanks to Murray for the helpful suggestion
to use the information centres for assistance!
The campground is still packed with kids using the pool and the “jumping
pillow”—a large in-ground inflated pillow (alternative to the trampoline), but
the beach looks great. We’ll check it
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<span style="font-size: small;">Bunbury’s beach is noted for friendly visiting dolphins, but
try as we might, we don’t manage to find any.
We missed the whales (they swim
by in Spring), but catch a beach volleyball competition. Our fabulous neighbours, a retired Scottish
couple with a son in Australind (who have been coming here for the past 15
summers) loan us their bicycles and we spend the morning cruising through
Bunbury’s downtown section, out to the surfing beaches and past the upscale
waterfront with cool artwork/historic walk/giant lookout tower. After
a nice swim/float, we watch the highlights of the Australian Open and the
continued deluge in Queensland. We hope
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<span style="font-size: small;">A nice leisurely drive down to Augusta starts out well with
a stop at the Bussselton Jetty (2 km pier out into the Ocean). The water is an incredible glacier blue
against stretches of clean white sand.
No wonder there are tourists everywhere! We stop to sample some of the Margaret
River’s bountiful wine and then head to Yallingup for a snorkel. We hear that this is the place to come for
the best surfing and the parking lot traffic confirms that. This is where surfing started in WA! Things
start to become more difficult from here as the wind picks up and Tony is
forced to wrestle the Van down the highway.
By the time we pull into Flinders’ Bay in Augusta, he is exhausted and
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">outlaw Ned Kelly's last hurrah</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Blown away in Augusta...no flies here!</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: small;">In the morning the wind has died down enough for us to stand
up straight so we check out this corner of West Australia, where the Indian
Ocean meets the Southern Ocean. Although
the water looks pretty stirred up, there are plenty of locals in the ocean—practicing
for triathalons or trolling for sharks—we aren’t sure. From Augusta, we head into the Walpole
Wilderness. The forests are full of
poetic sounding giants—Karri, Jarrah and Tingle Trees. What
isn’t full are the waterfalls, but we do manage to find a suspension bridge and
take photos of where the waterfall would be.
Camping by the inlet in Walpole we wander down to the beach and a
stunned to find a large Manta Ray hunting along the edge of the waves. Amazing!
We also bump into a like-minded Australian couple, Geoff and Cathy, who
are heading the same direction we are—to the Tree-top Walk—tomorrow.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Why don’t we have one of these in Canada, I keep asking (or
perhaps we do?). How fabulous to walk up
into the tops of the gigantic Karri trees and have a bird’s eye view of the
forest. The walk is well-chair
accessible, with a ramp reaching up to series of platforms on towers and
suspended ramps between each of these. It
is quite the marvel of engineering and a great tourist attraction (replacing
the original attraction, a “drive-through”
giant Karri tree). We spend all morning
there with Geoff and Cathy, before heading to the next big attraction—Greens
Pool in Williams Bay. This pool turns
out to be quite possibly the nicest beach in this part of the world. Again, the water is a clean, clear, warm
beautiful blue with fine white sand beach and a scattering of huge boulders
sheltering tropical fish. Simply
lovely! It is hard to drag ourselves
away and into Demark, but finally we need to wash off the salt. We are down the road from the beach in
Demark, but spend our time chatting with
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<span style="font-size: small;">After an endurance hike up the sandy cliff-side on the end
of Denmark’s beach, we start out for Albany.
The weather has turned now, with rain starting to fall as we drive down
the scenic route to Albany. It reminds
me very much of the Fraser Valley without the mountains. We drive past pastures of cows, sheep and
outlying businesses, but inadvertently miss some great wine country. After checking out a couple of sites, we
check into the caravan park at Emu Beach, then head downtown to check email at
MacDonald's (along with many other people, it seems). This is the second largest city in W
Australia and turns out to have been another stop on Captain G Vancouver’s
route. He stopped by in 1791. Albany has many other claims to fame—we’ll
check those out tomorrow. Later, we are
surprised to find that our site is a shared site—we are a little confused as
another van pulls in beside us—then leaves at 0 dark 30. Hmmm…we deduce that the 3 people sharing the
pad have actually been helping themselves to the facilities—pretty cheeky—we’ll
park across the space tomorrow.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Today is all about exploring Albany and the local area. First, we go to the Memorial to the Light
Horse Brigade, which has been returned from Egypt and positioned to look out
over the Southern Ocean. It is very
moving to see this tribute to the young men who died in Gallipoli. Then, we visit the Natural Bridge, Gap and
Blow Hole (along with a parade of other traveller's that we recognise from the
Campground). Some of the vegetation
looks very similar until we look more closely and the landscape is very much
like that around Peggy’s Cove. You can
almost feel Antarctica in the distance.
After a short diversion to the Sandalwood Factory, I make it into the
Albany Gaol—built by convicts to house convicts (how convenient). It was pretty creepy there when I found
myself alone with a replica of the death mask of a man who claimed to be Jack
the Ripper—and just about got locked in the Gaol. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I got Elaine good here in Albany, I was into the store while
Elaine stayed in the van to enrich herself on the local Australian Women’s Day
magazines. I came out early because the
choice was not available and it just happened that Elaine got out of the van
without seeing me, I then locked the van from afar. What a look on her face when she found she
could not get into the van; what a candid camera moment! We both laughed hard.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">We are really enjoying the park and the travellers
here. It helps to have a communal BBQ
and kitchen. Tony has picked up some
information on Fremantle/Perth from Rachel and we spend out evenings talking to
Geoff and Cathy as well as a lovely couple from the Netherlands who are
travelling with their 18 month old daughter.
What a delight to discuss world politics with people from other parts of
the globe. We certainly share many
concerns and frustrations.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Feb 4: Mandurah</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Today it was time to say goodbye to all of our new
friends/fellow travellers and head back toward Perth. Hopefully they will stop to see us in North
Saanich someday soon. We turn back
toward Bunbury and drive through multiple vineyards, forests and pastureland—thankful
to have chosen this route. After
stopping at a Cidery In the delightful town of Bridgetown and again at a
Gourmet Food/Wine Event in Donnybrook, we stop short of Freemantle in the town
of Mandurah. Onward tomorrow.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Feb 5: Freemantle and Perth</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">It was a short easy drive to Freemantle after figuring out
some of the various unfamiliar roadways, but we got there OK. Freemantle is a great little port city with
tons of character and a wonderful place to wander about in the brilliant
sunshine. Being , Sunday the Freemantle
Market was in full swing with everything from alligators to wallabies on sale;
the place was absolutely packed. This is
a vintage town with a ton of historic buildings and lots to see. We found out that there was going to be a free
concert this afternoon at the Fine Arts Centre so made a point to take in the
band “Toby”. What a great venue in the
gardens of the centre, with a heap of local citizens of all strata taking in
the exceptional music and surroundings.
We checked out a local caravan park in Freemantle, but decided it was
lacking and we would try our luck in North Perth at the Karrinyup Waters Resort. Again once after we figured out our
directions, we got ourselves situated in a very nice place for the next couple
of nights. Time to relax with lots of other international travellers to talk to
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<span style="font-size: small;">Another gorgeous day to wake up to! A couple of things to do today: see King’s
Park and get our Hep B booster shots.
Getting on the internet (had to pay money…groan!) found a clinic conveniently
located Subiaco (district in North Perth) that we could get into this
afternoon. Spent the morning strolling
through the Botanical Gardens at King’s Park; world class is all we can say
with stunning views of the harbour and city.
We were early for our shots, so we headed to North Beach for a swim in
the surf. The water was divine, just
what the Dr. ordered. We will put in a
plug for Capstone Health services, they were great to get us in, give us our
Hep B shots, fill a prescription for some lost meds in Tony’s missing bag and
not even charge us the full consult fee for 2 patients! Back to the caravan park, sat around the very
nice pool (best in our trip) and read for a bit. Elaine chatted up some touring retirees from
the UK while I adventured out to get dinner and gas up the van to have it ready
to return tomorrow.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Caravan safely returned to the depot with nary a scratch,
then off to the airport..albeit a few hours early to satisfy Tony’s predilection
to not being late! No problems with the flight, and were picked
up by Teja at Denpesar airport to be taken to Villa Selaras, the home of Fraser
and Shary Rea friends from Sidney. What
a beautiful place to drop into and very gracious hosts. Lots more and pics in the next post.</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: small;">PS—thanks to the following for making their part of the
world a better/friendlier place to travel through and live in (not in order of
importance):</span></i></div>
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<li><i><span style="font-size: small;">Many Campgrounds across North America for providing free
WIFI for guests—imagine not having to leave your tent to SKYPE home.</span></i></li>
<li><i><span style="font-size: small;">Volunteering Veterinarians who have changed the outcome for
animals in places such as Roratonga.
Spay/neutering programs =no packs of marauding dogs chasing scooters and
living on the beach and fewer feral cats preying on local birds. </span></i></li>
<li><i><span style="font-size: small;">The country of Australia for providing free Barbeque's in all
of their parks. Grill your eggs, steak,
etc. in the open air and enjoy—brilliant (not to mention a great way to meet
your neighbours and avoid accidental fires)!</span></i></li>
<li><i><span style="font-size: small;">MacDonald’s in Australia—for providing free WIFI (unless you
are induced to buy a coffee or two because of guilt)</span></i></li>
<li><i><span style="font-size: small;">The Country of Mexico for thoughtful hiring practices—many
of the airport security staff in Mexico City Airport have mobility
challenges—and a great job.</span></i></li>
<li><i><span style="font-size: small;">Countries such as Argentina and Australia for subsidizing
public transportation in big cities (i.e.: Buenos Aires and Perth) so that it
is incredibly cheap and easy to get from place to place (what a way to cut down
on traffic in the city)</span></i></li>
<li><i><span style="font-size: small;">The province of Quebec for running its competition between
communities to build and maintain the “the best rest stop”—resulting in some of
the nicest places to stop when driving across North America. One even had a local self-guided “eco walk”</span></i></li>
<li><i><span style="font-size: small;">Salem, Mass for providing downloadable self-guided audio
tours for their historic “witch trials” sites.
Great low-cost way to entertain tourists! This could perhaps be a secondary school
history project in any community.</span></i></li>
<li><i><span style="font-size: small;">Washington, DC for providing free access to all to their
marvellous Smithsonian Museums. Surely
the best value we have met anywhere in the world so far!</span></i></li>
<li><i><span style="font-size: small;">Roratonga on the Cook Islands for providing <u>rotational</u>
protection to their incredible coral reefs (moving marine parks). It may cost to get and stay there, but this
plan protects that incredible sea life which is just a step away and free for
all to view. </span></i></li>
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<span style="font-size: small;">IATTOUR January 16-23
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<span style="font-size: small;">Monday: Well January 16<sup>th</sup> never really happened
as soon as we departed Rarotoga, we lost a day and went into the January 17<sup>th</sup>
crossing the dateline. It was sad to
leave the Cook Islands as it is such a spectacular place, but that’s why you
travel to find out where you want to return.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Tuesday: Landing in Auckland was like coming home to
Vancouver, alternating between drizzle and steady rain and much cooler. Our stop was short and soon on our way to
Brisbane. It is very nice to have a
welcoming party- Tex(f) and Gordon, to us on arrival, taking all the stress and
guess work away. It was great to see
them after many years since they came to Canada to see us, along with Alia and
Nick. Brisbane was also raining but much
warmer. The city has grown since I was
here 10 years ago, not much seems familiar.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Tex’s had gone all out to get our room ready for our
arrival; after a shower we’re almost feeling human again after 2 x 4 hour
flights with a 4 hour layover, now add another 4 hours time zone change; our
bodies are pretty mixed up. We get
caught up on our lives and families over a few bottles of very nice white wine,
followed by some great lasagne. Tony’s
eyes are drooping by 2100hrs and is not long for the world..</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Wednesday: Tex and
Gordon took the day off (an exceedingly rare event) and drove us north from
Brisbane to visit Steve Irwin’s (he of Animal Planet/Real Croc Hunter fame)
Australia Zoo. What an amazing
place—a-not-to-be-missed stop—with acres of natural parkland for a huge variety
of animals. The zones range from local
(Saltwater Croc territory) to distant (African savannah—with a Rhino family). Although Steve passed away a number of years
ago, his family—Terry, Bindi and Bob—were there to run and narrate the big Croc
Show. We spent the whole day there,
taking in shows (Birds of Prey and Croc feeding), petting Koala, feeding Elephants
and exclaiming over the magnificent variety of Australian flowers. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">It was a wonderful day, topped by meeting
Tex’s youngest daughter, “Libby” (Olivia) at her nearby “take away”
restaurant. Tex had cooked up a special
prank for Libby—involving Tony and I to request $2 worth of chips; the kicker
was to ask if there were 50 chips in the basket! Elaine carried it off with a straight face;
Libby looked a bit confused but did not get flustered then her mom Tex popped
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<span style="font-size: small;"> We spend the late afternoon </span><span style="font-size: small;">(at Tex's BeLoved Flowers) </span><span style="font-size: small;">admiring Tex's handiwork. (I am always astounded at her amazing creativity and skill with everything from flower arranging to home decor.) We were going to head out tomorrow, but elected to stay to have an evening out with Tex and Gordon tomorrow night.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Friday: Even when traveling, you need a day to catch up on laundry, bills, onward travel and so on. Fortunately we were well situated to get all accomplished. Had a great evening out to the local RSO club with Tex and Gordon for dinner, music and a few Pokies (Tex was the big winner).</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Saturday: Off we go into town with Tex , bags in tow to pick up our rental car and head up to the Sunshine coast. We manage to survive getting out of Brisbane unscathed and putz along the Sunshine coast communities to see surfers, kite surfers, markets and lots of holidays. On the way, we catch the end of the famous "Eumundi Market" and speak to a craftsman who is heading off to North America (Saskatoon!) to take part in an artisan's conference. The evening finds us in a small community called Boreen Point where we find a great little motel walking distance to the lake, bottle shop and take out--a very quiet end to the day. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Sunday: Next morning, we head off through to the bottom end of the Great Barrier Reef (Agnes Waters/1770) with a few stops on the way. One of the small towns we bump into, in this country of sugar cane fields, is Childers--infamous for the fire in the local Backpacker's Inn. The memorial to the 15 young international travelers is beautiful, as is the surrounding artsy community and the wonderfully friendly people. Well worth a stop! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"> Next to Bundaberg, we stop at the Rum Factory, but elect to give the tour a miss. We pick up ginger beer at the local factory and then aim for the coast. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">In a short time, we hit the coast in the town of 1770 and Agnes Waters. See the photo above to get the explanation of 1770's name. We book ourselves for next day's trip to Lady Musgrave Island. Tony is more than pleased to find that the booking agent is able to pull up his PADI certification from 1978--far surpassing her estimate of 20 years worth of certifications online! Back at the Motel, we bump into Murray and Heather who are traveling from Winnipeg through Aus, NZ and Thialand for 3-4 months. Following BBQ and drinks, we all decide to stay another day to enjoy Agnes Water's access to golfing and coral cays.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Monday: The Catamaran trip to Lady Musgrave (labelled one of the 7 Natural Wonders) headed off at 8:30 so we are there by 7:50ish--very excited! After a bouncy trip across, we spend the day diving (Tony), hiking on the island (Elaine) and snorkeling (both). The sea life and the coral are exactly as shown in brochures--bright, beautiful, plentiful--it is a fantastic site! We are so thrilled with what we are seeing, we are the last people back on the boat. Good thing the staff carefully do a triple count before we head off. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Back at the motel, Heather and Murray have had a fabulous day golfing amongst the kangaroos and recommend playing there the next day. We enjoy a wonderful potluck BBQ and more conversation with them before turning in.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Tuesday: Well, the skies have opened! Gordon and Tex warned us that we were visiting during the rainy season and should be careful. We are heading to Rockhampton, but this caution turns us around and we elect to stop in Bundaberg. We can't risk being stranded on the Sunshine Coast (like BC's Sunshine Coast at this moment!) when we are due to fly out on Saturday as all road signs warn that "roads flood". We'll check again in the morning to see what tomorrow will bring.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">IATTOUR Jan 2</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">During our last week in Buenos Aires we completed a few more
checkmarks on our list of things to do and see; and started the drying out
process from a month of decadence.<span> </span>A
visit to Chacaritis cemetery made us wonder why Recoleta cemetery gets all the
headlines; this place in my opinion has all its grandeur and is about 5x as big—like
a city of the dead with different levels of internment.<span> </span>It owes its origins to a cholera outbreak in
the 1800’s which saw the need for this facility.<span> </span>The cemetery is still active today and we
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last few weeks but have been thwarted by it being closed every time we went
by.<span> </span>Finally we got into the “English”
tour (with the museum director guiding) today for an intriguing glimpse of the
beginnings of Buenos Aires.<span> </span>This old
grand old house in the middle of San Telmo dates back to earliest days of the
city with some of the early underground stream culverts still intact.<span> </span>The owner of this private facility has
painstakingly restored the house to the elegance of its first period of
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<span style="font-size: small;">The month in BA has flown by; its time to pack up and bid our
San Telmo apartment goodbye.<span> </span>The owner
of the apartment, Eva, made sure that everything was tip top and more, from the
Christmas decorations to the bag of yummy homemade empanadas.<span> </span>We would highly recommend this apartment as a
place to stay and explore Buenos Aires, close, safe, comfortable…very good
value.<span> </span>Owing to the quirks of airlines
schedules and finding a bargain flight out of South America, we had to move to
a hotel for one night. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">As we say goodbye to Eva, we hunt for a taxi; we are
approached by a portly middle aged guy who has his cab parked across the
street.<span> </span>When he hears that we are not
going to the airport out comes the story about how everything is shut down in
BA, nothing is moving; it is dangerous for him and us…however we are free to
find another cab against his better judgment….Ha, Ha…we were in a cab and
off<span> </span>to the hotel with nary a
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<span style="font-size: small;">Bruno from the Montevideo language school tried to hook up
with us but was thwarted by our bad internet connection and his tango lesson
schedule.<span> </span>Too bad, maybe we will meet
again in Victoria. We wandered around central BA and got to the bookshop Carmel read about. Had nice final dinner.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">BA airport is not the most stunning example of a modern
facility; in fact it is rather lacking.<span>
</span>We had expected a variety of places to grab a bite, there is only 1
restaurant.<span> </span>The only thing that did not
disappoint was the standard airport prices. ouch!<span> </span>The (10+4hr) flights up to LA via Mexico City
with AeroMexico had no untoward delays, mishaps or airplane horror stories…left
on time, arrived on time, our bags arrived in Mexico City.<span> </span>We forgot that Mexico City is high, the
temperature on arriving was about 4 deg…too cold for our recent southern
acclimation.<span> </span>After rechecking our bags
on the connecting luggage belt, we headed into the main International
terminal….a new very modern looking facility with lots of choices; quite a
contrast to BA.<span> </span>We leave Mexico City a
bit late, but by airlines standards on time and onto LAX.<span> </span>US customs is a drag, we are the last out of
the queue only to find that Tony’s bag is AWOL.<span>
</span>We go through all the formalities of the lost baggage report with the
AeroMexico agent and head off to pick up the rental car.<span> </span>This was the reason we factored in a buffer
couple of days in LA to cover off such contingencies.<span> </span>We finally get into the hotel in Manhattan
Beach to crash for a few hours before a quick foray to the beach and pickup
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<span style="font-size: small;">We awake in the morning hopeful the AeroMexico faerie has
delivered a bag; but no.<span> </span>The reference
number that we were <span> </span>given on the claim
for is not valid using the on-line tracking tool.<span> </span>Two hours later, we finally track down
someone who is able to give us the computer generated tracking number, but
there is no new information on the bag.<span>
</span>To cut a long story short, the bag did not show up before we had to go;
AeroMexico has no idea where it is, we were given $200 and now have to wait 21
days to see if it might show up before settling a lost bag claim.<span> </span>We gave them our home address to send the bag
home if found as there is no way it would track us to the South Pacific and points
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of our Montevideo language school mates Elizabeth and her partner Steve for
lunch in Manhattan Beach.<span> </span>Nice to see
them and get a few tips on the sites.<span>
</span>After lunch we head off for Hollywood to see the strip, “Hollywood”
sign.<span> </span>What a zoo; we do a drive by which
about all we are up for this late in the day (missed our nap).<span> </span>Back to the hotel and a nice Thai dinner at a
local place Steve recommended.<span> </span>The hotel
has decent internet so we catch up on some correspondence and calls.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">By checkout time on Sunday, we finally reach the point of no
return with no bag in sight and head out to start buying all the missing bits
and pieces for Tony.<span> </span>Luckily, this is LA,
land o plenty, so have no problem getting everything and more.<span> </span>By the end of the day we end up back at
Manhattan Beach finding a geocache to release a bunch of travel bugs.<span> </span>This task done a nice bench beckons to watch
the sunset and pack the new bag before heading to the airport to catch the Air
New Zealand flight to Roratonga.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Crazy, as we are waiting around to catch the flight, Elaine hears
a familiar voice and is off running to catch up to Barb and Jaak Maggie…what a
small world...good friends from Victoria.<span>
</span>Turns out they are on the same flight, but continuing on to Auckland.<span> </span>We would have visited enroute, but they have
treated themselves to Business Class tickets and are being pampered up front. <span> </span>Needless to say, the Air NZ service even in
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<span style="font-size: small;">We disembark to smell the wonderful aromas of tropical flowers;
with a warm breeze tousling our hair…We have arrived in paradise!<span> </span>What a contrast to BA.<span> </span>Elaine and Barb pose at the Roratona airport
as the Mad Chatter’s Cook Islands chapter.<span>
</span>Barb and Jaak are not allowed out of the arrivals area, so we bid them
goodbye.<span> </span>No shortage of Canadians on
this flight down; and guessing a good 1/3 or more.<span> </span>We have arranged a car rental for the day to
pick up supplies and get the lay of the land.<span>
</span>Things are run a bit different in the Cook Islands, there is a car in
the parking lot with my name on it, then we have to find where they have
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<span style="font-size: small;">With Elaine coaching me to stay on the wrong side of the
road, we head out to the rental agency to complete our paperwork.<span> </span>Still too early to check into the Raina Beach
apartment, so we poke around for a bit stopping at various beaches.<span> </span>Finally, we get into the apartment; how
glorious the simple pleasure of a shower to make a person feel human again
after another long overnight flight.<span> </span>We
head back into town to pick up supplies; we quickly realize there is a
different pricing strategy here, more akin to Inuvik, with fresh milk at
$9/1.5l.<span> </span>Gone is the cheap wine and beer
of SA.<span> </span>We are sad, but find that the
local fresh fruit is cheap, abundant and delicious. <span> </span>Mmmm…fresh Mango, Pawpaw, Coconut, Banana, By
the time we return, we have no energy to even contemplate a swim.<span> </span>We are working with a 7 hour time zone
shift from BA, so our bodies are still quite a bit out of whack, we succumb not
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<span style="font-size: small;">Tuesday sees us getting back on track, although up with the roosters
(did we mention the island is overrun with wild chickens with roosters making
up more than 50%-really loud) we feel pretty good.<span> </span>Out for a pre-breakfast stroll on the beach,
we watch numerous islanders fishing for breakfast with cast gill nets from
shore.<span> </span>What an idyllic place!<span> </span>As soon as we finished brekkie, we were off
to the beach with mask and snorkel in hand.<span>
</span>STUNNING is the best word to describe diversity of the fish we were
swimming through and hard to tear ourselves away even though we were getting
baked.<span> If we had an underwater camera, there would be many more photos. We have a fish card with more than 30 identified including a Devil Ray and the giant clams. </span>A break for lunch, nap, then back
snorkeling and into the apartment just before sunset for happy hour, then a
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<span style="font-size: small;">Wednesday through Sunday repeat Tuesday with a few extras
thrown in for good measure.<span> </span>We brave the
island roads with the scooter (traded the car).<span>
</span>We explore the cross island trail, with Wigmore Falls on one end and the
Needle in the middle.<span> </span>The hike up to the
Needle is akin to being on a Stairmaster for an hour set on high!<span> </span>The views from the top were worth the
effort.<span> </span>We had great chats with some
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with amazing drumming and dancing.<span> </span>Man, those
dancers can shake, the women their hips the guys there thighs!<span> </span>The underground pit BBQ and local
veggies/roots was very tasty. I wasn’t too fond of the “Cook Island” draft beer
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<span style="font-size: small;">It can rain very hard here, we now find out we are in the
rainy season.<span> </span>We were hoping for and did get a
few breaks in the weather, but snorkeling continued (at least twice a day) despite the rain. On Friday, we managed to overdo the snorkeling/sunning and now will pay with peeling backs. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;">On Saturday, we drove into the main market and enjoyed
sampling the foods and feasting our eyes on the crafts (not to mention
Black Pearls!) with our friends from the hike. </span><span style="font-size: small;">Enjoy a few more photos of our stay on this beautiful
island full of very friendly people.</span></div>
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we decided that we should probably have budgeted more time in this part
of the world. Very sad to leave! We spent some time discussing local
politics and events with the dynamic owner of the Raina Apartments
(June) and visited with friends we met on the flight in. Finally, we
treated ourselves to a delicious dinner at the Moana Sands Cafe.
Mmmm...fresh Tuna! </span></div>
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early Monday morning for the ride back to the Airport. (Warning--be
ready if you book a pick up--this ride waits for no one!) Next report,
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<span style="font-size: small;">Monday 26: In keeping with the Lowe family Boxing Day tradition, we were off to the horse races at the "Hippodrome" with Carmel and Richard today. This oasis in Palermo takes up more than a section of land filled with a number of horse tracks, lakes, exercise rings, exclusive "Jockey Club", betting stands, restaurants, and a sweep of white steps overlooking the race-way. Even though we couldn't follow the commentator, we had no problem understanding the excitement as we followed our horses down the home stretch. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> Richard "won" our betting competition by picking 3/5 winners and had to buy the wine for dinner. For this, we dropped by one of the extensive wine shops in Palermo (wow what choices!) and stocked up for the week. We also came across one of the many fireworks vendors that had some interestingly names packages of explosives;</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The night was still young after dinner (~2230hrs), we headed off to Benita Milonga and listen to El Afronte while more talented and practiced Portenos and some tourists entertained us with their Tango steps. We were very surprised to find that we weren't in bed until about 2 pm. Are we becoming Portenos? </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Tuesday 27: Out for a stroll along Puerto Madero...getting pretty warm today. In fact too hot for the dogs; conveniently they seem to have this figured out in having the dog walkers well trained.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Picked up the ferry tickets for R/C to go to Colonia tomorrow, then off to the Arms Museum today. Ah.. El Museo de Armas. Who doesn't enjoy a good gun? How about thousands of them...and suits of armour, Samuri swords, tanks, Gattling guns/machine guns/pistols/rifles/motars/bazookas//.....and many more beloved weapons of individual and mass destruction. This museum has something for even the most jaded collector! We thought we would be in and out of here, but spent at least an 1 1/2 hours here. We loved the full suit of mail and the tiny "personal protection" guns that look as if a finger would barely fit round the trigger. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">On the other side of this cultural tour, Carmel and Richard were off to enjoy the Ballet at the Teatro Colon. They reported that all was amazing, but that the stage sets were beyond belief and that one of the lesser ballet dancers had stolen the show with his incredible leaps. A "classy" day, all the way through.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Wednesday 28: Although Carmel and Richard were on their way to Colonia del Sacramento today, we had just enough time to catch bus 130 to the MALBA- Latin American Art Museum this morning. Before getting to the museum, we wandered through a few parks in Ricoleta/Palmero barrios.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The main exhibit space was dedicated to Carlos Cruz-Diez--he of the "optical Art" genre. Pretty incredible movement and colour in his works--though they do get repetitive after awhile. The most absorbing and unusual part of the exhibit was a white chamber with illuminated block sculptures and another chamber with constantly moving vertical lines (not for the faint of heart or people prone to epilepsy). </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Additionally, there were other artists represented including Frieda Kahlo and Diego Rivera as well as a fascinating gallery shop. Carmel and Richard then raced to the Buquebus terminal to catch the ferry to Colonia del Sacramento while Tony and I headed back home to scout out a restaurant for tomorrow night. The San Jaun Cafe, our favorite, is closed until late January!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Thursday 29: Finally, the Parque Ecologica was actually open, so off we went on a very long
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<span style="font-size: small;"> Cranky and tired, we returned home on foot for a siesta. Carmel and Richard were back in time for an evening wander into the edge of San Telmo to a lovely restaurant called Caseros. We photographed our delicious appies - Ceviche was the winner (a la the foodie blog sites), but missed the splendid dessert as we were too busy gobbling it up. My oh my.... chocolate, ganache and candied-poached orange slices!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Friday 30: We headed out this morning for our long-anticipated trip to Tigre. This small town close to Buenos Aires has been described as the "green Venice" of South America. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">This is the confluence of many rivers forming the huge Tigre Delta and emptying into the Rio de La Plata. It is possible to imagine that it looks much as Venice may have before the giant buildings were built.. It is a fascinating place of many, many waterways...a water community with vacation homes, water side stores, rowing clubs, yesteryear's resorts and tourist trails. We stopped off up the Delta for a wander through the smaller canals and had a bite to eat...glorious flowers, big bees (size of hummingbirds!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">And then...for something we had all been waiting for...the TANGO SHOW! Carmel and Richard treated us all to the dinner and show at "El Viejo Almacen". We were blown away by the meal (many reviews aren't kind to Tango show dinners, but this was fabulous), wine/champangne and by the show. A brilliant evening, one which lasted well into the night.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Saturday 31: Today is the last day of the year and Richard and Carmel's last night with us. As the occasion required we pulled out all the stops with Carmel and Richard picking up some exceptional wine. Starting early gave us enough time to visit Abasto barrio (home of Gardel and Tango) and peek into "Las Violetas-high tea and postres to die for" before returning to build a great 3 course dinner to accompany the wine. Tonight, we slowed down and savoured all, making the courses and wine last until midnight. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Richard demonstrated his prowess in two languages in free form scrabble. We joined the revelers in Dorego Square with Champagne and accompanied by percussion blasts of fireworks which continued long into the night. Richard suspects that the cadombe drums finally stopped in the square about 0600. Our lasting memories will include the sight of a very elderly couple propped up at a table next Square sitting from 1600 hours to after we left for bed. Luckily, they were not there the next morning.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Sunday 1: Oh it was a sad quiet day in San Telmo as Carmel and Richard got ready today. We all wandered over to Puerto Madero and tried to get into the Parque--no such luck today- "Cerrado"! We did see evidence of a wild night every where with multiple giant boxes of spent fire works. We were back to the apartment for "linner" and then Carmel and I had one last ramble around to shop in the Feria del San Telmo before they were on their way. What a grand visit--one we will remember and recount often. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> No sooner than we waved goodbye to Richard and Carmel, we walked around the corner on Defensa to find a huge crowd and a great jazz band. Some great characters. The story continues!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Today we returned to Puerto Madero after a little more research and finally located the geocache to place a travel bug. It was the only cache we were able to locate, but gave us another chance to wander through the edges of the park and along the waterfront. On our way to the cadet-training tall ship, we spoke to a German chap who has been camper-vanning his way through the Americas with his partner and large golden retriever for the past 2 years. He started in Halifax, traveled across to Alaska and down to Ushuaia before stopping by the waterfront to wait for the trip back home (and back to work after New Year's). He loved the trip through Patagonia--saw beautiful scenery and almost no one on the way down. Walking back across to town, I (Elaine) was sprayed by yogurt (a thief's tactic, we had been told), but we kept walking and all was well. After meandering down Florida Ave and having lunch on Corrientes Ave, we ducked into the Subte just as the monsoons began again.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">We kept close to home today as we were waiting forour British friend Lizzie to visit on her way home from the Spanish school in Montevideo. There are venues and attractions of every sort in San Telmo, so today was "museums and churches day". We hope to return to one of the churches for Christmas Eve mass with Carmel and Richard. I was really surprised by a delightful exhibit at the City Museum on Children's Toys. They had everything from dolls to bicycles displayed in an artful manner and the very welcoming guide seemed thrilled to direct us through. Had lunch in a nice Resto Bar "La Poesia", have their own microbrew beer on tap. We spent a great evening catching up with Liz and finding out about her recent adventures.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">As Lizzie's holidays are drawing to a close, we zipped into Boca on the bus to pick up some last minute travel and Xmas presents. Even though it is very touristy, there are some surprisingly good deals in the less traveled areas (Elaine). Wandering the streets it became apparent that a cruise ship had disgorged its cargo of "adventurous clientele"; not!. After negotiating the streets to get away from the various relentless restaurant hawkers, I can safely say, that I do not need to return to this tourist ghetto again on this trip (Tony). Afternoon siesta's are nice when it is hot; today was hot! We went out to a nice local establishment for dinner, good thing we picked an inside table as the thunder and lightning started followed by buckets of rain. It stopped to a drizzle by the time we left.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">We got news this afternoon that Elaine's mom Helen passed away this morning; very sad, but relieved that, as her friend, Dale said: "it was time to lay aside her worn out mind and body and be off on a new adventure". It was good to speak to all our family and thankful for the very good communications at a time like this to remember Helen in her best years. A big thanks to all of our friends for their kind notes. After Lizzie left for the airport, we went for long walk in the neighbourhood, then sat to listen to the music, watch the Tango dancers and raise a glass of wine to Helen's memory.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Helen Douglas (Schuetze) beloved mother and grandmother:
Anne Schuetze (Thierry Pierret), Carl Schuetze (Cynthia, Dylan, Diane) and
Elaine Ethier (Tony, Nicholas, Valerie), sibling: Verna Mikkelson and Gordon
Douglas, and ex-wife of Dan Schuetze passed quietly away on December 22<sup>nd </sup>. Helen was born in Bella Coola, but spent the
past 35 years in Sidney, BC. She will be
remembered for her kindness, creative abilities (owner of Classic Flowers,
Sidney), artistic endeavors (SPAC member) and musical talents. Her family would like to thank the staff at
Kiwanis Pavilion for their kind care and attention to Helen. Donations in her memory can be made to the
Alzeheimer’s society. A memorial will be
held at a later date. </i> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">A quiet day of reflection and last local bits of Christmas preparations. We picked up some flowers on Corrientes and squished into the Subte on the way home--certainly a Christmas rush in BA! Carmel and Richard returned from their excursion to Salta and Iguazu with lots of tales and photos for proof..they had a fabulous time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Last minute Christmas preparations; dinner, wine, prizes! Dinner was going to be seafood Paella, so off to the San Telmo market to get the fresh meat, lagostina, and veggies. An excursion to the Mercado del Progresso to pick up the tapas for this evenings festivities; cheeses, olives, dried fruits, special breads, membrilla dulce; then on the way back muchos vinos- tintos, blancos, rosados...we will be happy campers. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">On our way out of the apartment for a walk, we were shocked to see that many people
were setting up for the Sunday San Telmo market; seems that even the
biggest Christian Holiday of the year does not slow down this
institution. A leisurely morning stroll by all 4 of us "Pseudo-Portenos", along the Puerto Madero and Parc Ecologica helped clear the cobwebs on this fine Christmas Sunday morning. Unfortunately the parc was locked down till noon, we guess to keep it from getting burned down with fireworks from the previous evening as there was plenty of evidence scattered along our entire walk. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">It was starting to get warm and we were now a bit peckish so we came back to our Pan Dulce (aka Pannetone), fresh fruit and a really nice cup of coffee (thanks Santa Carmel). Again sated, the ladies were keen to explore the market, Richard and I opted for a siesta. Later in the afternoon, the first bottle of vino blanco (Torrontes, one of our favorites) was cracked to begin our next few hours of calls, texts etc to friends and family's at home and abroad...ain't modern technology swell! A few games, chores and a nap.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Out to listen to a bit of street music in the market...some great artists...before beginning the dinner prep.... A great collaborative effort turned out a scrumptious Seafood Paella with all the accompaniments. Some word and dice games finished off the evening...what a full day with great friends.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Carmel and Richard joined us in an a wander through Buenos Aires--through the Plaza de Mayo--by the Theatro Colon, the Casa Rosada, down Florida street to look for the Tourist Information booth. The Tourist Info seems to be MIA. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">In a near miss, Carmel was almost skewered by a bayonet while taking a photo of the guards. Later we headed off to have lunch at a neighbourhood parilliada (perhaps revisiting Richard later). Tonight was chicken and salads night--mmmmm!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Richard didn't fare very well last night and was quite ill all day today. Undeterred, Carmel, Tony and I headed off for Recoletta Cemetary, leaving Richard to recuperate. Tony discovered through talking (in Spanish) to Eva (the apartment`s owner), that Mr. Phantom of the Opera`` aka our next door neighbour is the son of a very famous Argentinian composer`, Ariel Ramirez. No wonder his piano practice sounds sooo good! On the way to the cemetery, Carmel booked their flights to Salta and Puerto Iguazu (a stellar sub-holiday...moral to the story go into the Aerolineas in person and save $600US over the online fares!) ....we were crossing our fingers that Richard is on the mend. There are dog walkers everywhere, with sometimes up to 15 dogs all seemingly well behaved though some have muzzles. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">What an absolutely amazing place. </span><span style="font-size: small;">Although the rain bucketed down on us as we were leaving the cemetery, we now have photos of just about every mausoleum. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Things cleared up on the evening, so we were off to pick up a few medicines for Richard and head off to dinner at the San Juan Cafe a few blocks away. It had lots of great reviews and lived up to the hype an amazing dinner started with Rabbit Pate then onto three separate entrees equally sumptuous. We will return here with Richard before they leave. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Carmel and Richard took it slow today while we headed off to Abasto and wandered through Rividavia on the hunt for the most amazing Panetone (know as Pan Dulce here). Thoroughly drenched, but undaunted, we finally found it and headed back. Carmel ventured out to explore the neighbourhood solo, and managed to find a hair salon to get her hair cut...she did not recommend her stylist, but expects her hair to grow quickly. Luckily Richard was feeling well enough to try the fresh pasta (ravioli with ricotta) and sauce and we were in high spirits to think that he would be recovered enough to actually climb on the plane by himself.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Casa Minima, the narrowest house in BA..whole story about a freed slave being given the property.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: small;">With Carmel and Richard winging their way to Salta, we decided to hunt down the Jardin Japonese. However a slight diversion first...Elaine ventured down a few streets and found a hair salon that took her in right away...one that Carmel did recommend. Off to the garden...the largest formal garden in South America. Very nice stroll.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;">Apparently Tony has decided that I have graduated to the
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<span style="font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;">Today was all about Puerto Madero, the newly renovated old port...pretty upscale and modern. Our first mission was to locate a few geochaches to drop off some travel bugs; although we were never able to locate the geocaches we were searching for (despite all the subterfuge of the three stooges), it gave us a good excuse to wander the area extensively. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">We had a wonderful time clambering all over the tall ship (Fragata Presidente Sarmiento). This beautiful vessel is now a floating museum after making almost 40 voyages with Cadets to the Med, around SA and circumnavigating the world. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Right next to the Sarmiento is a picturesque modern bridge--which carries you over to the modern side of Argentina (Puerto Madero's heartland). After quite a long day wandering around, we made it back to the Plaza Dorego and home.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">We made it all the way to the Mercado del Progresso on the bus! Feeling pretty pleased with ourselves we looked for goodies for Christmas dinner.` The market is a great place to wander, great smells and sights. We didn`t find any peacock though it is one of the traditional meals, but the other favorite, suckling pig, was a definite available.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> Afterwards we take the A train to Cathedral station to go to the Casa Rosada for a tour. This amazing building is not the home of the President, but only the president`s office. The building houses some great art, sculptures, history and architecture. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div>Tony and Elainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07864374026101796588noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3557216184318957989.post-11587086211973046792011-12-11T06:16:00.001-08:002011-12-12T12:50:56.499-08:00IATTOUR Dec 5-11; Buenas Aires Wk 1<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">
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<span style="font-size: small;">We begin the next leg of the trip arriving into BA via the Buquebus fast ferry from Colonia del Sacramento. Our first challenge was to figure out how to phone the agency for our apartment rental; the phones need coins (moneda), the kiosk staff couldn't give change, but sold us a phone card that didn't work. After a number of futile attempts, we hop in a taxi; with our broken Spanish convince the cab driver to call the agency on his cell phone...success. We meet Sarah and Eve at the apartment just off Dorego Plaza and get settled. We weren't sure what we were going to get, but the place is really comfy and has everything we need. The area although a bit touristy seems like a pretty funky district with </span><span style="font-size: small;">easy access to all transportation to get around the city. We head out to get a few essentials; wine, cheese, fruit and begin exploring the neighborhood. Lots of activity, both local and visitors.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">After a busy weekend we are set to have a bit of a quiet evening of reading and relaxing. The apartment although right next to Dorego Plaza is very quiet when compared to Montevideo. As we settle in for the evening, we begin to get serenaded by one of our neighbours to a set of classical music on his grand piano...wow what a treat! This turns out to be a daily ritual....very talented person. The only downside to the apartment is a lack of view (other than the fat guy next door in his undies) with a balcony/terrace, but that gives us a very quiet place..more important when sleeping.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">We begin to understand the true size of this city and the amount of things to do and see here as we continue our research. The good thing is we don't have to do it all in few days, so try and set a relaxed schedule to fully appreciate the offerings. Our first foray out was to conquer the Subte (subway) was to no where in particular and tackled at a non-rush hour period</span></span> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">so as not to frighten us off. Pretty straight forward, the only thing don't bend your multi-pass paper viaje tickets as they get spit back out of the turnstyle and will not let you pass. A wander down Avenida Rivadavia to the Parque Rivadavia was and enjoyable days outing. Returning to Dorego Plaza, we watch the professionals doing the Tango...they make this look easy, but it ain't.</span><br />
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We hook up with a British bloke (we were referred to by Juliane) who conducts walking/bus/subte tours of central BA (this is pay by tip tour); was about 4 hours; meeting on the steps of the statue at Plaza Italia. A great backgrounder tour which explained how to use the urban omnibus (GUIAT de Bolsillo-a must have guide book 12 pesos if you ever expect to catch a bus) and subte took us through a bunch of districts by bus and subte. Got to see Carlos Gardel's house and district where the modern Tango began. This fellow had a wealth of historic knowledge of the city and would highly recommend his tour- www.buenosaireslocaltours.com. He briefed us on the hazards of the city...mad drivers to the rougher sections to avoid and pick pockets. Prior to getting on the omnibus, I had transferred anything of importance out of my pants pockets into the small backpack that hung in front of me. Getting on the crowded omnibus, with kids crying, lots of distractions, getting jostled,<i><b> I (Tony) realized someone had a hand in my back pocket</b></i>....I turned quickly to find a middle aged guy dressed like he was heading to the golf course with his aviator sun glasses, non-chalantley give me a "what me worry" look shrug his shoulders, then promptly get off a the next stop. I asked the guide if this was part of the tour! Just reinforces that you need to be careful when on crowded buses or Subte. The only safe way is to have a pack/bag which you hold in front of you with important stuff.<br />
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We strike off for Boca down Defensa. This corner of the world is extremely colourful, but is undoubtedly not the safest place to wander at night. There is a nice promenade along the tidal and very sketchy looking river. Turning off this area into the heart of the tourist section in Boca, we are treated to an artesans market and then a cacophany of tango and flamenco music enticing tourists into various diners. The Tango dancers artfully glide along while the tourists gather and gawk. This place is alive with colour and languages and the expected tourist stuff. We decide to walk a little further for lunch and find ourselves back on the San Telmo side in an airy old parilla. Keeping to the pattern, a little rest and we are back out to check out the streets around the apartment in the evening. Good thing we don't have the balcony that Tony hoped we would or we would not sleep for the activity that goes on in this little square.<br />
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Should we go to the Polo match today? After we reach Palermo by subway, we wander through a giant supermercado in this upscale area (frequented by Embassy staff). It is full of absolutely everything, especially wine. We may have to come back with Carmel and Richard to pick up some of this for "taste-testing". It turns out that the polo match is too expensive (think the Stanley Cup finals) and sold out. We walk by, photograph the polo ponies and head to the Hippodrome (across the street) to watch the horse races. The horses and the venue are absolutely spectacular. Too bad we don't put money on our choices as I picked the winner in the first and Tony picked the winner in the second. As Elizabeth is coming this evening we make sure we are back and ready to greet her.<br />
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Tony, Elizabeth and I are up early to pick up tickets for the evening opera performance of "The Merry Widow" Teatro Colon. Afterwards we watch some of the celebrations surrounding the second inauguration of Chrisina Kitchner (Argentina's president and wife of a past president) at the Plazo de Mayo and Congresso. There are I would guess >200,000 people lining the streets cheering and jeering, hard to distinguish who is who; all have drums and flags. Quite a spectacle. <br />
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The Subte's is free today, so we make our way out to Palermo for a wander through some of the botique shopping districts, till our feet get too sore and we head back to San Telmo for a bit of a relax prior to the Opera. <br />
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This is our (T&E's) first opera, so quite an experience to be in one of the top Opera houses in the world..everything after this will have a hard time to live up to this standard. The theatre is breathtaking, as this was one of of the last performances of the season, the place was packed. The plot was simple enough to follow, so sat back and enjoyed the music and spectacle of the costumes and dance. Finished off the evening sitting on a terrace above Dorrego Square enjoying a bottle of wine and a few nibblies between the three of us. Drag ourselves into bed about 2am.<br />
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The San Telmo sunday market is in full swing, >20 blocks of art, antiques, performances (bands, puppeteers, mimes, tango, etc), knicknacks,food, clothing....and more, plus a gazillion locals and tourists packing the square and Defensa Ave. This is a weekly occurrence..wow. Richard and Carmel arrive in the middle of this mellee, but being the seasoned travelers arrived at our door with narry a problem. Elizabeth heads back to Montevideo, we hope to meet up with her in LA on our way through. Have a bit of a quiet day, with some wanderings through the market then a late dinner with Richard and Carmel...we are all ready for the sack.</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Last week in Montevideo, Uruguay (boohoo!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Big news of the week...<span style="color: red;">the Chivito Twins take on the Candombe bandits.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">Although Monday was back to school as usual, on Tuesday, Martin and Wolfgang (affectionately known as the "Chivito Twins") arrived back from their business travels with a startling story. On Sunday night they were following and photographing the "Candombe band" during its practice near their apartment when they were accosted by 5 druggie types who wanted to rob them. Martin punched one and chased them off (even though they showed him what might have been a gun). Later, they went after Wolfgang's camera, striking him on the head, but the brothers successfully fought them off again. Very impressive and slightly crazy, but they have a big story for years to come. This type of thing could happen in any large city--we feel very safe in Montevideo. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">We followed up that excitement with another Tango evening at Margot's Milonga (classic old building) where Andrea instructs with Graziella, Elizabeth (Liz), Juliane and Bruno. Afterwards, we stayed to have wine/beer and talk to our friends from Punto del Diablo. There is a fiesta being planned for Thursday at Laura's house to which we are all invited. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> On Wednesday night, thanks to Juliane, we started getting ready for Christmas in Montevideo at Herradura. She has been making advent boxes and beautiful Christmas stars in Uruguayan colours. Tonight, we made German Christmas cookies (Gazetitas de Aleman). Juliane requested 5 favorites from her mom, translated the recipes into Spanish, collected all ingredients and divided us into teams. Somewhat thwarted by the gas oven which doesn't have a dial, so the temperature is just a guess, we made all 5 varieties. Sandra's sons happily cut, decorated and sampled cookies for us. Not surprisingly, the baking was a tremendous success (the cookies disappeared very quickly!). </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Directly after the baking, Tony, Bruno and Jason barbequed. Everyone gathered to say goodbye to Sarah who has been volunteering at the World Trade Centre and is returning to Washington DC for another position very early on Saturday morning.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">On Thursday night, Liz, Grazi and Elaine attended a Tango conference in the basement of the Wine Museum which was presented by a lovely woman from Montevideo. She has been studying in Indiana at Notre Dame and is in South America on Fulbright scholarship to write a history of Tango. Tony, Juliane, Elizabeth and Bruno opted to go for a beer and meet us later at the Tango Class get-together. We feasted on potluck dinner in Laura's beautiful home, continuing to chat, dance, say goodbyes late into the evening. We are hopeful that we will see many of these friends again--perhaps in Canada.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">We headed off for dinner at a local parrilla with Bruno, Martin and Wolfgang. The dinner was mainly grilled meat...a lot of meat...including chorizo sausages, blood sausages and, I think, small intestine. It tasted great, but was so much that guys aren't able to eat all (along with the beer). Back at the school, we drank, talked work/travels and world politics into the wee hours. (It is going to be very quiet in Buenos Aires after this fun until Richard and Carmel arrive.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Saturday morning, we were up to say goodbye to our friends who are heading to Punto del Este, and to exchange addresses. Hopefully, we will see them later...in BA and beyond. More goodbyes to Julianne and Margot and we were off to Colonia del Sacramento by bus. Such beautiful countryside (too bad I couldn't keep my eyes open). Colonia is wonderful. It is touristy, but very historic and quaint in the old town just down the block from our Bed and Breakfast. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">We spent hours walking by the old city wall, along the ancient cobblestone pathways while admiring the buildings, lighthouse and old cars stationed outside the restaurants. In the evening, we headed to the restaurant which Juliane, Marion and Margot had recommended. It was incredibly picturesque, with ancient autos parked outside--one with a table inside it. You can get everything at "The Drugstore"--from Uruguayan to Japanese food to Swiss fondues. We were actually able to speak to the waiter about our evening and order all in Spanish. Feeling pretty good about that...and the Clerico we drank, we listened to a musical duet and watched the sunset.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Tomorrow we are sadly wrapping up our Uruguay stay of over the 3 weeks as we board the fast cat ferry for Buenas Aires at noon...This country has much to offer-ocean, great food, tango, rolling prairies, high class resorts, hidden beach towns, historical cities, modern cities...and much more, along with a friendly hospitable people; we would highly recommend it for a destination for anyone contemplating a South American tour!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">And...the famous Uruguayan sandwich. Eat it with fries and salad. Top it with a slice of Canadian bacon and you have Chivito Canadianse. Hard to resist!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Montevideo Week II</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;">Well we have settled into a comfortable routine of 4 hours of</span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> class a day with two sessions; a grammar and conversation. Afternoons are spent exploring the city, with either an evening out for dinner or to make something tasty we picked up in the market. Every week the offering of extracurricular activities changes.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This week, we had an evening class with Christina (the director's sister-in-law) on how to make empenadas and a type of bread pudding. Delicious and there is nothing like making food for motivating conversation en Espanol. Montevideo is easy to get around, with lots of very helpful inhabitants keeping us on the straight and narrow. The day of the last bus strike, we even had transportation officials stop us on the street. When they discovered we were tourists, they welcomed us to Uruguay and reassured us that they were working to have the buses back on track. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">During the week we spent a bit of time with a retired teacher, Steve, from Denver, who gave us lots of useful tips on various places he has visited around the world. We shared a US Thanksgiving dinner with Steve and Charlotte (from Germany) over a bottle or two of Tannat wine and steak. Friday we had a number of people finishing at the school, so there was a chance for a group photo on the back patio.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The week was capped with an excursion out to Punto del Diablo, a lovely small beach town about 4.5 hours by bus from Montevideo (almost on the frontier to Brazil). The trip was organized by the coordinator of the Tango school we attended the previous week (Andrea) and was attended by 6 of the language school students (2 Canadienses, 2 Suizos, 1 Estadosunidse, 1 Alemana) and 8 other people from the Tango school (who arrived on the next day). Our hostel was within walking distance of the beach and we spent an hour or two wandering through Punto Del Diablo followed by a number of attentive young dogs before dinner.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;">Andrea had made reservations for us on Friday night a quaint and rustic beachfront restaurant. </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">We spent a</span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> wonderful warm evening enjoying a beautiful sunset and eating fresh seafood by candlelight while the host played guitar. It was a lovely time with great food and conversation.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Moving back to the beach, we continued our relaxing before striking out to buy 4 kilos of fresh-caught prawns for dinner. The Tango students decided to join us making dinner in the hostel and few hours later we sat down to a feast. We said that it was a stand-in for the Thanksgiving dinner that Elizabeth (from the US) had missed that Thursday. To top the evening off, those who were still able to stand, played fubol or danced Tango late into the night.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;"> Although we climbed on the bus at 4 in the afternoon, I don't think anyone really wanted to leave this wonderful place. A number of hours later and we were back in Montevideo, ready for what the week ahead had to offer.</span>Tony and Elainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07864374026101796588noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3557216184318957989.post-32374308767166377652011-11-22T02:04:00.001-08:002011-11-22T04:25:12.151-08:00IATTOUR November 13-20, 2011: Montevideo, Uruguay<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;">We arrived on Saturday evening and were met at the school by Juliana—a
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<span style="font-size: small;">Juliana directed us to a supermarket and then a street
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<span style="font-size: small;">This past week we settled into a new routine.
The Herradura language school has been
incredibly interesting and fun. There are 4 hours of classes each day (2
with 2 different teachers). The school is based in a 3ish story stone
townhouse in a bohemian district of Montevideo and caters to both live-in and live-out
students. We are living here for the 3
weeks and share the space with a varying numbers of housemates/students.<br /><br />
When we first arrived, there were 2 German girls, 1 American a Brazilian as
well as ourselves. Now it is 3 Americans, 3 Germans, 2 Swiss and 2
Canadians. As if this mixture wasn't crazy enough, there are many other
Spanish language students who come in from apartments, home-stays, pensions and
even their own homes to the school every day. They hang out and chat in
at least 5 different languages (luckily English is the default for all but
1). The young Swiss woman in our class is unilingual French, has just
recently moved to Uruguay to be with her family, so is interesting with Elaine
translating French to English for the benefits of all.</span>
<span style="font-size: small;"> Her father was one of the political prisoners
in the 70’s who escaped to Europe (too much to put in the blog, but a great
story). It is the most amazing situation
to be in. <br /><br />
We benefit from their explorations in South America and have picked up a few
tips for later.</span>
<span style="font-size: small;"> We are able to sign up
for extracurricular group activities or make up our own. So far, we have
explored the old part of the city, walked along the beach, watched an intense
international street bicycle race and visited a mall that resembles a North
American one in its entire Christmas splendor.
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<span style="font-size: small;">We tried Tango on Tuesday with 2 German girls and a Swiss guy (the
instructors were exceedingly patient with us) and visited several museums. The Guacho museum is chock full of riding
paraphernalia, as the horse plays a large role in the development of this area
(the Guacho is very revered in all of South America). </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The Contemporary Art Museum is really different. Housed in an old prison in the interior of
the city, it displays incredible pieces of interactive art—changed
regularly. A cross between Alcatraz and Emily
Carr School of Design. We spent about ½
hour making incredible graphic images with an interactive keyboard and then
photographed decaying cell blocks. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Yesterday it was a group trip to the market with two other
housemates to pick up ingredients for a group meal--shared between 7 of us.
Markets happen regularly in Montevideo streets and this was a lovely grocery
market. Many stalls of organic level
produce, fish, cheese, baked goods and assorted random household items
blockaded the street while vendors called out to shoppers and an old blind man
played lovely sad Tango music on his accordion. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Tonight/Sunday night, we were out with 2 brothers from
Germany to see Penerol play Nacional.
This was apparently the match to see, featuring the 2 main rival teams
in Uruguay and held in “Estatios Centenal” (a stadium which can hold 70,000
fans). Even the Germans, both great
soccer fans, were taken aback by the passion of the crowd. 1 hour
before the game, the stands were mostly full and the crowd was singing, waving
banners and jeering the other team. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Unfortunately, our section, Penerol, lost with a penalty kick on a
handball, but it was highly entertaining. Afterwards everyone at the school
asked if we got caught up in any after match skirmishes…but no…I think things
were pretty well contained as there was quite a police presence everywhere. We
ran off to dinner with Wolfgang and Martin and then followed a group of
drummers through the streets to home.</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">We
are planning to join another group of Uruguayan Tango Students with their guide
and head out to Puenta Del Diablo next weekend.
Apparently it is in the edgy, undiscovered paradise for young travellers,
artists and local hippies (early Saltspring?).
At least you can get there by bus—the next small town over (Cabo
Polonia) requires an ATV or hitch-hiking!
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Although I wouldn't say our Spanish has improved greatly, we are much more
comfortable in the market, in restaurants and when we speak to people who know
a little English. A small amount
of progress and a great adventure!</span></span>Tony and Elainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07864374026101796588noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3557216184318957989.post-75597048787410600202011-11-13T11:02:00.000-08:002011-11-13T15:30:49.773-08:00IATTOUR November 8-12<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-xlJ1xwoSl0JOSbYnDNM1yZNVuLteHF-aGxD4QuT0EmXF0D12v2JsLuHlfzZKPQA5SGIuz-FeZMMUv9bGgqXgiyrd2F1AqqUKanKvUyzBGdSW5Z4mU5Ch3tie_ghyphenhyphenKYZiu-rO4yawzhj2/s1600/IMG_5656+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-xlJ1xwoSl0JOSbYnDNM1yZNVuLteHF-aGxD4QuT0EmXF0D12v2JsLuHlfzZKPQA5SGIuz-FeZMMUv9bGgqXgiyrd2F1AqqUKanKvUyzBGdSW5Z4mU5Ch3tie_ghyphenhyphenKYZiu-rO4yawzhj2/s320/IMG_5656+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">November 8,2011 Puerto Iguazu</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Well we both survived the night in our separate dorms; each with different experience- Elaine's room mate preferred no fan or AC due to too much noise thus was a bit toasty; Tony had some bloke arrive sometime in the wee hours. The end net result we both decided we prefer the private double; at least you know your roomate even if they have their own special attributes. Up for the standard continental breakfast before striking off for the "Gran Adventura" tour through the jungle, jet boat ride up the lower Iguazu River rapids then a dip under a few of the falls on the Argentine National Parc side. We must say this tour was a blast, but could have settled for just the boat ride under the falls (about 1/2 price) which was the best part.</span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWdeK30IE1M5zCu7SBwLech9s2Xikt2J3j8Pr5ZJJYe6zC2dj-3ADwcqV07_yeHgO0rLKdvXViLvLzQjAZDe9q25Yr48a-dW_9iaEexgi-ipHPB0XGqmK1zPpuLBip4coO1aY6B2Vt1YA7/s1600/IMG_5615+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWdeK30IE1M5zCu7SBwLech9s2Xikt2J3j8Pr5ZJJYe6zC2dj-3ADwcqV07_yeHgO0rLKdvXViLvLzQjAZDe9q25Yr48a-dW_9iaEexgi-ipHPB0XGqmK1zPpuLBip4coO1aY6B2Vt1YA7/s400/IMG_5615+%25281024x768%2529.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The park perspective from the Argentine side is quite different from the Brasillian; you do not get the large panoramic shots, but you are up close to feel and hear each of the falls. The park area is a lot larger, so the crowds do not seem quite as big; but maybe we were there on a good day. The trails meandered through the hillside to the top of escarpment with numerous small falls along the way and interesting flora and fauna to watch. The pinnacle of the park is the Gargantua del Diablo "Devil's Throat", which you view from directly above. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">You will notice in the video a lot of birds flying around; these are Swifts. They roost on the basalt cliff faces on the sides and underneath the waterfalls. We were mesmerized watching them plunge through and emerge from the walls of water. This was a very cool place; just made the list for the new 7 wonders of the natural world and would recommend as a must see place if you are anywhere in lower SA. It was a warm day and we were pretty played out by about 3pm so headed back to the hostel to check into our double room for the night. Sat around the pool, drank a bit of beer chatting to an Aussie couple and German woman;then went off to another good grilled dinner with the whole group. The room tonight was to both our liking and a good night's sleep was had in preparation for our bus trip tomorrow.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">November 9,2011</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">We had a liesurely day in Puerto Iguacu today, sightseeing in the morning (looking out at the "Tres Frontiers" where the waters from Paraguay, Brazil and Argentina merge), window-shopping in town and relaxing in the lovely gardens of the Garden Stone Hostel. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">November 10, 2011</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">We survived. The next morning came too early and we were literally dumped by the side of the road near Concordia. Fortunately there were a couple of cabs hanging around, we decided to take the easy way and cab over to Salto in Uruguay as opposed to figuring out the urban bus or the boat across the river at 0630 hours. The cab driver led us through the Argetine-Uruguay border formalities, then crossed over the dam traversing the Rio Uruguay into Uruguay. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">We were deposited at the Salto Omnibus terminal, then had to figure out our next moves. The girl at the information kiosk was helpful but the exchange was limited by her English and our Spanish. Fortunately, there was a free hotspot so were able to arrange a room for the night out at the Termas de Dayman. We picked up our Montivideo bus tickets for Saturday, then checked our bags before heading off on foot to explore Salto. This is a very pretty little town with lots of old colonial style buildings, squares with green space and statues. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">On trying to figure out the local ATM, Tony realized that he did not get his VISA card back from the agent at the Nunez bus counter when buying our tickets to Montivideo. Panic city...we hoof it back to the station to find the card safe and sound; they were as concerned as we were and spread word through out the terminal (checked bag storage lady asked about our card). High praise for these guys. Our heart rates back down to normal range, we catch the urban bus back to town to have lunch and finish our wander. The town shuts down from about 12-3pm. Later in the afternoon, feeling a bit fagged from the overnight bus, we head out to the Hotel in Dayman. This is a tourist destination for the Termal Baths right across the street from our hotel. Went for a soak in the baths before dinner, did that feel good or what. The place was so nice we opted for 2 nights.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">November 11, 2011</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">A lazy day,excellent breakie-pool-nap-lunch-pool-nap-walk-pool-dinner. What a life. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">On one of the walks we spotted a bunch of Parrot Condo's in the town up top of some Palm trees, really fun to watch, boy are they a noisy raucous crowd. Off to Montevideo a manana.</span>Tony and Elainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07864374026101796588noreply@blogger.com0