Tag: sunset
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Chilean Road Trip – Week 3
We chose to camp one more night in Chile before getting to the Argentina border at Jama. I am so grad we did. First, because it made the next days driving a bit shorter, but primarily because the sunset we experienced was simply amazing. The next morning we headed for the border. Then, came our…
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Our Mérida Exploration
We are nearing the end of our month here in Mérida and I thought I should share some thoughts on this city on the Yucatan peninsula. In an effort to explore more of México we chose to spend our second month here in Mérida. The only reasons for this was we had heard and read…
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Desert Glamping
One of the things we knew from the beginning of our planning was that we were going to do a night of luxury camping, or “Glamping” while we were in Oman. We went with Desert Queen Camps and were not disappointed. It is a fairly basic setup, but gave us just the experience we were…
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It’s Been Fun, P.E.I.
Well, here we are wrapping up our seven month stay on Prince Edward Island that included six months of house sitting just outside of the small city of Summerside. The goal when coming here was two fold; to explore an area of Canada we had never been before and to experience an East Coast winter.…
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Beautiful Bonaire
Our second stop on the ABC island trilogy was Bonaire. The 20,000ish population are part of what is called Special Municipality of The Netherlands. We spent just over a week here and found it very much to our liking. The laid back lifestyle, spectacular coastal views and SCUBA diving set it apart from the other…
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Aruba
We stopped in Aruba for a short five day stop to help us get an idea of what the former Netherland Antilles was all about. First off, five days isn’t enough to get to know any country, but it did give us a taste. Having pointed out the harshness of the interior, it is only…
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Xi’an and the Terracotta Warriors
Part of our tour in China included a stop in the city of Xi’an. Besides being the capital of the province, it is also the closest major centre to the famed Terracotta Warriors. In 1974 a farmer was digging a well and came across some fragments of clay. When he turned them over to the…
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Drinks in the Clouds
Bearing in mind that the Marina Bay Sands is a 200 metre tall building, we had a grand view of the light show they put on a couple of times every night. Yes it sucks that they charge you to go up, but seriously, highest bar in the world and two quality cocktails for $35.…
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Vanuatu
When you have a couple of weeks of uncommitted time what do you do? We look at a map. With two weeks between our final house sit in Adelaide and our first sit in Melbourne we decided to add another stamp to our passports by visiting the South Pacific nation of Vanuatu. Nestled in the…
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Birds Anyone?
The two most outstanding aspects of our newest location so far, is the sunsets and the birds. Being on the west coast, of course, pretty well guarantees a number of gorgeous sunsets every week. One of our favourite evening activities is to take the dog for a walk along the waterfront and enjoy the setting…