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My travel adventures!
flâneur /flaˈnəː/ Loosely translated from the French as "a person who roams around, deliberately aimless, just observing life."
Barking Mad
There is one thing that Chileans have plenty of and that's dogs. There are thousands of them and for some reason they all decide to bark...
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1 day ago2 min read
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Time to head back north?
Well not yet - It's taken nearly 20 hours of driving and numerous toll fees to get here. That little blue dot south of Santiago is me. In...
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2 days ago1 min read
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Kleines Deutschland (Little Germany)
A short drive today to a fascinating part of Chile. Following revolutions in Europe in 1848, 6,000 German families set sail for Lake...
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3 days ago1 min read
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The Chile I was looking for!
Arrived in Valdivia yesterday arvo and went for a walk around town. First thing I noticed was there were a lot of smiling faces, this is...
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4 days ago2 min read
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A rainy day on the road
Drove from Tulca to Los Angeles yesterday and it was pretty much raining the whole way. Not sure they receive a lot of rain around here...
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5 days ago2 min read
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Don't ever use booking.com
I set off early this morning from Valparaiso, over the hill behind my hotel, but my car struggled and I was lucky to make it up the steep...
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7 days ago2 min read
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Valparaiso surprises
A cold morning of 13*C and a little rain so I set off to explore the town of Valparaiso. After a while wandering through the steep...
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Apr 92 min read
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That’s not a hill!
On the road, but nearly wasn’t, as I picked up the hire car for the next few weeks from the Santiago airport, and began the drive to...
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Apr 81 min read
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Sunday in Santiago
This morning I set off to take the Sky Costanera to the top of the tallest observatory of the tallest skyscraper in South America, But...
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Apr 71 min read
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A little bit underwhelming!
Took off this morning for a 15km walk (about 5 hours) around the city to try to find some notable landmarks. But only a few historical...
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Apr 61 min read
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It’s great to be back on the road
After an all night fight from Auckland, I arrived late afternoon?? tomorrow?? yesterday?? in Santiago, Chile, something to do with the...
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Apr 51 min read
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A giant Kiwi Fruit, Cathedral Cove and ouch that sands hot!
After leaving Rotorua we made our way north via Te Puke - the kiwi fruit capital of the world. Over 100 million trays of the fruit are...
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Apr 32 min read
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Napier, Lake Taupo and Rotorua
As we made our way across the North Island to Napier we happened to stop for a magnificent lunch at the Craggy Creek Vineyard and...
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Apr 22 min read
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The unbeliva-bull, remarka-bull town of Bull
People say there is not much to see as you make your way across New Zealand to Napier. However we set out to prove them wrong. The views...
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Mar 262 min read
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New Zealand's only glockenspiel
Day 6 and a highlight of our New Zealand road trip was from New Plymouth to Stratford to see a mechanical clock perform "Romeo and...
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Mar 252 min read
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And another adventure begins
I’m off! Not in a literal sense, but on my next adventure. First across the ditch for a North Island road trip (with plenty of car...
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Mar 232 min read
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That's a Wrap
Well, I am back in Lane Cove after four months of adventures through Europe. Starting in Sardinia, Corsica, France, Spain (my new...
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Aug 26, 20241 min read
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Time flies when you are having fun
With four exhibition halls, over ninety aircraft, more than 2 million records, and 30 thousand artefacts, the Fleet Air Arm Museum at...
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Aug 20, 20241 min read
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The city that invented plasticine
That's right, today I am in Bath, founded by the Romans as a thermal spa. Bath became an important centre of the wool industry in the...
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Aug 19, 20241 min read
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Avon Calling
Another day yesterday working at Margaret's and Simon's farm, before getting a short train trip to Bristol, where I am spending my last...
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Aug 18, 20241 min read
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