Eva and Les

Getting back to blogging Preparations OK, so I haven't been blogging for many years, and in the meantime I've aged. Unfortunately, not quite like a fine wine, more like one that produces lots of sediment that I'm trying to work through so I can remember how all this functions! I've been spurred on by Cam Ashcroft's blog of his and Stu's amazing adventures in Africa (I'd put a link in here if I knew how and after I've asked Cam if that's OK). Anyhow, lets get started! Fortunately there are videos on YouTube on how to do this, but I do need to watch them! A whimsical autumn leaf, waving me goodbye Goodbye Canberra autumn, hello Spanish Summer! I'm all packed and almost ready, with nearly a day to spare. Already I've been hit by the you-got-ready-too-early problems of digging through my suitcase to discover that I had already packed what I couldn't remember. The morning of my flight We went for a last walk around...

Just seeing if I can edit stuff to the blog OK. Well, of course it has all changed now and it is a Google thing (isn't everything these days??). Just about packed all my stuff, deciding to take a backpack and keeping the weight down to less than 15kg, which isn't bad for 3 months away! I hear there are still problems with the Iclandic Volcano (apart from pronounciation issues) so I may have fun wandering about Heathrow! Well, that's it for now, hopefully the next post will see me on the way.

This was a fantastic 8 day boat cruise on a luxury class motor catamaran that has a maximum of 16 passengers, and about 10 crew. We arrived on board at about 12:45am, along with an English couple, Jan and John, who had been travelling about 4 months – others would join us later. We knew the boat would be a hit with Eva, when we were told that we’d have to take our shoes off before going to the inside areas! The boat really was fantastic, and I’d recommend Galasam and the Queen of Galapagos to anyone. There were 3 decks with chairs and shade on 2 of them, as well as an air-conditioned lounge and dining area. Our cabin was HUGE, about 3.5m square, with two beds, two small tables and a full length and width opening tinted window by the side of Eva’s bed. It had an additional large ensuite with a bath that had full length/width window, so that when you had a shower, you just looked out to sea! It was ...