Theme parks day two: Aquatica
Day two of our theme park adventure was spent on the water slides at Aquatica. This water park is next door to Sea World and appears to be huge – but a little disappointingly it wasn’t! Some of the slides were good, others a bit of an anti climax and … Read More
Theme parks day three: Walt Dinsey World’s Magic Kingdom
I never want to see another child again as long as I live!!! Screaming, wailing, snotty brats! Ok so maybe they’re not that bad but Magic Kingdom was full of them. Magic Kingdom is the part of Walt Disney world designed for the kids – so I guess it wasn’t … Read More
Alligator spotting in the everglades
It’s been a while since I last wrote so here is a bit on what I’ve been up to since arriving in America. We had just one day in Miami and chose to head to the Everglades to see if we could have more luck spotting Alligators in America than … Read More
The drive to Orlando
The drive from Miami to Orland was fairly unremarkable. Much of the time I spent sat in the back reading my book listening to Naomi and dad bickering about what way to go! Along the way we stopped off at a traditional America Diner for breakfast. Dad, Naomi and Uncle … Read More
Theme parks day one: Sea World
Our Orlando theme park escapades began at Sea World the home of Shamu, the Killer Whale from the film Free Willy. It was only a fifteen-minute drive from our accommodatiom as we arrived we marvelled at the sheer number of car parking spaces available as, being early, we drove up … Read More
Arriving in America
After a fairly comfortable flight we arrived at Miami airport and I got my first glimpse of the country that dominates the world! The first thing I noticed were the yellow taxies outside the airport – just like the New York cabs you see in the movies. Very bizarre. I … Read More
Home: But did I ever really leave?
It’s true – after 535 days travelling around Asia and Australasia I am back in old blighty! I touched down on English soil two weeks ago – and yes it has taken me this long to get around to updating my blog. After a massive hug from my dad as … Read More
It’s offical Malayisa is poo!
After yesterday post we moved on to Ipoh hoping our Malaysia experience would get better. Well… We arrived at 8am this morning after a 12 hour bus journey. Kat was getting straight on another bus to go to Kuala Lumpa to get some souvenirs she’d seen when we’d been there … Read More
Malaysia is closed
Well I didn’t do well at updating the blog did I. Its been 23 days since my last post and in that time I haven’t had a spare second to catch up with things. I have however been, as usual, having an amazing time…. until recently (more on that in … Read More
Will I ever get up to date
Once again time is slipping by and I am destined never to get the blog completely up to date. I did get a good bit written over Christmas but now it’s back to limited internet access. Australia is over, we’ve moved on… I’m sitting here writing this in a VERY … Read More
The world’s largest sand island
It is said that all the sand from the Eastern coast of Australia eventually ends up on Fraser island – a gigantic sand bar measuring 120 kilometers by 15 kilometers and one of my favourite places in Australia. To access Fraser Island we had to get a ferry and then … Read More
Diving the Great Barrier Reef
A three hour boat journey took us to Knuckle Lagoon on the outer Great Barrier Reef. A perfect location for a day of snorkeling and diving. We’d got a good deal on an introductory dive when booking the trip and were the first group due in the water. As soon … Read More