Friday, March 6, 2015. The biggest tourist attraction in this region is Ha Long Bay with its thousands of limestone karsts. There you can hire all sizes and shapes of boats to explore for a few hours or a few days. It is crowded with tourists. The alternative is to go to Cat Ba Island and from there cruise through Ha Long Bay and Lan Ha Bay. After a stop for swimming, which was basically a non event as it was cold, so only two .

Thursday, August 19, 2010. So the road was rather worse than the first leg. Took 5 hours to go 200kms. Mum says that they were larger than the cultivated variety. Spent the day either waiting for the pilot or going for a scenic flight. Wednesday, August 18, 2010. Down the Stuart Highway, Mum and I kept watch .

First, thanks to all who have visited, commented and viewed my blog over the last three years. I appreciate all of you. Well, all except the spammers. LOL Now here is the latest news. I would appreciate it if you would. Thanks again and hope to see you there. Oh yeah, the link for the new site is here;.

Saturday, April 4, 2009.

Wednesday, May 7, 2014. After that we stopped for lunch and made the long trip overland to Yerevan, the capital of Armenia. The following day we were up and out to visit a monastery with an amazing view of Mt. We then made our way back to Yerevan for lunch, and then were off again to another monastery, this one dating back to the 4th century. Monday, May 5, 2014.