Grants on Tour

Our last stop on this fabulous 82 day adventure has been Anguilla, staying at Cap Juluca hotel on the western end of the small carribean...

This last week we've been in Galapagos with Ecoventura on their ship, THEORY. The ship takes 20 passengers on a trip around some of the...

From Buenos Aires we flew to Bariloche. This is a 2 hour flight South West, towards Chile and into the Andes. Bariloche is the chocolate...

From Easter Island we had a 6 hour layover in Santiago en route to Buenos Aires, Argentina. This is a new country for us. After take-off...

So is it worth the hassle of getting here? YES!! This Island has been at the top of my bucket list for 40+ years, ever since I read Thor...

Getting to Easter Island is NOT easy! Especially from Tahiti. Before Covid there was a direct flight betwen the two, but that flight died...

From Bora Bora we moved to Papeete, Tahiti. This is the capital of French Polynesia. We had to spend more than 24 hours in Papeete to...

From Aitutaki we flew via Rarotonga and Tahiti to Bora Bora. Last leg is by boat from Bora Bora airport to St. Regis Hotel. Bora Bora is...

Before I begin today's blog I want to tell of another story. My father and I had some wonderful discussions about his many travels during...

The flight from Auckland to Rarotonga in the Cook Islands took 3 1/2 hours. We took off on 26th October and landed on 25th, having...

Before leaving Bay of Islands we visited Waitangi Treaty Grounds. This is the site where the Treaty between the Mouri chiefs and the...

Yesterday was spent behind the wheel, driving from Rotorua to Bay of Islands Paihia. Paihia is a small seasode town in a picturesque bay...

Norsk tekst are skrevet under engelsk tekst. Yesterday we drove to Hobbiton. This is the movie set used in the Lord of the Rings and the...

We had one full day in Napier before moving onwards. We had an easy day, first walking around the town and then around a headland,...

This is another fairly long drive, first up the coast to Westport, then across the South Island to Blenheim. Before leaving Hokitika we...

Day 5: Arrowtown and Queenstown We drove to a small town called Arrowtown, around 25 minutes from Queenstown. After driving down quite a...

We have had our first 4 days in New Zealand. Day 1 Christchurch: After arriving at the hotel in the middle of the night, we were up and...

We have had two fantastic days in Brisbane. The first day was a day we will never forget. We crossed off two items in our bucket list;...

For the last 2 days we have been at Uluru, staying at a lodge called Longitude 131°. Following an intro and being taken to our "tent", we...

On day 4 we took a lunchtime cruise around Sydney harbour with Captain Cook Cruises. This took just over 2 hours but was a bit...