Washington Heat
18 maj 2017, Förenta staterna ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
33 degrees so a slow start. Not walking in this heat so Uber to White House Visitor Center for a virtual tour. Interesting photos and displays, so much history. We now know a lot more about AmericanLäs mer
Leaving Washington
18 maj 2017, Förenta staterna ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
Uber of course to the airport but google decided to send us the wrong way, thank goodness our guy knew the right way. Bit of road rage to deal with and one finger salute got us to the airport. Sat onLäs mer
Houston
19 maj 2017, Förenta staterna ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
Off to the NASA Space Centre this morning, all we can say is WOW. Such an amazing place. We did a tour through the actual training centre and were blown away with the way in which they train and justLäs mer
NASA
19 maj 2017, Förenta staterna ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
Photos
Home
25 maj 2017, Nya Zeeland ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
Now Thursday - time to put Find Penguins to bed for now. Finally over jet lag. We arrived home on Sunday from Houston after a 15 hour flight. We all thoroughly enjoyed seeing Lawrence, then attendingLäs mer
Cortney MaricleSo happy you made it home safe and had a good trip! We look forward to seeing you again.
Cambodia/Vietnam
12 augusti 2017, Nya Zeeland ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
VIP lounge at Akld Airport, just had dinner, settling in with a glass of red waiting for take off.
Cambodia/Vietnam
12 augusti 2017, Nya Zeeland ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
Mike, finally relaxing 😎
Akld to Singapore
13 augusti 2017, Kambodja ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
Business Class full but no worries, the service was great. Lovely to be able to lay down, both of us had good a good sleep. Silk Air to Siem Reap - Business Class empty, only Mike & I, so we got wellLäs mer
Singapore/Siem Reap
14 augusti 2017, Kambodja ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C
Silk Air Business Class caters for twelve, we the only ones so hot the royal treatment, most enjoyable!!!!
Siem Reap
14 augusti 2017, Kambodja ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C
Lovely hotel, lovely room. Visited Ta Prohm temple, just amazing with fig tree roots growing over the ruins. Very, very hot, but our bus has lots of very, very cold water. Visited a developing schoolLäs mer
Angkor Wat
15 augusti 2017, Kambodja ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C
Amazing day today with a visit to the temple of Bayon, our guide is great and very informative. Then on to Angkor temple which is amazing set over many hectares. So much history. A climb to the top upLäs mer
Downtown siem Reap
15 augusti 2017, Kambodja ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C
Had lunch downtown yesterday after a walk around the markets. Interesting, but like all markets very busy. Fresh veg & fruit amazing. Tuk Tuk's everywhere and all drivers courteous not like NZ!!!
Testing
17 augusti 2017, Kambodja ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
Testing
Killing Fields
18 augusti 2017, Kambodja ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
Wow, a lasting impression, what atrocities happened over here, we learnt so much. Our boat is great the food superb and other passengers are good fun. Only one problem, we are getting sick ofLäs mer
Phom phen
19 augusti 2017, Kambodja ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
Finally have wifi, yah. Left Siem Reap, lovely cruising on the Tonle Sap Lake & river. Have been for a ride on an occasion & cart, great but bloody uncomfortable. Visited a few primitive villages, &Läs mer
Cambodia to Vietnam
19 augusti 2017, Vietnam ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C
As you have all no doubt gathered getting wifi here is non existent. We have tried every night to no avail. Should be better now we have crossed the border. On boat all day today with variousLäs mer
Tan Chau
20 augusti 2017, Vietnam ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
Went for a small boat ride this morning to a tiny village on the river, passed lots of fish farms and stilt houses. Went into a private home where an elderly man & his wife live with their son &Läs mer
Saigon
23 augusti 2017, Vietnam ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
Still having trouble with wifi, will see how this goes. Great hotel in Saigon, had drinks on the rooftop last night amid an electrical storm, fairly impressive.
Tan Chau
23 augusti 2017, Vietnam ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
Going backwards, sorry but some of the footprints are 'stuck somewhere an I can't retrieve them' (need you Garry). We went on a small boat ride up one of the tributaries of the Mekong, then did aLäs mer
Garry ChristoffersenHave you got lots of those shirts or good laundry service. Can you please come home now, lawns need mowing.
Nolene DE LUCAGood laundry service👕As for the lawn, how about a 🐐🐐🐐or two. Holiday too good, so no come home.
Cu Chi Tunnels
23 augusti 2017, Vietnam ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
Off the boat, onto a bus for a 2hr trip to the centre of Saigon stopping at the Cu Chi Tunnels, some 250km's of tunnels that housed about 16,000 people built by the Vietnamese resistance fightersLäs mer
Lunch in Saigon
23 augusti 2017, Vietnam ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
Went with three Australian couples we met on the boat to the markets and a to have a general look around the city. Lots of laughs, nearly run over a few times, so many motor scooters and they takeLäs mer
Saigon/Da Nang/Hoi An
24 augusti 2017, Vietnam ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
Up real early this morn to get to the airport before the peak traffic, Tauranga is a dream after Saigon. Met by our lovely tour guide
& her driver. 40mins to our hotel in Hoi An.
Hotel fantastic, ourLäs mer
Hoi An Old Town
26 augusti 2017, Vietnam ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
Red Bridge Cooking School yesterday, went to the local market first to learn all about the produce we were going to use. The usual busy, smelly and bustling with locals and revolting meat. Lovely boatLäs mer
Bike Tour
26 augusti 2017, Vietnam ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
Rained all night and still raining this morn, so no bike tour (much to Mikes delight) so our guide organised a 🚗 for a tour of the veg gardens and pottery making villages. We walked all around theLäs mer
Gaynor WrightRaining here to please bring some sunshine back with you I totally over it!
My Son ruins
27 augusti 2017, Vietnam ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
Picked up this morn by our lovely guide & driver, drove for an hour to the Champa temples. Very high in the mountains where the Viet Cong hid during the war, amazing place. The USA dropped bombsLäs mer
Cortney Maricle
You will have to come back when we don't have a president that is such a disgrace.