Getting ready for the big trip
2018年4月8日, オーストラリア ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
This is the day before we leave on the big trip.
Ironing, packing house cleaning and all that mundane stuff that has to be done before travelling.
Tomorrow is the day it all starts
Flight to Singapore
2018年4月9日, オーストラリア ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
Damian joined us for a nice easy flight with Singapore Airlines. Arrived about 7:15, just after dark
Had a free transfer lined up as part of singapore stopover deal, but this was a big mess as theもっと詳しく
Singapore
2018年4月10日, シンガポール ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
Woke up to great news.
We have been upgraded to premium economy for the Joburg leg. SA has a bid to upgrade system and we bid $200 each, well worth it!
Spent our first morning in Singas over in Littleもっと詳しく
SINGAPORE DAY 2
2018年4月11日, シンガポール ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C
Breakfast at the hotel ok not great.
Taxi to Mt Faber for the cable car to Sentosa Island.
Coffee and sweets at the Shangri La hotel then cable car back to Mt Faber. All on Damian's birthday.
Walkedもっと詳しく
Journey to Africa
2018年4月12日, 南アフリカ ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Today we took the 2 am flight to Joburg arriving about 6:30am after a 10 hour all night time flight. Thank goodness for premium economy.
Easy process through the airport then grabbed our hire car forもっと詳しく
Nungabane Day 2
2018年4月13日, 南アフリカ ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Out of bed at 5:30 am for our first game drive. Very cold but had ponchos in the 4wd to keep us warm.
Great starting drive. Saw female lion walking down the road and right past the vehicle. Alsoもっと詳しく
Nungabane Day 3
2018年4月14日, 南アフリカ ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Early morning drive was the highlight of the trip. We got see a pride of lions on a kill. There was male several females and cubs all only a couple of metres away. Absolutely awe inspiring!
Also sawもっと詳しく
Trip to George
2018年4月15日, 南アフリカ ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Today we sadly left the lodge and made our journey to George. We arranged an early transfer to the car at the park gate only to find the battery was flat. Luckily we got it started with the help ofもっと詳しく
Knysna Day 1
2018年4月16日, 南アフリカ ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Today we left George for Knysna. First a trip into town to see St Mark's Cathedral where Louise's great great grandparents were married and a trip to the mall for sonne lunch supplies.
Then a driveもっと詳しく
Knysna Day 2 - Trip to Storms River.
2018年4月17日, 南アフリカ ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
Started our day (8th wedding anniversary) with a delightful breakfast in the garden ar Falcons View B&B. Decided to travel down to Storms River which is a national park area with a deep river ravineもっと詳しく
Knysna Day 3
2018年4月18日, 南アフリカ ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Today we put the car away and went for a walk down the hill into Knysna Town. Visited the old gaol museum and Thesen Island.
The museum had a very good display of the old history of the area. On theもっと詳しく
Drive to Montagu
2018年4月19日, 南アフリカ ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
After another lovely breakfast we packed up and hit the road to Cape Town. Taking the longer scenic route, our overnight stop was at the town of Montagu. This is a great drive if you can avoid theもっと詳しく
Drive to Cape Town
2018年4月20日, 南アフリカ ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
After breakfast we hit the road again for the last 180km into Cape Town.
Stopped at a little town for a nice lunch. The road into Cape Town is spectacular as it winds through rocky mountains withもっと詳しく
Cape Town Day 1
2018年4月21日, 南アフリカ ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Breakfast was followed by a walk down to the V&A Waterfront to catch the tourist hop on off bus. First stop was in the city where we visted St Georges Cathedral where Hamilton Ross was meant to have aもっと詳しく
Cape Town Day 2
2018年4月22日, 南アフリカ ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
The travel has started to catch up to us so we had a sleep in and a slow start to the day. After breakfast we Ubered down to the bus and went out to the Kirstenbosch botanical gardens. These are theもっと詳しく
Catching the Queen
2018年4月23日, 南アフリカ ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Today we join the ship to England.
Up early for a nice breakfast then packing to get out of the room.
Taking the opportunity to catch up on the blog while we wait to go to the ship. Not much of a dayもっと詳しく
The Queen Day 2 Departing Cape Town
2018年4月24日, 南アフリカ ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
Our first day on the Queen is in Cape Town port. After a good nights sleep in a very comfortable bed, we headed off to breakfast and then off the ship into town. Our objective was to meet people fromもっと詳しく
The Queen Day 3 At Sea
2018年4月25日, South Atlantic Ocean ⋅ ☀️ 13 °C
Started the day with breakfast in bed (decadent I know, but why not).
Attended Anzac commemorisation at 9. Very moving and well done by the captain and crew.
Tried our hand at the table tennis comp,もっと詳しく
The Queen Day 4 Walvis Bay
2018年4月26日, ナミビア ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Woke up to find the ship already docked at Walvis Bay, Namibia. We had a tour booked so breakfast in the room then downstairs to immigration and catch the bus.
Bus full of the usual old fogeys andもっと詳しく
The Queen Day 5 At Sea
2018年4月27日, South Atlantic Ocean ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
Our first day of 8 at sea before Tenerrife. After breakfast a couple of laps of the deck. Then on to the theatre to hear the celebrity lecturer, John McCarthy. This first part of his story of captureもっと詳しく
The Queen Day 6 At Sea
2018年4月28日, South Atlantic Ocean ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Today the ships clocks were set back by one hour, so we were up early for a brisk walk around the deck before breakfast. We then took the plunge and had a go at the line dancing. We actually enjoyedもっと詳しく
The Queen Day 7 At Sea
2018年4月29日, South Atlantic Ocean ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Started the day with a Sunday sleep in then a leisurely brekky.
Put the phone on to get the good news that the Eagles had beaten the Dockers. Made my day.
A quiet morning with just another gemもっと詳しく
The Queen Day 8 At Sea
2018年4月30日, South Atlantic Ocean ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Bit of a sleep in this morning
After a late breakfast headed off to the theatre to see John Mcarthy and the second part of his hostage saga story. Again a good show.
Before lunch we tried the musicもっと詳しく
The Queen Day 9 At Sea
2018年5月1日, North Atlantic Ocean ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
We have booked for the Verandah Resturant tonight so are taking it a bit easier with the food today. A couple of quizzes and not much else during the day. Seas have got very calm as we cross theもっと詳しく
The Queen Day 10 Still at Sea
2018年5月2日, North Atlantic Ocean ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Late out of bed and skipped brekky as a result of our over indulgence last night.
Spent some time reading in the Garden Lounge then Lou gave me a table tennis lesson.
Dinner in the Brittania Room andもっと詳しく
















































































