STE’s Holiday Editor, Tony Taylor, reports on his experiences on short break in Liverpool. We had visited Liverpool briefly many years ago, but there was much we didn’t see and there has been a lot of development in the city since then. Hence my wife and I decided to have a three night short break. […]
After a seven hour overnight flight from Hong Kong, we were ready for a relaxing day in Brisbane, before driving north through Queensland to Bundaberg and our Great Barrier Reef adventure. Our hire car, a Toyota Camry, was booked through Holiday Autos. I took out annual Car Hire Excess Insurance to cover for all three car hires on this […]
STE’s Holiday Editor, Tony Taylor, reports on his experiences on a leisurely tour of NE Spain. We flew from Manchester to Barcelona with Jet2, and collected our hire car at the airport. The car was booked through Holiday Autos and all went very smoothly when picking up the car, which we used throughout our leisurely 19 day […]
After freezing temperatures in Seoul, it was good to arrive in Hong Kong in warm sunshine and then to enjoy a spectacular light show that evening over Victoria Harbour. A great way to return to a vibrant, bustling metropolis. My wife and I had visited Hong Kong three years previously on our Round the World […]
Written by Deryn Van Der Tang (A Runner-up entry in the Off the Beaten Track Writing Competition.) We had seen the popular tourist destination of Yellowstone National Park, so we decided to explore a nearby lesser known area of Wyoming’s Big Horn Basin. We drove through the sage brush covered countryside and crossed the Greybull […]
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Round the World in 40 Days: Stage 7 – Earthquakes and Vineyards in New Zealand
Maybe the title is a bit overdramatic? We didn’t actually experience any earthquakes during our eight days in New Zealand, but our journey, and some of the places we visited, were very much shaped by earthquakes. After flying to Christchurch following our adventures in Australia, our original plan was to take a leisurely drive up the coastal […]