Following our eight day tour of New Zealand, we flew out from Auckland on an eleven hour Qantas flight to Santiago, the capital of Chile. Flying east across the Pacific Ocean is always a strange experience as you arrive a few hours earlier on the same day that you set off. And flying east is worse for jet lag than flying west. […]
Written by Leonie Crowden (One of two winning entries in the Travel for Seniors Writing Competition.) A desert landscape conjures images of relentless dust, gritty sand, rugged rocks, prickly cacti and crawly critters. Not the usual destination to entice the more mature traveller searching for holiday inspiration. With rough terrain, salt filled lakes and active volcanoes, the Atacama […]
Written by Celia Timms (A highly commended runner-up entry in the Travel and Water Writing Competition.) There was no option but to add 32nd December to our calendar. Consequently, we decided that the oldest crew member would ring out the Old Year on the 31st and the youngest would ring in the New Year the […]
Written by Marion Brennan (One of two winning entries in the Travel & Water Writing Competition.) We recently visited Chile and embarked on an amazing journey. Our plan was to move on to Argentina. But Chile is a long narrow country and once explored from North to South, the idea of doing it in reverse […]
If ever you chance to visit Buenos Aires or Montevideo, spare some time to travel from these modern, bustling cities to a small town nearby where time has stood still – Colonia del Sacramento. I was visiting Buenos Aires on a Round The World trips, and had sampled the usual tourist attractions, from La Boca Juniors football stadium to a Tango […]
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Round the World in 40 Days: Stage 9 – Cusco and Machu Picchu
Machu Picchu had long been top of my bucket list, but as a senior traveller I was concerned about the its high altitude (8,000 ft) and the even higher altitude of Cusco (11,000 ft), the transit city for visiting Machu Picchu. I was not too troubled by the thought of a bit of altitude sickness, but I’d read that the […]