Category: International Trips

  • 2026-05 Indonesia

    2026-05 Indonesia

    Our trip to Indonesia was sparked by an interest in the island of Sumba which is a relatively unspoiled and quiet island. However, to get to Sumba by air, there is little choice except to go via Bali. Bali is a heavily touristed and busy island, and not somewhere that we really wanted to visit.…

  • 2025-10 Japan

    2025-10 Japan

    After our travels around the outback we flew to Japan for round 2 of our extended trip with Chris and Sara. We visited quite a few places as can be seen on the following map. Our trip was to start in Sapporo, the largest city on Hokkaido, the most northerly of Japan’s large islands. Annoyingly,…

  • 2024-10 & 11 Africa

    2024-10 & 11 Africa

    We set off from Melbourne and travelled to Kilimanjaro international airport in Tanzania via Doha in Qatar. Tanzania We had a very comfortable flight and arrived at our accommodation in Arusha (A on map below) at 09:30 in the morning which was of course too early to check in. Anyway, they rushed around and got…

  • 2024-05/6 Europe

    2024-05/6 Europe

    Our route around Europe. We flew into Helsinki from Melbourne via Doha and returned to Melbourne from Prague, again via Doha Our long and complex trip to Europe began by heading to Helsinki to meet up with Bill and Tuula. The first leg was to Doha on Qatar airways and then to Helsinki on Finnair.…

  • 2022-08 UK Trip

    2022-08 UK Trip

    After 5 years and a pandemic we have finally managed to head back to the UK to see friends and family. The flight on Qatar was comfortable and the food was excellent. Web gallery ZoneramaHTML gallery: 1 We arrived in Lymm on the 19th August and headed down to the Saddler’s Arms to meet up…

  • 2017-09 The UK with Allan and Lorelle

    2017-09 The UK with Allan and Lorelle

    In 2017 we travelled to the UK and met up with our good friends Allan and Lorelle. After showing them around the Black Country, we travelled with them to the Lake District for a few days. We then stayed a few days in Lymm and travelled to Chester and north Wales. From there we went…