Finally home. What a fun and diverse trip. Leaving Ho Chi Minh city was straight forward without any problems. The flight home was flawless and we arrived at Sydney without any problems, I thought. Sydney is one of those interesting airports where you think everything is going fine then suddenly, … [Read more...]
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Arrival: Ho Chi Minh City
This morning we arrived in Ho Chi Minh City for a stop over. On the way from Frankfurt, there were great cloud formations over Germany yesterday and this morning over South East Asia. From the airport, we followed the procession of Motorcycles heading to the city, most probably travellers going … [Read more...]
Frankfurt: Heading to Ho Chi Minh City
We left Istanbul early this morning. Things at Istanbul airport run so much more smoothly than the land of Pizza and Spaghetti. It seems the scales in Istanbul are correct as well. Not like the excess weight bill at the previous country, ouch. When I weighed our luggage in Istanbul we were actually … [Read more...]
Last day in Istanbul
Photos from our last day in Istanbul … [Read more...]
Gallipoli: A defining moment
E For Australians, New Zealanders and Turks, there's a defining moment and place in Turkey called Gallipoli. For Keith and I visiting Gallipoli, a defining moment of our Trip. It's a place of mystery and intrigue where so many young men lost their lives. If you're an Australian or New Zealander … [Read more...]
The Bosphorus, the Palace, the Blue Mosque, the Milion stone and the Basilica Cisterns
The Bosphorus Today we did a tour of the Bosphorus. For an hour and half we saw some of the great sites that makes Istanbul the city that it is. The tour was the equivalent of $7.00 AUD. This is a great opportunity for anyone visiting this city to understand and see the division of Europe and … [Read more...]
Istanbul: Early morning then the Grand Bazaar
Today is our first full day in Istanbul. I had the opportunity to go down to the shores of the Bosphorus for a few shots early in the morning and also get my bearings. The Bosphorus or Bosporus, is a strait that forms part of the boundary between Europe and Asia. The world's narrowest strait used … [Read more...]
Istanbul: Arrival
After an interesting and uneventful ride from the airport to our Accommodation we arrived to this view, that's my point of view. From Karen's point of view, there were several near misses, three lanes of traffic converted into five lanes. The view below is the entrance to the Bosphorus, where … [Read more...]
Bologna, The trains run nearly on time in Italy and how we visited the Ducati Factory
After some high-level negotiations between the girls in our party, our wives, the choice of going to Florence and Bologna nearly became as big the Paris Peace Accords in the 70's. We were going to Florence to look at more buildings, statues and possibly churches. I like looking at those types of … [Read more...]
Murano is an island, not a Nissan
Yesterday we had the opportunity to go out of the city and do some exploring. Everyone who we spoke to about our trip, said you must go to Murano, the small island off Venice. Back in Australia, I have seen lots of Nissan Murano's and didn't know that Nissan had named their model after this island, … [Read more...]