Little Salmon Bay If there was a prize for the silliest tourist then I’m competing with the best of them. I’ve advised Michelle that she really should have taken out the prenuptial agreement offered to us all those years...
Perth – The Best of the Best – Kings Park
Perth In my last blog I talked about comparisons and even though I’ve tried to avoid them it is impossible to do so. Perth has just blown away all the competition with its outstanding harbour and beautiful city skyline.From...
Dubai – 5623 miles to Perth
Ok, there is strong evidence to support that I am clearly not quite the flint that I used to be. For example, most cycling fans twigging that they have seen a number of teams out training in Dubai would...
Dubai – The Burj Khalifa and JBR2
This morning, I was a man with a hangover having not touched a single drop of alcohol. As we once again flew the ramblers flag, walking to the Mall of the Emirates in another pot boiler here in Dubai,...
Dubai – The Streets of Sand (Part Two) plus Dubai Skyline
For many years now I’ve been lucky to share my time with Michelle but this morning was not her finest hour. Now, I don’t think it is unreasonable when you have finally gone to sleep at 3.30 to...
Dubai – The Streets of Sand (Part One)
So much has happened since the Daxi awards. I’ll pick up our story on the day we left Cyprus. If this was a movie right now, I’d be advising a trilogy in order to do it justice but...
The Land of Opportunity – The DAXI Awards 2014
All the nominees Saturday 31st January 2015 – The DAXI awards 2014 Eastern Cyprus’ business equivalent to the Oscars was held at the Zappeion Palace in Deryneia last Saturday night. The Daxi Business Awards 2014 was a celebration of...
Top ten tips for a winter break in Cyprus.
50 days of blogging! 50 days of Travels over Tribulations and there’s much more to come. As a celebration, I’d like to give you a quick run down of some of the things we have learnt with our guest bloggers...
Cyprus – The Buffer Zone and James Bond
Just the other side of the escarpment in the photo is the Buffer zone of the UN, and just beyond that is Famagusta which to those from this side of the border is as important as the ‘Ring...