The current 2023 trip, has been a long time in the planning. Myself and 3 mates are heading for Antarctica and South America.
Posts in reverse order below.
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19th of July. Day two – Mildura to Orreroo SA. We breakfasted in the very flash camp kitchen after showers all around. (Phil had his last night) Away at 11.00. Why so late you may ask? Late night. Stuffed and we all slept well. Things to do in town this am. Purchase: We eventually really…
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18th of July. Day one – Moe to Mildura. We got away at 9:55. Today’s crew is Mary and Phil and Stef.We’ve chosen to leave a day or two earlier to enable a run past Lake Eyre. Smooth sailing through Melbourne, despite a slow patch due to a breakdown on Todd Rd. Loo and. Lunch…
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An outback trip with the usual suspects. Destination: Sandy Blight Junction Track and Surveyor General’s Corner.
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Leaving Madagascar, hello Nairobi and bound for Dubai…and home. Out to the airport, it ticked over midnight. Check in with Kenya Airlines was time consuming as they were keen to see all our tickets home. We had plenty of time and there seemed to be almost no-one else here.No stress through passport. control (once we’d…
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Madagascar Adventure ends – Free day in Tana/departure for Antananarivo Airport. Sleep in today.Up and re-organise the packing a bit prior to brekkie and meeting the others at 9:30.We sat over a long brekkie before heading off for a walk along the Avenue of Independence or Liberation.Before we left the hotel, we booked for lunch…
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Queens Palace and Lemur Park, birthday celebrations continue. Farewell Benj 🥲 Nice sleep, if short. The majority of pillows for the past 6 weeks have been made of small foam blocks held in some sort of pillow shaped bag – the room here has some options (including the foam block option) first world problems. Up…
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Happy Birthday Suzie. Fly back to Tana. Happy 75th Birthday to Suzie! Today we marked the milestone 75th with a visit to a local reserve/botanical garden in Ifaty, Madagascar. Reniala Jardin ReservePrivately owned by French/Malagassy. Est. 2000. Also the Brigitte Bardot sanctuary rehabilitation for the Ring Tailed Maki Lemur. They started with 5 now 125.Reniala…
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Ifaty – Coastal Activities Suzie took a pirogue ride with Benj to the Village and back again. The rest of took another different a pirogue (local outrigger canoe) out to the Massif de Roses reef for a snorkel. Here is Benj’s outline for the day today. Day 13: May 19th, 2025 – Ifaty : Discovery…
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Isalo to Ifaty via Tulear. We actually managed to depart ahead of schedule today – if only by a couple of minutes at 7:13. Today is our last loooong day in the van. There is no activity stops along the way and we have a packed lunch from Isalo Ranch.I was experiencing some Bali belly…
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Gorge Walk in Isalo & Lemur Picnic. We dropped Nairin and our Chef back into town and headed home to the Ranch Isalo, the name comes from the Portuguese sailors who were shipwrecked on the coast. They walked to Isalo and sheltered here in a grotto. The ‘I’ precedes a Proper noun, I Benj, I…
Travel adventures with Nicola & co. 