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19.01.2022 The last chapter on my inspiring African journey started with a night at & Beyond's Kichwa Tembo Luxury Camp in the Maasai Mara Triangle. On arrival we were welcomed in song by the staff. Impressed by the open plan design and muted coloured decor (loved the lamp shades made of leather), we enjoyed a delicious lunch while watching the resident warthog family on their knees grazing nearby (apparently their necks are too short and thick for them to reach the grass without k...Continue reading

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17.01.2022 Here is your opportunity to board your cruise ship right here in Adelaide! Home to Home!

17.01.2022 More memories of Canada thanks to Scenic Tours!

17.01.2022 With a farewell from a cheetah and her cubs, we left Samburu and headed for Lake Nakuru, famous for its pink flamingoes. I was sure that we would not see as much game anywhere else as we had seen in the Samburu Reserve - not only the variety but the numbers - a tower of 17 giraffes, a dazzle of 18 zebras, (love the collective nouns!), a herd of 19 elephants. I did not even attempt to count the buffaloes. Not to mention the solitary leopard sauntering past our vehicle, the s...ingle hippo hurrying across the road in front of us to get back to the safety of the river, the lone hyena looking hungry and the little dik diks, always in pairs. The Lake Nakuru National Park is a fenced area so there are no predators found there. Hence, when we spotted a regal lion atop a ledge on the hill approaching our accommodation at the Sarova Lion Hill Hotel, we figured that this was his spot and no further. He did look a little wistful gazing out over the valley. The hotel is set in manicured gardens with semi detached cottages all in a line overlooking the gardens. It offered every amenity but as we were only there for one night no sooner had we checked in and we headed off on a game drive. We encountered buffalo first, then eland, then another of the giraffe and zebra species - the Rothschild's and the Burchell's respectively. And rhino - the only one of the Big Five that we could not see in Samburu as it is not found there. At one stage I was so close to a rhino that could hear it chewing! We left earlier than usual the next morning as we were stopping at Lake Naivasha (home of the late Joy Adamson of 'Born Free' fame). At the Lake Naivasha Country Club, which dates back to 1937 and was once the intermediate staging post for flying boats between England and South Africa, we boarded a boat with a lovely breakfast spread and headed past a pod of hippos onto the lake. Out there, we witnessed the African Fish Eagle snatching the fish we threw into the water for its meal. Very fast and agile. The Country Club is a lovely colonial establishment and has had many uses including a hospital, but nowadays instead of dispersing medicines, it serves tea and scones in the afternoon and G&T's at sunset time. On the property too is the Kiboko Luxury Tented Camp right on the water's edge. Very comfortable. Janet Lawrenson

10.01.2022 Well, we did it - we drove the Gibb River Road in an SUV! Not without incident I might add - 1 puncture and 1 blow out and one instance where I thought I might have to walk across the river. Some people might have thought we were crazy not having a 4 wheel drive, but not as crazy as those with only 2 wheels. I kid you not, we met cyclists of all ages and gender doing the Gibb Challenge - a relay of teams of 6 doing the 660 kms from Derby to El Questro over 6 days to raise money for the RFDS. The funniest were the young indigenous riders doing wheelies and messing about. We started out at El Questro and finished in Broome - here are some pics of our Dust to Dusk journey...

10.01.2022 The beautiful Murray River - right in our backyard!! After a 36 km row!!!

08.01.2022 The adage is that ‘we are all put on this planet for a reason’. I have been a travel agent most of my working life. I have always been a traveller and I have encouraged others to do the same - to see what there is to see and do in countries other than their own. This broadens horizons and hopefully creates future wanderlust and curiosity about other people and their lifestyles. However, I have never quite realised what my particular purpose is ... until a few weeks ago whe...n I had somewhat of an epiphany. I was attending a presentation by Lindblad Expeditions who together with National Geographic are this year celebrating dual 50 year anniversaries in Antarctica and Galapagos and have been exploring the Arctic and subarctic for almost as long. The National Geographic Explorer, the vessel used in the Polar regions, Greenland, Iceland and the Canadian High Arctic and is a bona fide expedition ship and as such is uniquely equipped with state -of -the -art tools for exploration. The vessel provides an unparalleled base for discovery enabling the fullest expression of Lindblad’s expedition style: an intimate, authentic, learning oriented environment. Itineraries are not limited to the Polar regions and offer explorations to Alaska, Central & South America and the Caribbean, other islands in the South Pacific besides Galapagos and even sojourns under sail in Greece and the Dalmatian Coast. My ‘light bulb’ moment? I have been put on this planet to save it! To offer travel experiences that are literally life changing not only for the traveller and the places and people they visit but also for their own children and grandchildren. Journeys where they can see fantastic (in the true sense of the word) places but also where they can DO amazing deeds. I’m not talking about white water rafting or bungi jumping. I’m talking about experiences that are eye openers (literally and figuratively) in preserving the environment and appreciating how marvellous this planet is and how much we need to look after it. I have never considered myself a ‘Greenie’, but the words that resonated with me during the Lindblad presentation were Travel is a Force of Good It has been proved that travel is good for you long after the trip is over, but make it really count. Let the Force be with you! Let me take you down new pathways of exploration so we can all feel that we have fulfilled our purpose in some little way here on Earth. Let’s help each other and rally for the animal world too as they cannot speak for themselves. Travel funds help to save the rhinos, pay for research for conservation, work towards preserving species on the brink of extinction and supporting communities that do not have the resources to help themselves. I suppose I am not unlike Sandra Bullock in ‘Miss Congeniality’ I just want ‘World Peace’ and this starts with peace within ourselves that we have done some GOOD.

06.01.2022 Quirky Canadian art with salmon swimming upstream in a Toronto pond

02.01.2022 Toronto CN tower from the bottom and Fairmont Royal York Hotel (surrounded by high rise from CN tower

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