Al Hajar Mountains
For day two of our guided tour of the interior of Oman we covered a circle that sort of mirrored our trip yesterday, but to the west. It looked like…
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Sharqiya Sands
Months ago when we were planning this trip we knew that in Oman we wanted to get out of Muscat and see the interior. Oman is a surprisingly mountainous country…
Road to Mirissa
Mirissa is a beach town located on the southern coast of Sri Lanka and is known for surfing and all manner of waterborne activities including whale and dolphin watching. It…
Sri Lanka’s Tea Train
We arrived Sri Lanka around 6pm, navigated customs and immigration, and the duty free gauntlet where they sell the usual stuff plus, strangely, appliances including refrigerators. Then the scrum for…
Lake Taupo to Auckland
This was our final driving leg and at the end of this post I’ll tell you how far we drove in total. We left the Hilton Lake Taupo in the…
Wellington to Lake Taupo
Now on the north island we drove north from Wellington in the morning along the Kapiti Coast. Unfortunately we didn’t have any time to spend in Wellington, but it looked…
Franz Josef Glacier to Wellington
We awoke early after our one night at the Franz Josef Oasis (aka Bates Motel with an art gallery) to insistent rain. It had started raining the night before and…
Queenstown to Franz Josef Glacier
Good thing this is a photo blog because the photos are going to let you have it today. So much intense beauty to be seen in one five hour drive.…
Dunedin to Queenstown
After yesterday’s sheeting Antarctic gales we awoke to this incredible view of Dunedin from our room at the Hotel St. Clair. The hotel is sited right on the Pacific and…
Otago Peninsula
Lying east of Dunedin city is the Otago Peninsula which is where the wildlife we wanted to see is located. It is a heart-stopping drive from Dunedin to out near…