Flights all booked!

Posted on February 9, 2011 by Mo

Let the plans begin….
Flying to the other side of the world with Qantas in the autumn.  First stop Bangkok (11 hours in the air) spending three nights at the Belaire Princess Hotel, whoopee – rooftop pool.  Then fly to Sydney another (8 hours in the air) to stay with friends for a week.  Then on to Brisbane (only and hour and a half in the air) to stay for 3 weeks with my new scrabble friend Kylie.  In October I shall be headed over to New Zealand (lots more hours in the air) to Leigh in Taupo.  More about these lovely people later….  Then home sometime near Christmas!!

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Hello world!

Posted on February 7, 2011 by Mo

Welcome to to my travel blog.  This is probably my journey of a lifetime, as yet still not finalised but I plan to travel to Australia and New Zealand during the autumn, with stop offs yet to be decided.  I think now is a good time to start my blog as I want to share all my planning with you, so there will be intermittent postings throughout the year.

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Skyping with NZ

Posted on February 7, 2011 by Mo

First face to face conversation with Leigh in New Zealand… how amazing is that.  We have messaged through scrabble for a couple of years now and here is how it all began.  Just playing on line scrabble with random people, Leigh and I just seemed to hit it off and one night in 2009 I was in serious pain from a suspected broken rib and developed a fever.  It was the middle of the night and Leigh became very concerned about me and took me to task!  Her support, while I phoned NHS Direct and got to see a doctor in the early hours, was just what was needed and all from the other side of the world – the wonders of the Internet!  This morning, we saw each other for the very first time on Skype and chatted like old friends (well not so much of the old!).  Get on and book those flights she said…..

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