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Tue, 19 Nov 2019 | By graynomadsusa | Views [274]
WE’VE BEEN TO BRISSY BEFORE and will be back after this cruise, so yesterday was just a chance to stretch our legs a bit. The Brisbane City Cat is the best transportation deal ever. For a few bucks the water taxi catamaran whisked ... Read more >
Sun, 17 Nov 2019 | By graynomadsusa | Views [272]
WITH ALL YOUR NEEDS ATTENDED TO AND NO REAL decisions to make you soon find yourself wholly absorbed with the few tiny matters that are actually at your discretion—whether to have your morning shower now or in a while, whether to get up from ... Read more >
Sat, 16 Nov 2019 | By graynomadsusa | Views [288]
WE'RE OFF AGAIN—OUR FIFTH CRUISE OF THE YEAR. We are on Holland America's Maasdam again—third time's a charm they say—this time up the coast of Oz to Papua New Guinea and back.
That's the Ticket —... Read more >
Sat, 16 Nov 2019 | By graynomadsusa | Photo Gallery
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Fri, 15 Nov 2019 | By graynomadsusa | Views [280]
“COALS TO NEWCASTLE” IS AS RELEVANT IN AUSTRALIA as it was in Merry Olde England. Newcastle is the second largest city in New South Wales and the largest coal exporting port in the world thanks, I’m sure, to China's insatiable ... Read more >
Tue, 12 Nov 2019 | By graynomadsusa | Views [229]
DUBBO IS THE KIND OF PLACE WHERE YOU WISH YOU had grown up, a throw-back to a simpler time. It has everything you could want, including plenty of free street parking. There is even a Flight Centre travel agency where Ami, a real person, ... Read more >
Mon, 11 Nov 2019 | By graynomadsusa | Views [231]
THE OPERA HOUSE AND HARBOUR BRIDGE WERE dawn silhouettes when the Noordam arrived on Saturday. The Captain had the pedal to the metal in order to reach the safety of the harbor ahead of the expected weather front. As it was the temperature ... Read more >
Wed, 9 Oct 2019 | By simonehawkins | Views [328]
Pangboche (3990m) > Kyangjuma (3500m)
And into the forrest I go to loose my mind and find my soul.
We're back into the tree line, it's damp and when we past through here just a few days ago it was warmer. The temperature is definately dropping.... Read more >
Tue, 8 Oct 2019 | By simonehawkins | Views [274]
Thukla (4630m) > Pangboche (3990m)
Today was a recouping day. Retrospective and full of quiet moments. Courts and I spent most of the day walking down down down. The realisation that our biggest days are over, is uplifting and giving us both a ... Read more >
Mon, 7 Oct 2019 | By simonehawkins | Views [273]
Gorakshep (5140m) > EBC (5364m) > Thukla (4630m)
Suprise! Todays alarm goes off at 5:15am JOY I'm nervous, Courts is nervous - we are minus Ann now for the next few days as she's attemptimg Chola Pass. It's the only Pass openm put of the 3 passes ... Read more >
Sun, 6 Oct 2019 | By simonehawkins | Views [286]
Laboche (4910m) > Gorakshep (5140m)
Todays starts out like every day. Cold, Exciting, Daunting and full of hope. The plan today is to hike to Gorakshep and have 'lunth' and then climb to Everest Base Camp.
Again though, it's a slow climb. Sooooooo ... Read more >
Sat, 5 Oct 2019 | By simonehawkins | Views [273]
Dingboche (4410m) > Loboche (4910m)
The dulcet tones of the Himalaya - TOP 3:
Cows / Yak Bells
Helicopters (50/50 Rescue / Extremelly cashed up tourists)
The sound of people hucking ... Read more >
Fri, 4 Oct 2019 | By simonehawkins | Views [285]
Dingboche (4410m) Rest Day
YAY another rest day. We all need it. But not before the obligatory walk above where we slept at. Early morning get up to guess what? Walk up a mountain! To assist with acclimitisation.
Courts and I quickly decide that ... Read more >
Thu, 3 Oct 2019 | By simonehawkins | Views [277]
Tengboche (3860m) > (Dingboche 4410m)
Today for some reason we've all woken up ful of beans. Considering yesterday was such a trudge we're all suprised we're all so upbeat. What was in our dinner last night?
We saw Everest walking out of Tengboche ... Read more >
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