Author Archives: Butty

Borrowed Dennis’s car and drove south down the coast to Byron Bay which took a couple of hours along the Pacific Highway. Chris and Martin, friends from Sydney/Nice, are staying there for a week so went down to see them. … Continue reading →

Great to unpack, catch up with the laundry etc. Irene in her element catching up with sister and all the family news. Chilling out after all the travelling. Thai restaurant meal Saturday night, BYO, very tasty. All the Relies over … Continue reading →

Last day in HK. Flight at 7.15 pm so had an extended check out at 2.0 pm. Walked along the water promenade near hotel and through a very nice well maintained park. Sat around the pool for an hour before … Continue reading →

Went to the specialised markets area of Mong Kok which is a short MTR ride from hotel. Plants, flowers, birds, goldfish, fish and meat and of course the tacky street markets. Spent a couple of hours walking around and then … Continue reading →

Caught the Metro direct to Hong Kong Island as we planned to do one of the designated street walks. The walk took along streets where traders were selling and wholesaling all sorts of dried products, mainly the expensive delicacies. Dried … Continue reading →

Up just after 4 am for 5 am pick up at hotel for transfer to Guilin Airport about and hour and ten minutes away. We arrived at the airport at about 6.15 to find a lot of people standing around … Continue reading →

We’d decided on our last day in China to hire a car and driver and see some of the places it was too far to cycle to. We met Mark (English name) and set off at 11am. First stop was … Continue reading →

Another day cycling. We’re really enjoying being out in the countryside away from most tourists. Each day we talk to the staff at the hotel and they help us sort out the route that we’ve chosen. Today we started at … Continue reading →

Another day spent on the bikes and on the river Yu Long. Hotel mapped an off the beaten track route for us to end up at the “quay” on the river to pick up a bamboo raft to be punted … Continue reading →

Gosh it’s Halloween back home. The way to see Yangshuo and the surrounding villages is by bike and rafting on the Li River and the Yu Long river, which is the nearest to our hotel. Today we took bikes from … Continue reading →

Up early as we are not too sure to where we should catch a bus. Two options, Guilin, a big town about an hour from where our hotel for next few nights is situated or Yangshuo where we are actually … Continue reading →

We left Hanoi on the 9.30am bus to Nanning in China. We understood from the travel agent who sold us the tickets that this would be the same bus all the way to Nanning. The scenery started a bit dull, … Continue reading →

Our last day in Hanoi, and therefore Vietnam. We were at a bit of a loss what to do as we understood that the National Museums/galleries were closed today. Anyway we opt for a walk around the lake. I saw … Continue reading →

Irene was up at 6 am for a spot of Tai Chi on the top deck as the sun came up. Boat also set sail again. Cup of coffee and a croissant at 7am for a 7.30 excursion to a … Continue reading →