Tuesday, August 05, 2008

The sound of the ocean

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Just a very quick update! Garry and I are now five days into our Central American stopover en route to Australia. We arrived last night in C...
Sunday, August 03, 2008

Across the Continental Divide

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Garry anointed today as Geek’s Day as this morning we completed a partial transit of the Panama Canal. Our day began with a short bus trip t...

Panama City

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Our first full day in Panama started with a mid-morning drive to the Miraflores Locks. Here two pairs of locks lift ships more than 56 feet ...
Saturday, August 02, 2008

Third world welcome

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Garry and I have arrived in Panama. Our BA flight departed Heathrow shortly after 9.30am, reaching Miami nine hours later. The contrast betw...
Sunday, July 27, 2008

Life as a fox

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Our neighbourhood fox is looking decidedly healthy these days. I originally though he had some sort of nasty mange but have come to realise ...
Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Life as a soap opera

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My brother the Olympian Regular readers will have noticed that it's been several weeks since my last post. Needless to say plenty...
Monday, July 21, 2008

Odds and sods

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Brendan and I recently spent a day sight-seeing in London, visiting places I'd yet to see. This included a trip to Crystal Palace, once ...
Saturday, July 19, 2008

Berlin

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The forthcoming Summer Olympics have focused plenty attention on China’s national capital and its incredible transformation. In recent times...
Sunday, July 06, 2008

Guest appearances

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We’ve had two friends from Australia staying with us for more than a week. Brendan and Grant are seeing the sights at a pace, along with Bre...