Category: Travel

Well, dear readers, after 3 years of being confined to barracks I am finally off. My long-time friend Ray commented that I have been off for longer than that. The story so far I thought I would take a few minutes to write what has been happening lately. I managed…

Well, dear readers, as I write this to you, I am 2 hours away from landing in Bangkok. I wanted to share with you one of the few benefits of … Being deaf as a post I refer specifically to the ability to live in a world of my own…

I left Sydney on Tuesday 22nd August for a 4 day stay in Singapore. From there I will go to Sri Lanka for 17 days whence I go to London and stay with my old mate Jezza (That’s Australian for Jeremy). If we can renovate his glasshouse in time (and…

I left Coffs Harbour on Wednesday 4th Jan for Sydney, Kuala Lumpur and ended up in Chennai. Chennai, which used to be known as Madras, is the largest city in Tamil Nadu state of India. It has 7 million people. After spending 6 days there, I catch a coach down…

I thought I would take a minute to let you know that I am still on the planet and surviving, just. I am now about 400kms east of Perth at a place called “Marvel Loch”, I have been here just a week now. There have been a few changes of…

Why Three Continents? Well, when you travel to South America, Europe and Africa I figured that you are allowed to call it a 3 Continent trip. So here is a warm up newsletter with the first funny story. During the two month trip I hope to visit: •Sydney to Santiago,…

The World News by Bazza the Intrepid I am off I have just passed Lord Howe Island at 29,000 feet. I know this because the First Officer interrupted the film to tell me (and the 387 mostly odd passengers). This holiday started for me when the flight attendant (they are…

Off again Yes, in a rash moment I committed to fly to England to help my Mum celebrate her 100th birthday. So, here I am on the way to Taipei in Taiwan and then after a week on to England. With nothing better to do than to eat, drink, sleep…

Mrs. H and I are off again to foreign parts. Which foreign parts, China parts. To be more precise, Shanghai. We hope to venture off on Sunday March 20th via China Eastern Airlines. This is one of the few remaining airlines that actually require you to confirm your booking three…

Who forgot the TV Judy and I arrived in Seoul after a 9 hour plus flight from Sydney. I don’t like to complain but I have sent off a strongly worded missive to the Operations Director at Korean Air with a copy to the Head of Aircraft Sales 777-200 at…