since arriving here in the UK.....
We have indeed been blessed with a good inning and i want to share with u all what travelling we have managed to do with a child in a wheelcair......:thumbs:
I will start.....
The first yr we visited the Far East, did Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, and Thailand, then spent Xmas in the Algarve, Portugal,
The following yr we did Mediterranean cruise, visited Italy (Venice, Rome, Sorrento, the Amalfi Coast), Spain (Barcelona), Greece (Athens, some small islands), France (Monte Carlo},
We then did Madeira, Cyprus, Orlando (Florida), Switzerland),
We did a trip to Australia, part business and part pleasure, went to Perth, Cairns - visited the Great Barrier Reef, and also visited Sydney,
We then did small trips to Dublin, the Lake District, trips to London,
We then did a Caribbean Cruise, starting from Fort Lauderdale, did the Eastern Caribbean, starting from Port Everglades, visiting St Thomas, St Maarten etc, then the following week did the Western Caribbean, visiting Grand Cayman Islands,Costa Maya & Cozumel (Mexico), stunning trip,
Last yr did Cornwall, Amsterdam and did the Kruger National Park,
This yr doing the Alaskan Cruise and visiting the Canadian
Rockies,
and in between all these trips have been fortunate to visit South Africa once a yr... Gosh i am amazed at how much we have covered....and plan to do more.....
Icecub
Travelling is my hobby!
during the past 25 years (since I left SA) countries I have visited on on holiday as well as business and in no particular order I think 40 plus at least
some places I have visited more than once
Buenos Aires and Igusu Argentina,
Montivideo Uraguay,
Rio & Sao Paulo Brazil,
Cancun & Mexico City Mexico,
Montego Bay Jamaica,
USA (New York x 6, Miami, Kisimee, Philadelphia, Dallas)
Dublin Eire,
Belfast Northern Ireland,
various part of Scotland and Wales,
Amsterdam Holland,
Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Hamburg Germany,
Barcelona & Madrid Spain,
Bruge , Brussels Belgium,
Rome, Venice Naples, Florence Italy,
Geneva and Zurich Switzerland
Vienna Austria
Monaco,
Luxembourg,
Copenhagen Denmark,
Prague Checzolvakia,
Athens & Rhodes Greece,
Cyprus,
Sicily,
Paris, Nice, France (numerous trips across the Channel for booze runs!!
Jeddah Saudia Arabia
Bahrain
Bombay, Puna and Delhi India
Bangkok Thailand
Penang Malaysia
Indonesia
Singapore at least 9 times
Sydney Australia twice
Auckland New Zealand
Oranjemund and Fish River Canyon Nambia
Addis Abba Ethopia
Gabarone and Jwaneng Botswana
Nairobi and Mombasa Kenya
Mauritius
Wow! You two have done some wonderful trips! I've done:
The Seychelles
Rio de Janeiro
Paris
Much of Scotland, Isle of Skye & Isle of Bute
Much of England
Bits of Wales
Crete
Much of South Africa
Quote:Originally posted by Venus
Wow! You two have done some wonderful trips! I've done:
The Seychelles
Rio de Janeiro
Paris
Much of Scotland, Isle of Skye & Isle of Bute
Much of England
Bits of Wales
Crete
Much of South Africa
Venus
Next trip 6 Mar off to Seychelles
This is where we are staying:
http://www.fairyland.net.tc/
all i can say is that I have been to PE, Warrington england and SA
Quote:Originally posted by PAV
Venus
Next trip 6 Mar off to Seychelles
This is where we are staying:
http://www.fairyland.net.tc/
Hi Pav
It looks fantastic. :thumbs: It's obviously new as it wasn't built when I visited. I went on an "educational" when I used to work as a travel consultant & so did thorough inspections of all the hotels on Mahe, Le Digue & Praslin. I was also fortunate to be able to do many of the excursions available, which I couldn't have afforded to do if I'd gone at my own expense. My only disappointment with The Seychelles was in the food. Most of the meat served is fruit bat, which are kept in cages in the hotels' kitchen gardens!
Quote:Originally posted by Venus
Hi Pav
It looks fantastic. :thumbs: It's obviously new as it wasn't built when I visited. I went on an "educational" when I used to work as a travel consultant & so did thorough inspections of all the hotels on Mahe, Le Digue & Praslin. I was also fortunate to be able to do many of the excursions available, which I couldn't have afforded to do if I'd gone at my own expense. My only disappointment with The Seychelles was in the food. Most of the meat served is fruit bat, which are kept in cages in the hotels' kitchen gardens!
Found it on the www
Any tips on things to do??
we have a book on the island and we are planning to hire a car to drive around and maybe pop across to a couple of the islands
will not be able to do much water activities due to wife's recovering from ops but any ideas would be welcome
Cheers PAV
Pav, I've replied to your post on your Seychelles thread.
Gosh...this is nice...alot of u are well travelled...excellent.....i love this being able to travel within pounds price and easily affordable too.....this is something we would have been able to do in SA.....
Since we left SA, as a family we have been to:
UK: Various parts from down South through the Costwolds and up to Lake District, London, Cardiff
Germany: Aachen, Schwarzwald, Stuttgart, Ulm, Konstanz (Bodensee), Munich
France: Paris, Rennes, St. Malo, Strasbourg and Monaco (Monte Carlo)
Luxembourg
Belguim: Brussels, Leige, Waterloo, Ghent, Brugges
Holland: Maastricht, Utrecht, Tilburg, Rotterdam, Giethoorn (one of the loveliest places also known as 'Mini Venice of the North'), Vielsalm, Den Haag, Meppel, Staphorst
Spain: Barcelona
Switzerland: Alps, Zurich, Schaffhausen, St. Gallen, Basel, Bern
Norway: Oslo
Italy: Savona, Finale Liguria, Celle Liguria, Imperia, San Remo, Venice
Austria: Klagenfurt, Alberg
Croatia: Pula
Slovenia: Ljubjana
Jim on his own has been to:
Various cities and towns in UK
Various cities and towns in Germany
Spain: Cordoba, Madrid, Sevilla, Toledo, Cadiz, Jerez de la Frontera, Badajoz
Switzerland: Geneva, Lucern
Finland: Helsinki, Oulu, Rovaniemi (Lappland)
Sweden: Stockholm
Iran: Tehran
Oman
Dubai
Egypt
Singapore
Bangkok
Malaysia
There may be some others that I have not thought of.
We would not have been able to do this travelling if we were still in SA, even though we did do a little of overseas travel then but it is not listed above.