La Défense and Grocery Shopping
La Défense and Grocery Shopping highlights: Grande Arche de La Défense; RER super fast train out of Paris; Les Quatres [...]
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Hôtel National des Invalides – Musée de l’Armée
Hôtel National des Invalides – Musée de l’Armée. highlights: Smelly dorm mate; Grand palais; Petit palais and a art [...]
Sacré Cœur
Montmartre highlights: Sacré Cœur; singing sisters; hostel in the red light district; laundry; walkabout It was about [...]
UK and Contiki Winter Wanderer
Here’s a short recount of my trip with Nela. I’ve done highlights so you don’t have to read the full [...]
Day 8 – Kokoda Trail – Ower’s Corner
It’s the final day and knowing we only have a short climb ahead of us gives me the motivation I need to carry myself [...]
Day 7 – Kokoda Trail – Goldie River
For most of the trail we have been happily wearing our hiking boots. But today we were destined for a much wetter adventure, [...]
Day 6 – Kokoda Trail – Irobaiwa
The group leader woke us up with his typical “Wakey wakey.” By my watch, I should still be in bed – but there is no [...]
Day 5 – Kokoda Trail – Menari
The light pitter patter of rain roused us as the morning sun broke first light. Ordinarily, I would be hungry and ready to [...]
Day 4 – Kokoda Trail – Efogi 1
Breakfast was the usual hot milo and weetbix, a comforting meal to start the day. After prepping for the hike and packing [...]
Day 3 – Kokoda Trail – Templeton’s Crossing
Cock-a-doodle-doo. Cock-a-doodle-doo. Just as you’d imagine a farmer to wake up in the morning, we were woken by the [...]