From Killarney to Cork is less than 100 kilometres, but that takes you across the island from the west coast to the east. So, after jumping on a bus in the morning, less than two hours later we were in
County Cork, Ireland
Sheep Dog Demo at Kissane Sheep Farm
While in County Kerry, we paid a visit to the Kissane Sheep Farm to watch a demonstration of the sheep herding skills of Irish border collies. These amazing dogs can be trained to obey commands by voice or whistle to
Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland
We began our visit to the Republic of Ireland by flying directly to the west coast to the tiny tourist town of Killarney. Killarney has been famous as an Irish visitors’ Mecca since Victorian times; the town of just 15,000
Salisbury, Stonehenge, and Winchester
We arrived in England to be welcomed by typical English weather for the spring; kind of chilly, 13 degrees and drizzling, but only off and on. In fact, by the weekend it was beautiful – sunny and 15. Salisbury is
Starting our England and Ireland Trip
On April 30th, we jumped on a plane and headed off to London Heathrow to spend 2-1/2 weeks in England and the Republic of Ireland. Upon arriving in mid-afternoon the following day, we did not immediately head for London as
Tall Ship Sailing in the Caribbean
We have booked a cruise on the Royal Clipper and will be sailing through the Windward Islands of the Caribbean for our first trip of 2025. In just eight days and seven nights we will visit six different countries. It
Returning Home; the Good and the Bad
After our 3-flight, 40-hour odyssey to return home on South African Airlines and Lufthansa through Jo’burg and Frankfurt, we settled into our post-trip routine. There’s always both pros and cons to arriving home. Let’s get the bad points over with
Bring us back a parrot!
The Guinness barges were part of everyday Dublin life, transporting wooden barrels full of GUINNESS from the Brewery to the waiting cross channel steamers at Dublin Port and bringing the empty barrels back to the Brewery to be refilled. Dublin
Cape Town and Stellenbosch Wine Route
Our trip to southern Africa wound up with six days in the country of South Africa, where we visited Cape Town and then topped off the trip with a couple of relaxing days in nearby Stellenbosch wine country. This was
Onguma and Okonjima
We weren’t too upset about leaving Etosha National Park since we had planned two days of game viewing at private game reserves on our route back to Windhoek. And we treated ourselves by booking lodges for our final two nights
Etosha National Park
We left Damaraland and entered Namibia’s famous Etosha National Park through the western gate, to begin our 3-night stay, camping and staying at a couple of lodges as we did our self-driving game drives. We’d love to say that Etosha
Rhino Tracking on Foot
Still in Damaraland, but at the northern edge, we drove to the Palmwag Concession to camp for two nights. We needed to stay a couple of nights so that we could enjoy a really special activity in the early morning
Damaraland – Scenery, Wildlife, and Bushmen
Having decided to skip camping with the seals at Cape Cross on the Skeleton Coast, we were able to add an extra night in Damaraland, an area of more than 100,000 square kilometres (over 10% of the whole country). Sandwiched
Solitaire, Walvis Bay and the Skeleton Coast
The morning of March 12th we broke camp at Sesriem and headed inland and to the north. Inland because you cannot drive through the sands dunes, and north to get to the Skeleton Coast accessible through near Walvis Bay and
Sesriem and Sossusvlei
As we coasted back down into the Namib desert to the Namibia Wildlife Resorts (NWR) campsite at Sesriem, we didn’t have high expectations. NWR has a somewhat spotty track record on travel forums, and we’d just come from NWR-managed Duwisib
Mariental, Aus, and Kolmanskop
The morning of March 7th we picked up our 4×4 and camping equipment, finished our food shopping, and hit the road to the south of Windhoek. A long, boring drive from Windhoek to the Kalahari Desert, with only a few
Coming Soon; More Namibia and Nearby Posts
We left Windhoek the morning of March 7th on our 18-day, 4×4 camping trip with every intention of posting updates and photos every few days as we usually do. However, this trip turned out to be different for a number
Windhoek, Namibia
Arrived in Windhoek late afternoon and settled into our apartment. Next morning, wandered downtown to check out the capital city’s main attractions. Spent some time at the Independence Memorial Museum. Large statue of the first president of Namibia, Sam Nujoma,
Lesotho – The Kingdom in the Sky
After our recovery days in South Africa, we took a quick flight to the tiny country of Lesotho, notable for a few quirky facts: A quick description of our visit: Have spent the last couple of days in the country
South Africa – Dinokeng Game Reserve
Following nearly 40 hours of flying and driving, we spent a couple of recovery days at a game lodge north of Johannesburg. Gorgeous safari tent accommodation in the middle of the Dinokeng Game Reserve. Spent a day and a half