Having ruled-out a land journey south (it’s a long way!), we flew into Punta Arenas from Balmaceda airport, a 1 hour 20 minute flight on a ‘DAP Air’ aeroplane. I’d been here before in 1991 on work business – so…
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Coyhaique
We left Quellon, Chiloé at 11pm on a mammoth 31 hour ferry journey, with Naviera Austral, to Puerto Chacabuco. This journey was supposed to be very scenic passing through the Chilean fjords. However, we were unlucky with the weather –…
Casablanca
We had a very long day travelling from New Zealand to Chile. Our flight left Auckland at 19.30 and after a 11 hour flight arrived in Santiago at 15.00 the same day! Jessica writes: At the workaway our host was…
Whangarei to Rotorua
Visiting a few beaches (Sandy Bay, Woolley Bay and Matapouri Bay) along the way, we wound our way south along the SH-1 from Cape Reinga and the Giant Dunes towards Whangarei, the regional capital city of Northland, famous for its…
Grafton to Nambucca Heads
For the next part of our adventure, we considered going inland to Casino and on to connect with the A15 going south to Tamworth and then Newcastle before heading to Sydney (our Motorhome adventure destination), but after researching online, decided…
Clermont, Emerald and Carnarvon Gorge
Due south of the town of Clermont, is an area known as the Gemfields, which encompasses suitably named towns such as Rubyvale, Sapphire and Emerald. Intrigued, we headed inland to investigate. On the way we passed field after field of…
Magnetic Island
From our inland excursion to visit the lava tubes at Undara, we drove south-east along empty to roads to Townsville via Greenvale, a much needed fuel stop, and Charters Towers, a town that arose following gold finds in the creek…
Cairns and the Atherton Tablelands
Departing Hong Kong on a 9pm flight, we arrived into Cairns shortly after sunrise. Cairns International airport is small, and it didn’t take long to get through passport control and collect our bags. The early July temperature outside was welcomingly…
Singapore
For our short stay of just 2 days in Singapore we were fortunate to be able to stay with a UK friend who’s being working there for a few years. He had a lovely apartment in a large complex that…
Malacca (Melaka)
Following our return from Cambodia, we arrived for a 4-night stop in Malacca by bus from Kuala Lumpur airport. Our hostel was located on the edge of the bustling Jonker street area of town, famous for its night market and…