Summer Sun in Sicily
Since the English weather was once again not living up to the Springtime promise, we decided to visti the land of the Cosa Nostra and head to Sicily for a week.Read more...
Botswana Beckoning
We are off to Botswana in June :-) Hopefully we will get to stay a night or two in a lodge on the Okavango Delta but after looking at the crazy prices we will be doing the proper African experience...Read more...
When Pigs Flew...
It was always thought Niks would only make a honest man of me when Pigs Flew... and this month, Pigs Flu! Jokes aside, I surprised Niks with a trip to Shamwari Game Reserve for our 10 year anniversary with the...Read more...
Weddings & Wildlife...
... thought hopefully not in the same place!Being out in SA for Charles and Rachel's wedding we thought we would take the opportunity to do some game viewing. Our last two SA game visits had been in the Kruger Park so we have decided to go a bit closer to home this time with a trip to Hluhluwe, and in particular the Munywaneni Bush Lodge
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Wedding under the Barrier of Spears
We headed back to SA for Tony and Gay's wedding and we stopped off in the Cape Province to visit friends, drink wine and eat some great food. More soon......Read more...
Lost in Bermuda...
...luckily the infamous Bermuda Triangle did not claim any more victims on our trip to visit Keith and Hillary but the Lobster almost did!Read more...
Mozambique
After a tough 5 months over wintering in London Niks and I jetted off for some pampering in Bazaruto before joining the fishing crew at Club 15, Inhosorro. We had been looking at going to the Maldives to cure the...Read more...
Cuban Mojito Madness
Well we survived the rum, cigars and many cocktails and have retuned well relaxed from an excellent - and culinarily surprising - trip to Cuba! We have been trying to get there for the last two years but something else...Read more...
USA Road Trip
Roll on August 2006... we are planning on traveling to the US of A and joining Eric, Jen, Kevin and Chika on a great road trip round some of the Western States.Read more...
Kruger Park 2006
We had great success spotting for the Big 5 in Tanzania with Kevin and Chika, would our luck continue with Eric and Jen on our latest trip to Africa's premier big game park?Read more...
Mgazana Bungalows
The Wild Coast of South Africa iun the former homeland of Transkie held many memories for us as youngsters and we were returning there with Eric, Jen, Nicky and Herbie to see if the estuaries and coast line were as magical as we remembered.Read more...
Loire Valley
Finally we have decided on a venue for the August Bank holiday trip. We have booked 4 nights at Leclos Amboise and plan to spend most of those foour days visiting Chateau's, drinking wines and eating great French cuisine!Read more...
Western Isles
For Easter 2005 Niks and I headed on a road trip to the Western Isles of Scotland, taking in Arran, Mull, Iona and Skye. We also drove inland to try our luck at monster spotting at Loch Ness.Read more...
Wild Christmas
It was that time of year again when the clouds roll in over Mud Island and do not seem to leave for 3 months. It was Christmas and time to go home to sunny SA to enjoy some game viewing in Kruger Park and relaxation on the bech with family and friends.Read more...
Sunny Sardinia
Since our British summer had been virtually non existant and we were desperate for sunnier climes we decided a beach holiday was called for. Sardinia, an island region of Italy, sits just south of the Island of Corsica in the blue Tyrrhenian Sea was our destination and although it's 160 miles long, 68 miles wide we planned to spend most of it on a patch of beach 20m long and 5m wide!Read more...
The Tour de France 2004
Would Lance make it No. 5?We believed so and aimed to be there to see History in the making.
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Cava in Catalonia
For the second May Bank holiday of 2004 Matt and I set off for bustling Barcelona. From the airport we took the bus into the city centre which dropped us off at Placa de Catalunya. Our hotel (Hotel Inglaterra) was...Read more...
New York, New York
Matt and I finally set foot in the States for the first time on 7 November 2003 at 10:45 pm and hailed our first yellow cab to take us to our hotel (the 3 star Radisson on Lexington Avenue and...Read more...
Cavorting in Croatia
What breathtaking beautiful coastal views welcomed us on the afternoon of 21 August 2003 when our taxi driver drove us from the airport to Dubrovnik - a city described as "paradise on earth and a jewel in the crown of...Read more...
Lofoten Islands
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Cote D' Azur
Jetaime! I have fallen in love with the French Riviera! We arrived at Nice - Cote D' Azur Terminal 1 - on Saturday morning (3 May 2003) and took the shuttle bus to the Avis car hire desk where we were pleasantly surprised with an upgrade to a C200 Diesel Mercedes from our original booking of a Renault Megane. This was "The French Riviera" after all and was all about style....Read more...
Russia with Love
We had a great time in Russia and it certainly exceeded our expectations despite my being pick-pocketed on the train to St Pete's... more later!
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Canada Bound
Powder, snowboards, hottubs, Steelhead, wilderness and a bit of sight seeing.
March 2003 saw the Mottrams desend on Vancouver for Roys 60th!
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Tanzania
The great African mountain of Kilimanjaro was about to be climbed. The idea for this hike started to gain shape in the Himalayas when we were there in 2000 and we were finally going to be "sitting on top of Kilimanjaro"Read more...
Amsterdam
For the first May Bank Holiday in 2000, Matt and I left for the land of clogs, canals, cheese, windmills and tulips. Yes, you guessed it - Amsterdam! It is the capital of the Netherlands and stands on precariously low-lying...Read more...
Val d' Isere
Just returned from an awesome snowboarding trip to Val d'Isere, France. The snow gods treated us very kindly dumping new powder almost every night and we enjoyed the best skiing conditions of 2002. Niks and I enjoying some alpine sun...Read more...
Pampered in Prague
Niks and I left for Prague on Friday evening, 25 May 2001 for the May Bank holiday. We timed it perfectly to coincide with the Prague Spring Music Festival.Read more...
Brugge
Niks and I left for a romantic weekend getaway to the charming city of Bruges on Friday, 23 February 2001. We travelled by Eurostar and arrived at our hotel Academie at approximately 10:00 pm.Read more...
Bonefish & Tequila Tour
The first trip of 2001 promised to be a trip to remember. R & R Mexican style, white beaches, turquoise seas, cerveza and seafood galore. We landed in Cancun and directly down to Tulum where we "Mexican Waved" in the New Year with a bottle or two of Mexico's finest....TEQUILA!!!Read more...
Munchen Beerfest
DRINK BEER, Eat Ox, DRINK BEER, Eat Sauerkraut, DRINK BEER, Eat Eisbein, DRINK BEER and maybe see Munich.Read more...
Emerald Isle
Matt and I left for Ireland on Thursday 20 April 2000. We flew Aer Lingus from Heathrow airport over the Irish Sea which separates Ireland from Great Britain. From Dublin airport we hired a Corsica (Umm, that's a Corsa Niks!)...Read more...
Monterosso, Italy
A dramatic meeting of mountains and sea is what makes the Italian Riviera so alluring - a classic journey for travelers fond of Italy. Here, terraced vineyards and quaint villages cling to rugged cliffs. Turquoise waters fill quiet coves and small fishing boats drop anchor by lavish yachts.Read more...
Running With The Bulls
Raging bulls, Egg & flour fights, All night partying, golden beaches and great friends was going to make this a great holiday... Just gotta get past those bulls first!Read more...
August 29, 2009
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