My Facebook page is a total lie! I only ever post the glamorous parts of my travel on it – the stunning vistas, the great meals, the new friends and perfect wildlife shots. Everything I post is, of course, something I have done, I am not making these experiences up. But the lie is […]
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May 22, City Hotel St Polten, Austria Well you can probably tell from the title…. the day didn’t pan out exactly as I hoped. I was up at 4am, had my prescribed Ironman breakfast of bread and bananas, and got a taxi to the race area. I borrowed a pump from a delightful
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May 21, City Hotel St Polten, Austria My darling hubby/support crew extraordinaire and I are in gorgeous St Polten for the weekend. Several months ago, when i was uninjured and feeling strong, I signed up for a half ironman…. thinking this would be a pretty easy race distance and good practice for the full ironman
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May 14, Ibis, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea Before visiting all I really knew about Equatorial Guinea was the thwarted coup attempt against President Obiang funded by Margaret Thatcher’s son in 2004 (a.k.a the Wonga coup), for which he pleaded guilty (eventually) and was given a four year suspended sentence and a $500k fine in South Africa.
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May 12, Star Land Hotel, Douala, Cameroon The Lonely Planet aptly describes Douala as ‘sticky, icky and frenetic’. True dat. I would also add ‘ cacaphonic’ (not an actual word but an apt descriptor), as there is a constant background honk of horns. Arriving at Douala airport, I was impressed by the levels of filth and how badly it
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May 9, Royal Palm Hotel, Libreville, Gabon In the next of a series of mad dictatorships – welcome to Gabon. Omar Bongo was president for 42 years from 1967 until he died in 2009. The reins were taken up by his son Ali Bongo who has been in power since, ‘winning’ the 2009 election with 42%
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May 8, Mikhail’s Hotel, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo A lovely day wandering around Brazzaville in the Republic of Congo – the formerly french one, a.ka. Congo Brazzaville (not to be confused with the Democratic Republic of Congo – the formerly Belgian one, historically called Zaire). It was weird arriving here yesterday, the flight was 40
May 6, Virunga Hotel, Musanze, Rwanda I love gorilla trekking. I came to Rwanda solo in 2013 and gifted myself a gorilla trek as a 40th birthday present. I enjoyed it so much, I planned this trip so hubby could get to see them too!. Watching gorillas play is just delightful!!!. Things have become more
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May 5, La Grande Barrier, Goma Gisenyi I struggle to understand what turns reasonable human beings into dictatorial a-holes when given a uniform, a badge and a position of power. Upon arriving at the Rwandan border this morning, the guard threw my NZ passport across the desk when I said that I hadn’t requested
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