Coastal France - Day 4 : St Emilion (Bordeaux)

Introduction After two days on the beach in Les Sables D'Olonne we drove down through France touching the town of Bordeaux further south before our assault on Spain. The target was the town of St.Emilion in the Bordeaux region.  The town is a mecca for wine lovers, while we did not know much about wine but we knew its a very picturesque town to visit. We had not pre booked any wine tasting appointments either. Our approach was rather random...

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Coastal France - Day 2 : Pen Hir Point and Les Sable de Olonne

Introduction The second day we planned to hit the westerly coast closest to us and then drive down to Les Sable del Olone. We had picked Le Sable because we had been there on previous holidays to France when our children were much younger. But with years added to their lives I wanted them to sample the fun of the large waves hitting that part of France. You will see on the following blog post that the the waves hitting further south are even more...

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Coastal France - Day 1 : Calais, Bayeux and Lanevoc

Introduction Our summer vacation plans in 2017 were routed in uncertainty but our of uncertainty can arise some of the most interesting avenues of exploration. Often its great to embrace the chaos and let it play out and in these situations most time we find that these situation play out favorably. So after endless discussions of where to go on holiday we had the discussions the day before we departed. We were fortunate that no flights were...

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Mikindani Safari from Dar-es-Salaam day trip

Introduction Having completed a long drive from the south of Tanzania (Lindi) the previous day we set off to Mikumi National Park the following day. Mikumi is a national park easily reached from Tanzania's capital Dar-es-Salaam. Tours do run from Dar-es-Salaam to Mikumi and if you've not been able to make the big game park its worth trying your luck.  We went during the wet season which means that the grass is lush green and long making it...

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Tanzania : Lindi and Mikindani, Daddy's land

Introduction For every kind growing up we hear stories of where our parents grow up and what they did during their growing up years. For most part they come in and out of our imagination. To re-live these days we too our father back to where he was born and grew up a place he left during his teenage years and never returned. While the journey reignited his memories its primarily written here are a chronicle of our journey and as information...

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