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THE PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY
A road journey from LOS ANGELES to CARMEL
DECEMBER 27, 2012 - JANUARY 3, 2013

THE PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY
A road journey from LOS ANGELES to CARMEL
DECEMBER 27, 2012 - JANUARY 3, 2013

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'A beautiful thing is never perfect' - Egyptian proverb
Our day is not yet over.... We haven't got to the big stuff yet. We leave the restaurant and drive through the streets, passing the...

Janette Frawley
May 27, 20233 min read


'The sun always shines after the storm' - Tutankhamun
After a three-and-a-half hour bus ride from Safaga, there is an air of excitement within the bus as each of the passengers look forward...

Janette Frawley
May 26, 20235 min read


'The dunes are changed by the wind, but the desert never changes.' - Paulo Coelho
From the ship, I see a mountain range just behind the port town of Safaga and before long we are on our bus and driving towards them....

Janette Frawley
May 26, 20234 min read


'Smell the sea and feel the sky. Let your soul and spirit fly.' - Van Morrison
It’s hard to comprehend being on a ship at sea for seven straight days without stopping. From Cochin, India, we need to cross the Arabian...

Janette Frawley
May 19, 20233 min read


'Make no mistake, the weeds will win; nature bats last' - Robert Michael Pyle
The sun is rising as we approach Cochin; an eerie orangie-grey light is cast over the shimmering water as we approach the harbour. We are...

Janette Frawley
May 18, 20235 min read


'Who are you if nobody knows your story?' - Thisuri Wanniarachchi,
We watch our ship pull into the Colombo’s ancient natural harbour and wait somewhat impatiently for the bureaucracy to unfold. All the...

Janette Frawley
May 15, 20235 min read


'In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks' - John Muir
After three days at sea, we are eager to disembark and explore the Yala National Park, situated near enough to the newish port of...

Janette Frawley
May 13, 20237 min read


'Lightnin' Strikes Again'
Flashes of yellow and pink light up the velvety sky. Huge sheets of pastel colours flash then flicker before disappearing. I wait for the...

Janette Frawley
May 8, 20232 min read


I Should be so Lucky'
No stopover in Singapore is complete without a visit to the forty-year-old Lucky Plaza shopping centre right in the heart of Orchard...

Janette Frawley
May 8, 20233 min read


'We've built a nation with our hands'
Singapore, located at the southern tip of Malaysia, after a rich maritime history became an independent sovereign country in 1965....

Janette Frawley
May 5, 20233 min read


Leaving on a Jet Plane
My dad caught the travel bug early in life. He first left home to work on a dairy farm in Gippsland when he was thirteen years old, which...

Janette Frawley
May 3, 20232 min read


Back Home Again
I've been home now for ten days and whilst my suitcase is unpacked and the washing done, elements of my holiday are still swirling around...

Janette Frawley
Nov 13, 20225 min read


Good Morning America, How are you?
A pink tinge sits on the horizon as I pull the curtain back to check my watch. 8 o’clock? Did I sleep that long? I check my phone - just...

Janette Frawley
Oct 31, 20225 min read


'Oh Nashville, I can't wait to see you again'
Saturday afternoon near the corner of Broadway and 3rd Avenue in downtown Nashville is hard to describe. The noise is deafening until you...

Janette Frawley
Oct 27, 20224 min read


'Autumn leaves shower like gold, like rainbows, as the winds of change begin to blow.'
I am so lucky to be travelling through America during Autumn. From the time I departed from Cleveland, Ohio until now, I have been a...

Janette Frawley
Oct 25, 20222 min read


'Life is a lot like jazz... it's best when you improvise'
The sun is streaming in the car window as I carefully follow the instructions from the GPS. Before long, I take the exit from the highway...

Janette Frawley
Oct 22, 20222 min read


Almost Heaven
It's all John Denver's fault that I'm here! 'Almost heaven, West Virginia, Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River.' It's also Bill...

Janette Frawley
Oct 14, 20223 min read


'Rock and roll is not one music but many.'
I had started in Boston yesterday; a two-leg flight to Cleveland Ohio that had taken a lot longer than planned. Despite my first flight...

Janette Frawley
Oct 13, 20223 min read


'In Boston are the elements of a great civilized city'
Initially I book two nights accommodation in Boston. It is very expensive and the cheapest accommodation I can find in central Boston is...

Janette Frawley
Oct 12, 20224 min read


'Eventually, I think Chicago will be the most beautiful great city left in the world.'
Before COVID happened to the world, there were tours of Chicago that included some of the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed homes. These tours...

Janette Frawley
Oct 10, 20224 min read
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