A few days ago, there was some discussion on a Cruise Ship forum I participate in, and the question was asked “When our ship docks in Wellington, what things should we do?” The most consistent answers were the Te Papa museum, and the Wellington Cable Car. Strictly speaking, however, Wellington doesn’t have a cable car…
This week, we’re looking at W for World Famous locations. Today’s view is one of the most recognisable in the world – San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge, crossing from the Marin headland to the city of San Francisco. And under the bridge, pleasure craft sail the waters as they flow from San Francisco Bay to the Pacific Ocean.…
Today’s view is one of the most recognisable in the world – San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge, crossing from the city of San Francisco to the Marin headland. In the foreground, a kite-surfer rides the choppy swell as waters from the San Francisco Bay meet the Pacific Ocean. The Golden Gate is the actual channel connecting…
Take me out to the ball game! Today’s #travelpics feature will be short – we are supposed to be on the road again in 15 minutes and I have yet to finish packing up for the next leg of our trip – but I give you “The American Game”. Maybe. Baseball has long been considered…
We’re on the road again – this time, a rail-and-road trip around the western states of the US. We’ve started in San Francisco – and last night, we went to our first baseball game with our daughter Lini, and son in law Joe. Whenever I thought of San Francisco and baseball (which is not, I have…
For the next six weeks or so, we’re on the road again – with a trip to the US to see our daughter Lini, and son in law Joe. We’ve started in San Francisco .. and from that city comes the Stockton Street tunnel, which is effectively below our Worldmark resort. Built in 1914, the…
This week, our Travel pics series is G for Gardens. Today’s pic is actually a triptych of images we took at the Conservatory of Flowers in San Francisco. The Conservatory is a botanical garden and greenhouse in Golden Gate Park, the park that stretches for 5km from the Haight-Ashbury neighbourhood to the sea. The park is…
This week, our letter theme is Z, for Zoology. We’ll be featuring pictures we’ve taken of animals in our travels, on four continents. For Friday, it’s North America .. and the California Sea Lions that have taken over Pier 39 in San Francisco. It was just after the Loma Prieta earthquake of 1989 that sea…
The theme letter for our travel pics this week is W, for Worldmark. Since we bought into holiday ownership with Worldmark (or Trendwest, as it was when we started in 2001) we’ve stayed at a number of US Worldmark properties including Dolphins Cove Anaheim (near Disneyland), Las Vegas (Tropicana) and San Diego (Balboa Park) .. but the first…
The theme letter for our travel pics this week is U, for Under. For Friday, it’s Under the Golden Gate bridge, in San Francisco. One of the most iconic structures in the world, the Golden Gate bridge connects SF proper with Marin County – and has done so since 1937. It’s 1.3km main span was the longest…
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