Posts Tagged ‘vacation’
A TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow of a travel blog to Plettenberg, South Africa by TravelPod blogger Jonnyandgill titled "Plettenberg Bay". TravelPod is a company of TripAdvisor™. Jonnyandgill's travel blog entry: "4 Days in Plettenberg Bay. The nicest place we have been so far. We arrived and stayed four nights in Nantando's Backpackers. I have to admit. The backpackers over here are on par with the hotels. In our money we probs pay the same rates but it works out as 15 euro each a night. The room has ensuite bathroom, television, coffee/tea, fresh towels etc. Its basically a hotel. The owner of the hostel was lovely and made us a traditional African meal on our second night. The meal is cooked in a big pot and its like a stew accept it is layered. Plettenberg is great and it is the first place that we have been to that is safe to walk around a night. You get a bit sick of getting cabs from door to door after a while. The beach is unbelievable. Crystal clear waters with big waves. You actually feel safe swimming out to such monstrous waves when the water is so calm and clear. Great crack aswell. This is the place where all the South African students come during their break. It is like an American Spring break and the main pub is fairly lively and good crack. We managed to make are way to it twice over the four days we stayed here. We have also been eating really well. If it was not for the wine/beer I recon I would be fitting back in to my St Pauls uniform. We ate in one ... Read the rest of this entry »
A TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow of a travel blog to Papamoa beach, New Zealand by TravelPod blogger Mills01480 titled "The far North" Mills01480's travel blog entry: "The area to the North of Auckland looks small and thin on the map, but, we still did 1000 klms just getting around the Northlands area. When we left Auckland, the winds started to blow and got up to 120 klms an hour, Jucy Lucy (the van) didn't take kindly to this & was rocking & rolling all over the place. After going over the Auckland bridge we heard on the radio that they thought it was unsafe & should be shut !! great we thought....but being NZ, they decided to leave it open anyway and make it an attraction. The coast road is beautiful, every camp site had amazing views...we went through a Kauri tree forest where the oldest was seeded at the time of Christ if you are a believer (that is approx 2000 years ago for thickies)...The camp sites all have really good kitchen areas where people get together in the evening, we have met people from all over the World and Bedford ! We arrived at 90 mile beach at the top of NZ, it is actually 68 miles long, and why isn't it in KLMs anyway as that is what they use here !! As it was Kims birthday, we decided to splash out on a cheap tour to Cape Reinga, the furthest Northerly point.....you go along the beach in a coach at 70 mph trying to avoid the tide blocking the beach...it is actually the start of highway 1 the cleanest road in NZ that gets washed twice a day by ... Read the rest of this entry »
A TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow of a travel blog to Nizwa, Oman by TravelPod blogger Stupidbunny titled "Fort fort fort fort". TravelPod is a company of TripAdvisor™. Stupidbunny's travel blog entry: "I suddenly realized I have seen a lot of Portuguese forts this trip, mostly in very hot but beautiful territory. Hot, hot, hot We were up in time to watch us pull into the old city of Muscat. The port itself is not old but very industrial. The city itself -- at least, the old city -- sits along the waterfront and against a cliff. Once we were cleared by customs, we went ashore, taking the free shuttle to the port entrance. There, we were met by Abdullah, who would be our guide and driver for the day, and directed to a SUV waiting on the side of the road. Leaving the old port, we went through a gap in the hills, and saw the new city stretched before us. In much of Oman, the city buildings date to the 1970s and the discovery of petroleum reserves. The airport, the palace, the central mosque, all are newly constructed, compared with the extent of habitation in the area. Many Omanis live in Muscat during the work week (Saturday to Wednesday), then return to their villages for the weekend (Thursday and Friday). We stopped briefly to look at a village around an oasis. Abdullah said that, until 1975, almost everyone outside of Muscat lived in small huts, made mostly of palm fronds, with their goats. There were only two schools in the country ... now each village has its own school ... Read the rest of this entry »