Category Archives: Travels

The Rain It Reigneth Every Day

Posted on July 4, 2014 by jbwye

Wellington  is a hilly city huddled against the wind and the rain. The weather has finally caught up with us. We drive up Mt. Victoria in time to catch the view before the clouds roll in. The hillsides are so steep, some houses … Continue reading →

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Farming and Industry in Kiwi Land

Posted on June 27, 2014 by jbwye

I’m back in Aukland, where Merriel meets me and takes me to their 15 acre holding at Onewhero. A roomy old house, just right for the two of them. I last saw Merriel and Peter nearly forty years ago in Kenya, and … Continue reading →

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Clipping rabbits, Caves, and Jumping Ship

Posted on June 20, 2014 by jbwye

October 2001. New Zealand is full of surprises. I go on a long coach trip from Rotorua to Aukland through yet more farms. We are held up by a farmer and his three working dogs herding two dozen Freisland bulls down the … Continue reading →

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The Peace of Solitude in New Zealand – And a Lame Horse?

Posted on June 13, 2014 by jbwye

Round-the-world Walkabout ctd. I leave the coach at Rotorua, and am met by a friend of a friend, who has lent me her car for a week. I have not driven for two months, and the automatic gear is strange at … Continue reading →

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Dressage and Clouds of Sulphur

Posted on June 6, 2014 by jbwye

I’m in New Zealand, on a fifty-acre farm with dairy cows and horses. The wooden farmhouse is very close to the main road and it shudders every time a car or bus flashes past. What a lovely green, green country … Continue reading →

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Pearl Harbour – a Significant Experience

Posted on May 30, 2014 by jbwye

This promises to be a significant experience, bearing in mind the timing of our visit. Our leader rises to the occasion and is full of information, anecdotes and good fellowship. Enhanced security is most obvious. We have to leave all … Continue reading →

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An Island of Contrasts

Posted on May 23, 2014 by jbwye

I rub my eyes after a four o’clock wake-up call in Honolulu for a 5.15 a.m. pick-up… but I don’t arrive on the island of Maui until three hours later, thanks to security requirements. Six of us rattle around in a … Continue reading →

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Oregon – and a Dip into Kenya’s Distant Past

Posted on May 16, 2014 by jbwye

The journey to Medford is weird. I am warned to report at the airport three hours early because of heightened security at LAX, and I’ve already spent a very relaxed day at the hotel after the group left.  Fortunately I decide … Continue reading →

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Nine-Eleven – The Aftermath

Posted on May 9, 2014 by jbwye

Round the World Walkabout, Episode 10. We break camp in the Grand Canyon and head south-westwards on a hot tedious drive, hitting “Route 66” where for the first and only time, Manu is allowed to turn up the car radio and … Continue reading →

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Turkey – Final Episode After three days in the hotel doing nothing but play bridge and read (thank heaven for my kindle), it was time for a trip to Perge; twenty euros each for 5 of us. Then it turned out the … Continue reading →

Posted on May 2, 2014 by jbwye | 5 Comments