By Carmel Stewart Booked through Adventure Life; travelled with Antarctica 21; sailed on the Magellan Explorer. Our adventure to our seventh Continent began in our home countries of Australia and the UK and both involved an early start, a circuitous route and many hours travelling before we arrived in the 36 degree Centigrade heat […]

By Carmel Stewart First of all, not being a member of the Royal family (who never complain and never explain, apparently) I am quite happy to explain why this posting is quite late in appearing. Nothing more serious than life taking precedence over writing. Also Kathy’s name will appear at the top of this article and all our articles  – a quirk of […]

Hello ladies As the world gradually returns to what is often described as ‘normal’ we are looking to take up our travels again. Like all of you, we are older, possibly a little heavier but certainly no wiser. During the next few month we hope to visit Alaska, Antarctica, possibly some European countries and maybe […]

Travel Panel www.cnhtours.com Every booking is personalised so the cost will depend on your requirements. An eight day/seven-night Galapagos trip will set you back about $5,452pp. A couple of days in Quito with a day of organised sightseeing adds about $142.50pp. Flights to and from Baltra are included but not those from home countries. My […]

NB: All pics on this site taken by us and are therefore subject to copyright ©NotDeadYetTravel After our delightful excursion around the Galapagos, we took a few more days away from the world of work to revisit the Amazon. We previously tagged time onto our jaunt to Peru a few years ago for a similar […]

NB: All pics on this site taken by us and are therefore subject to copyright ©NotDeadYetTravel For the first few nights our boat, the Samba, was more rock and roll than a smooth Strictly Ballroom glide across the water but it was no more than we expected and those who felt a little frail took […]