Two Drifters

^Fun in the Dead Sea, Jordan What a month of incredible experiences and immersion in history, ingenuity and architectural and engineering brilliance! We started the month by joining a Uniworld mega famil of travel industry people (mainly travel agents) from Australia and NZ. Uniworld chartered both their ships and 140 odd people gathered in Cairo for our 11 day trip. After that, just Andrew and I went on to Jordan and did the Uniworld extension. We then flew to Dubai for three full days of R&R but that didn’t quite work to plan (you’ll have to read on to see why!) Home very early on AFL Grand Final Eve, we had a nap then had a lovely catch up with all our kiddies, grandie and doggies.  Next day, we swapped our summer clothes for winter woollies and headed into the MCG for the AFL Grand Final between Fremantle (who had never won) and Brisbane (attempting three wins in a row from four GFs in a row). Kylie Minogue was the pre-game entertainment and the game was very tight right to...

The Intrepid tour was lots of fun. And the scenery and wildlife were amazing. The mountains, rivers, streams and lakes were every but as beautiful as we expected. Truly stunning. We also saw deer, elk, bighorn sheep, chipmunks. And black bears. We saw bears twice, two days in a row. Both were beside the highway eating buffalo berries. It was such a treat to see these incredible creatures. Our favourite spot on the Intrepid Travel tour was Banff. We loved this little town (as did many thousands of others!!) It was big enough to be interesting and small enough to be charming. And it was beautiful.  One evening, we had a fun experience canoeing down the Bow River and we had a beaver swim beside us and slap his tail. After Intrepid, we had two days on the iconic Rocky Mountaineer, travelling from Banff to Vancouver. I had long dreamed of riding on this train so I was very excited to have the opportunity. Once again, the scenery was spectacular and it was also a very special experience ...