Sydney; The land of Sun, Melting Tar, Wind, Thunder Lightning & Rain
And we were only there for two days and a night.
This is an epic: I make no apologies: Sydney is, after all an epic city.
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#28 Sydney
Posted: June 12, 2024 in Another Cruise, Cruising, Memories, OaP, P&O, Podge, Retirement, Travel, TubbsTags: 2014, Arcadia, Australia, Cruise, cruise ship, Cruising, Her Tubbsness, His Podgeness, letsgoseethesea, Marriage at Sea, Mrs Me, P&O, pandocruises, Podge, podgeandtubbsgocruising, PodgeThePuffer, seetheseaday, Sydney, Sydney Harbour Bridge, Sydney Opera House, Travel, Tubbs, vacation, Wedding
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#10 An Amazon Adventure
Posted: June 11, 2024 in Another Cruise, Cruising, Memories, OaP, Podge, Retirement, Travel, TubbsTags: 2007, adventure, Ariau Towers, Breamar, Cruise, cruise ship, Cruising, Fred Olsen, Her Tubbsness, His Podgeness, letsgoseethesea, Mrs Me, Pink Dolphins, Podge, podgeandtubbsgocruising, PodgeThePuffer, seetheseaday, The Amazon, Travel, Tubbs
Until I mentioned it, The Duchess had never heard of the existence of Pink Dolphins and no matter how much I tried to persuade her, she would have none of it. So, all I could do was to book a cruise that would take us from Barbados down to the mouth of the Amazon and then upstream all the way to Manaus (The capital of the vast state of Amazonas), a distance of about 1000 kilometres. While there we would embark on an excursion to a jungle lodge then known as Ariau Towers ( no longer operating 😦 ).
(more…)#51 Curacao – Day 18 (Day 4 of Week 3)
Posted: June 10, 2024 in Another Cruise, Cruising, Memories, OaP, P&O, Podge, Retirement, Travel, TubbsTags: 2024, Britannia, Cruise, cruise ship, Cruising, Her Tubbsness, His Podgeness, letsgoseethesea, Mrs Me, P&O, pandocruises, Podge, podgeandtubbsgocruising, PodgeThePuffer, seetheseaday, Travel, Tubbs, vacation
Today, we’re back to Curacao for the 2nd time this cruise so we chose not to take an excursion. Mrs Me therefore decreed that we should walk into town to see the swing bridge that everybody kept going on about(!) and of course, look at some shops. Bought some heirlooms (otherwise known as tat by the children) and Debbie bought the first ever pink girlie article (clothing) for our new granddaughter. It turned out that the clothing was actually too small as our new granddaughter had grown quicker than we had realised, mind you. she was only born 3-weeks before we left and we were away for 6-weeks so we weren’t really that surprised.
(more…)That Was The Year That Was
Posted: January 1, 2021 in 2020 Challenge, Another Cruise, Cruising, Cycling, Diet, Hadrian's Wall, LeJog, My Virtual Mission, P&O, Podge, training, Travel, UncategorizedTags: Covid, Cruise, Hungerford, Mrs Me, myvirtualmission, Podge, Route 66, The Conqueror Virtual Challenge, Tubbs
Well, 2020 wasn’t the kind of year anybody had been expecting was it. Just like most people, Me and Mrs Me, had so many plans for 2020. Just like most people, hardly any of the plans came to fruition: In particular the two cruises we had booked, one in March, from the Caribbean back to the UK (a repeat of the March 2019 cruise) and one in August to the Fiords. We also had another cruise in March 2021, from the Caribbean back to the UK. One by one, the cruises were cancelled due to Covid. Hopefully, we’ll get back normal in 2021 / 2022.
There was however somewhat of an upside to this new way of ‘life under Covid’ whereby Me and Mrs Me discovered a website for virtual walks and rides. Using this facility (myvirtualmission.com) we were able to complete two virtual walks, Hadrian’s Wall and the Inca Trail, without travelling outside of the boundaries of Sleepy Hungerford. In addition, I (His Podgeness) was able to cycle, again in a virtual world, Lands End to John O’Groats and The great Ocean Road. In total, Me and Mrs Me walked 142 miles and His Podgeness cycled 1,255 miles. Having now been bitten by the virtual bug we then [virtually] walked The Ring of Kerry walking 124 miles through the mystical Iveragh Peninsula in Ireland followed by The Mount Fuji Virtual Challenge of just 46 miles after which plus many more. For my part, I also [virtually] cycled Route 66 (2280 miles across the USA) and St Francis Way (312 miles from Florence to the Vatican). Why virtual you may ask! well, Podge’s COPD (Codger’s Old Puffing Disease – see endnote) is now rated as severe with overlapping Chronic Asthma with a lung effectiveness of just 44%: Even walking round Hungerford can be a struggle and the virtual rides on a static bike mean I can stop whenever I want / need to. Poor Podge.
I, His Podgeness, also planned to escape Obesity during 2020. Well, I’m here to tell you that [despite all the exercise] Podge did no such thing. Despite walking and cycling all those miles, and not going on any cruises, Podge is still a Podge. Poor Podge.
The Adventures of Podge & Tubbs 