Xinchang Xinchang Ancient town is around 20km from Shanghai Pudong Airport and is one of the smaller of Shanghai’s Ancient towns with well-maintained old streets. buidings and stone archway bridges over the rivers. It is far less touristy than the other of the Ancient Towns and it was very quiet when we visited. We concentrated […]
Shanghai’s Ancient Towns Read More »
The fast train from Shanghai Hongqiao Station to Changsha took just under 6 hours but the time flew in the business-class carriage which had lie-flat seats and a personal concierge. We caught a taxi upon arrival to our modern hotel – the W Changsha Hotel at the Yunda Central Plaza which was within the same
Changsha & Zhangjiajie Read More »
This is another marathon blog penned by Geoffrey. Please contact me if you are interested in knowing more about anything related to this Marathon event. Over to Geoffrey … Shanghai ’25 was an Abbott Candidate Race which meant that the event is vying to be added as the 9th World Marathon Major in a few years. If
Shanghai Marathon 2025 Read More »
This is another marathon blog penned by Geoffrey. Please contact me if you are interested in knowing more about anything related to this Marathon event. Over to Geoffrey … Ten days before the Melbourne Marathon I participated in a 5km race – an event that I have run many times before. Just 500m from the finished I
Melbourne Marathon 2025 Read More »
Wuxi is about a 2hr drive west from Shanghai and about a 1hr from the more renowned Suzhou. Both Wuxi and Suzhou sit on the shores of Lake Taihu which is part of the Yangtze Delta. With a population of around 8 million Wuxi is still not that well known as an international tourist destination
Bordeaux is known as the world capital of wine, a UNESCO World heritage Site and therefore a major tourist destination. It has a rich history going back to 300BC. Geographically, Bordeaux is near the Atlantic coast, 500km southwest of Paris, and built on a bend of the River Garonne. Geoffrey and I are not wine
We had allocated a week following the Paris Marathon to visit a region of France that we hadn’t explored before. We had already decided to hire a rental which we would return in Bordeaux, but a full week there would have been too long. I was keen on the coast as I’d read of many
Loire Valley, France Read More »
We’ve transited through Amsterdam a few times but never spent any real time there. With April being peak tulip season we decided to use the opportunity this time to spend a couple of days exploring some of this City of Canals’ many attractions before heading to Paris for the marathon. We had elected to stay
This is another marathon blog penned by Geoffrey. Please contact me if you are interested in knowing more about anything related to this Marathon event. Over to Geoffrey … I had never previously seriously considered this event as Paris is a looong way to travel for a marathon which is not one of the 7 World Marathon
Paris Marathon 2025 Read More »
This is an activity blog penned by Geoffrey. Please contact me if you are interested in knowing more about anything related to walking the Milford Track. Over to Geoffrey … After 35 years of tramping in New Zealand I finally got to tick-off the Milford Track – dubbed the “finest walk in the world”. Two reasons why
Milford Track – NZ Read More »
