14 th October Tuesday   Tried breakfast at the Lido buffet this morning – so much choice.  Left the ship just after 8am and caught a shuttle to the Cruise Terminal (not really necessary – it wasn’t far).  We then bypassed the HOHO/City Tour buses and walked through the back streets to the Old Fortress.  We spent a couple of hours there, including the steepish climb up to the lighthouse at the top (we couldn’t go in the lighthouse).  We then wandered the very touristy streets

9th October - Emirates 17 hr flight from Auckland to Dubai. Seats had plenty of legroom, and a nice dinner served (I had chicken). Slept for a bit, watched 2 movies “Mr Burton” and “The Salt Path”. 10th October - The second leg of the trip, again Emirates - Dubai to Athens was a smaller plane. We had breakfast and watched another movie “Lee”. Processing on arrival in Dubai was smooth, and we were met by Imagine Cruising.  Our bus was delayed in traffic so there was a bit o

London 7 September 1976 We spent 6 weeks in London - lived in a bedsit in Lancaster Gate, and I did various temp jobs including with the Duke of Edinburgh Awards scheme, for lawyers in Holburn and for entrepreneur brothers from the UAE. London 20 October 1976 I got to work (Freedman & Co.) to find the telephonist was back at work, so they had to find me something else to do for the day. Arrived back at Lancaster Gate about 6pm and met Ian in the Mitre pub. We had a counter me

Helsinki 31 August 1976 We arrived at the station about 8am and were met by Colin who will be with us to Esberg. We were brought to the...

Nakhodka to Leingrad - Trans-Siberia Khabarovsk 17 Aug 1976 Slept quite well despite stops and starts during the night. Lovely scenery on...

Perth to Jakarta 27 Jul 1976 Ian at our flat, 1/6 Wright Street, Highgate, Perth We spent 10 months in Perth. I worked at Pacific Film...

Melbourne, Australia 11 Sep 1975 Left Auckland Airport at 2pm. Mum, Dad and Paul saw me off and as usual things were very rushed at the...

Auckland-Wellington-Christchurch 29 Feb 1972 My first trip away from home! I was 18 and I booked a coach tour around the South Island....