16 th  October, Thursday We were able to walk off the ship to the middle of town.  It was a bit chilly this morning so Sue bought a woollen cardi, reduced to €10, which was just the job.  We enjoyed wandering the ruins of the Diocletian’s Palace (free) before visiting the Split City Museum.  An interesting and very new museum that cost €10 pp.  The area is a mixture of ruins and restoration and very much lived in.  Amazing to stand where a palace was built in the 3 rd centur

15 th  October, Wednesday We put our clocks back one hour, but we didn’t cross the dateline until the morning so the alarm woke us early.  We had breakfast in the Lido on the 9 th deck.  Caught the 9 o’clock shuttle to the Pile Gate. Not too many people about and we were able to buy tickets to walk The Wall without waiting. The ticket officers were very interested in the 1980 entry ticket that I’d brought with me.  It belonged to Tony Mace and is dated 1980, so 45 years old

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 street

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 Laboratories all that time, while Ian worked as an electrician at various places, including some time away up north. Today, Kerry White took me to the Airport 8am, and Julie Kindleysides was there to see me off. Ian had gone to Darwin on Friday night to catch up with Peter Downes (this was Tuesday). I arrived in Jakarta at 12 noon and decided

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....