Goodbye Brazil! Goodbye Travels! Plus plus…

A bumper assortment to sign off my travels:

Water continues to feature in my Brazil adventures as Rio gives me a damp send off, and Great Western trains take their time. Added to the Brazil page:

https://robsroads.wordpress.com/brazil/

I finally update the Preparations page with the changes I made for phase 2 of the travels:

https://robsroads.wordpress.com/preparations/

My WhatsApp exchange with the Egyptian hotel was only available on a blog post; consequently someone reading the Egypt page without seeing that post would not understand the references to owls, etc. I have therefore added the exchange at the top of the Egypt page. If you haven’t seen it before, take a look, and if you have seen it before, take another look – it made me laugh to read it again:

https://robsroads.wordpress.com/countries/egypt/

Iguacu Falls

I visit the amazing, stupendous, spectacular {insert your superlative here} Iguacu Falls. On the Brazil page:

https://robsroads.wordpress.com/brazil/

Brazil

Carnival time in Rio, where I find more parties than I can handle, admire the scenic city and narrowly avoid becoming a crime statistic. All on the new Brazil page:

https://robsroads.wordpress.com/brazil/

Christchurch

We visit the city I lived in for 3 years in my early 20’s and find it much changed, fall in love with Akaroa, ‘appreciate’ the art gallery and prepare to part, added to the South Island page:

https://robsroads.wordpress.com/south-island/

Buy 2, Get 1 Free

Fox & Wanaka, Te Anau and Twizel all added to the South Island page. See glaciers, lakes, mountains and rivers brought into your very home:

https://robsroads.wordpress.com/south-island/

Hokitika

Finally catching up with the blog after many busy days of touring and sightseeing… Corriene and I make pancakes by the seaside, stay with cousin Dave and wife Bev, pass Arthur, inspect unusually attractive lavatories and meet the friendly New Zealand sandfly. All added to the South Island page:

https://robsroads.wordpress.com/south-island/

Nelson

We suffer a succession of glorious beaches but have the pain alleviated by cousin Julie’s hospitality. On the new South Island page:

https://robsroads.wordpress.com/south-island/

Coromandel to Wellington

We find Corriene’s dream home at Hobbiton, explore boiling pools at Rotorua, find a town that is all bull and are blown away by Wellington. Oh, and there is startling news on the hat front! All added to the New Zealand page:

https://robsroads.wordpress.com/new-zealand/

Northland

We go north to waterfalls, beaches, harbours, giant trees and – hold your breath – another interesting museum! Added to the New Zealand page:

https://robsroads.wordpress.com/new-zealand/

Auckland

We say bye-bye to Bali and hello to New Zealand, where fascinating museums vie for our attention with beautiful islands and colourful shirts. On the new New Zealand page:

https://robsroads.wordpress.com/new-zealand/