We had lots of zodiac excursions on to shore Toasted crossing 80 deg north Crashed through sea ice Had close-up encounters with at least a dozen polar bears Saw heaps of walruses Some swam over to check us out – from about 5 metres! Up close with reindeer This Arctic fox hassled a mob of geese […]
Longyearbyen
Greetings from the northern-most settlement on the planet. It’s more spectacular than we had imagined. Longyearbyen is 78 degrees north and home to 2000 people. There was low fog hanging round, but occasionally we had glimpses of the mountains The sun stays up for 24 hours, I took this photo at 10pm with the sun still […]
Norway’s Vikings and Explorers
Too much walking yesterday for two aging tourists, so we took a ferry across the fiord and took in a few museums. The first and most impressive was the Fram Museum, the story of the strongest wooden ship ever made and still holds the record for sailing furtherest north and south. Then the Kon-Tiki […]
Beautiful Oslo
Oslo is gorgeous, it has wonderful architecture and a rich history. Just 630,000 people live here in the world’s most expensive city – and they are proud of that fact! The city dates back to the 1600’s and is located on Oslo Fiord. The royal family used to live in this castle, but the upkeep […]
Temple of Heaven and Summer Palace
Today was another day of temples, but for us the best part was the park surrounding the Temple of Heaven. Here thousands of locals gather daily for exercise, dancing, playing music and playing card and board games. We’d seen enough temples, but it did give the remaining people in China who didn’t accompany us to […]
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