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World Trip - We travelled east to west across the globe!

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Southern France [22 May - 02 June 2024]

Day 1: Bristol - Marseilles We're off again - it seems so long since we were on a plane! Just a short two hour hop from Bristol to Marseilles to start a lovely 10 day trip around the region. After picking up the hire car from just outside the airport, we drove to the beautiful and unusual town of Roussillon. It's known for its ochre cliffs, which come in a variety of dramatic colours, ranging from ochre yellow to fiery red. These colourful cliffs are the result of millions of years of erosion, exposing layers of ochre-rich sand. The town sits upon these cliffs and you get the most spectacular views over the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. On our arrival, and after settling into our hotel, we took an evening stroll around the town. It was so quiet - like a ghost town! Nevertheless, its beauty shone through. For our evening meal, we enjoyed the most wonderful dishes at one of the town's most popular restaurants where the cuisine was definitely French thro

Day #72 & #73 - Halfway! Where Did That Day Go?

Christmas arrived at the hotel! So two days' blog posts for the price of one today. Why? Well, today was a transit day where we were travelling from Tahiti to New Zealand. This means we crossed the international date line and went from being about 10 hours behind our friends and family in the UK to being about 12 hours ahead. We suddenly jumped from Saturday morning into Sunday afternoon. While the principle is straightforward, its practical implications really do screw with your mind. Luckily, we let the travel agent take care of this phase of the trip and so all our flights, hotels and connections went smoothly.

Day #114 - Going Dutch in Bali

Ducks in the Rice Field Another mini transit day today as we relocate to Ubud, nestled amidst rice fields and steep ravines in central Bali. It is renowned as a vibrant centre for traditional arts, dance, and handicrafts and we knew it would provide a third dynamic to our Bali experience after the chaotic bustle of Kuta and the stillness of the north coast. It was a two hour taxi ride between our hotels and although we were heading in a similar direction to our previous cross-island trip, the road we took and the towns we passed through were much different. This time, we were seeing a side of Bali that appeared to be more structured, more organised and more "together" than before. We definitely avoided the more rural dirt track roads of our previous trip which was a blessing. Like before, we climbed up into the mountainous region which allowed us to gaze across the dramatic valleys and as we approached Ubud, to see the terraced rice fields. Our taxi dropped us off on the ed

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