October 3, 2015 – Sicily – Siracusa and Ortigia

As we left the front door of the hotel, there in all its glory was Mount Etna. Yesterday we saw … Continue reading October 3, 2015 – Sicily – Siracusa and Ortigia

September 30, 2015 – Sicily – Palermo & Monreale

I had written a lot on the 3 hour journey from Agrigento to Palermo and all was lost – Grrrrrrr! … Continue reading September 30, 2015 – Sicily – Palermo & Monreale

The shower in the hotel Kaos was like being in a rain forest with the water coming from the ceiling … Continue reading Tuesday September 29, 2015 – Sicily – Agrigento (Acragas)

Depart Hotel Kaos (Chaos) – has great potential as an amazing location but needs repair & management. Luigi Piranello – … Continue reading October 1, 2015 – Sicily – Agrigento to Roman Villa to Taormina / Giardini-Naxos

A one week get-away in the autumn of 2015. Judy, Tachy and Roger fly for 2 3/4 hours on Easyjet … Continue reading Sicily – September 28, 2015 – Gatwick to Catania to Agrigento

732 BC Naxus founded by the Greeks. Taormina founded in mid 500’s BC (Monte Tauro). DH Lawrence, Goethe etc all … Continue reading October 2, 2015 – Sicily – Taormina

Today was the “big day” of the trip at least from my perspective, as it had been a dream of … Continue reading 2015-02-18/19 Angkor Wat & Complex / Khmer

After visiting Bayon in the Angkor Thom complex we drove the 35 minuets to one of the Angkor temples that … Continue reading 2015-02-18/19 Akgkor Complex – Ladies Temple – Angkor Thom – Banteay Srey Temple

Whereas Angkor Wat was the mausoleum of The King, Angkor Thom was the residential area with worship temples etc and … Continue reading 2015-02-19 Angkor Thom – Bayon Temple

We entered through the south gate and after seeing the central temple in the prior posting we stopped at the … Continue reading 2015-02-19 Angkor Thom – Bayon Temple – part 2