At last Gregor and Debbi have started their round the world trip. They won £6 at the races in Hong Kong but it was spent on cocktails. They are staying in hostels and with relations for some of the time during the 9 weeks in Australia and New Zealand. I had a surprise phone call from Sydney yesterday, they had booked a hostel but did not have the address with them so could I look it up on Google Map and direct them to the hostel. It was cheaper to do this by phone using an Oz SIM card to the UK than to pay for time at an internet cafe. They really are living on a budget.
They have spent 4 days in Melbourne and will be in Sydney for a week before moving up the coast to Queensland where they will stay with my cousin Robin for the weekend. He has a splendid estate on a river with boats, various exotic vehicles and other mantoys to play with. It should keep the costs down for them and allow them to access the barrier reef.
They should have fine tuned their travel style by Christmas when they will be in New Zealand. Gregor will be expecting the family to boost his finances, £2000 for 5 months did seem a bit optimistic. The South American leg of the trip in the new year will last 3 months and they have no contacts there to help eke out their dwindling resources.
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| Howtown, Ullswater before the trip |
They have spent 4 days in Melbourne and will be in Sydney for a week before moving up the coast to Queensland where they will stay with my cousin Robin for the weekend. He has a splendid estate on a river with boats, various exotic vehicles and other mantoys to play with. It should keep the costs down for them and allow them to access the barrier reef.
They should have fine tuned their travel style by Christmas when they will be in New Zealand. Gregor will be expecting the family to boost his finances, £2000 for 5 months did seem a bit optimistic. The South American leg of the trip in the new year will last 3 months and they have no contacts there to help eke out their dwindling resources.
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