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We’ve turned into Gypsies
After picking up our caravan last weekend, this bank holiday weekend was the first time we really used it. Work finished on Friday, Aunty and I jumped into the car and drove to the caravan storage park to collect the van. The connection to the towing bar went relatively smoothly, once I had remembered to…
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Bluebells
Well we’re now back in the UK, but the beauty we have here at home is just as spectacular as anywhere else. Aunty has recently found a list on-line “100 Things to do in Wales Before You Die” (http://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/fun-stuff/100-things-wales-before-you-6503970). Now we don’t intend to shuffle off the immortal coil yet, and for me there are…
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Footprints in the sand
This is our last day here at the Hotel Anise. We’ve been treated like royalty being the only guests all this time. Last night, Neville the handyman took us in his jeep along the Coast to the Grand Rivière to see nesting leatherback turtles. This is another thing that I’ve always wanted to see, and…
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Say good bye to the rainforest
Yesterday we said good bye to the rainforest and moved on to our next destination, Hotel Anise on the Grand Rivière on the north coast of Trinidad. Though not before I was once again entranced by the hummingbirds at Asa Wright. And I can’t resist including a photo of a White-chested Emerald below. We drove…
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Last Day At Asa Wright
Today’s our last day here at Asa Wright before we move on to the North Coast of Trinidad. But I thought I’d show you a couple of my favourite birds we’ve seen so far. The first is a Barred Antshrike that appeared just off the balcony on our first full day. The Palm Tanagers are…
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Caroni Swamp
A couple of days ago we had a trip to Caroni Swamp, another bird watchers paradise here in Trindad. But not until we had undertaken a tramp around Bellbird Trail here at Asa Wright. Didn’t seen any bellbirds but we heard plenty of them. But we were lucky to see them yesterday and so here’s…
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The Night Walk – Trinidad Style
Posts are a few days behind because the internet has been down here at the Asa Wright Reserve. We seem to be unable to function today without the internet! But Aunty was lucky, as there were a lot of other people I could bore here in the lodge in the evenings. The other night the…
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Trinidad here we come!
Aunty and I have gone a little further than usual this week. No, we didn’t take the wrong turning! After spending a night in the Hilton Hotel in Gatwick, we boarded the plane for Trinidad for a two week holiday that also includes Tobago as well. We’ve both been looking forward to this for a…
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How high can we go? To the top of Pen Y Fan!
Number 1 daughter said “I’d like to walk to the top of Pen Y Fan!”. So we called her bluff this morning and dragged her out of bed at 8am on a Saturday – a rare event. We were even out of the house before 9am. An even rarer event! We are lucky in that…
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Children at play
Aunty has just bought a new camera that is able to take photos underwater for our up-coming holiday to Trinidad. So while we were at Cwm Nash Beach at the weekend we had to have a play and see how it worked. Despite my many offers to hold and guard her clothes, Aunty steadfastly refused…
Travels With My Aunt
Random notes on the travels of a Welshman who has been allowed out to play after finishing his chores. OK so I don't travel with my Aunt, but I am usually under the adult supervision of my long suffering wife.
Travels With My Aunt 