Brady & The Buspasses - The World Tour

• Hong Kong: Here Today Gone Tomorrow From tombrady1 in Brady & The Buspasses - The World Tour (342 days old)

  For the last few days the folk here in Hong Kong have been togged up in balaclavas, ear-muffs and arctic jump-suits on account of the temperature dropping to 20C in cloudless skies. They don’t know th… more

• Queensland 2: Storms and Sharks. From tombrady1 in Brady & The Buspasses - The World Tour (344 days old)

  You may recall me mentioning Sian’s extraordinary power to make it rain on arrival. After seven years of drought she landed at Harare, Zimbabwe and there followed days of thunder storms. In gratitude … more

• Queensland 1: Cairns Tales from the Deep From tombrady1 in Brady & The Buspasses - The World Tour (354 days old)

  We liked Cairns. Our apartment was at the top of the esplanade which turned out to be 2.2K long – a very nice walk to the town – but we had to go there quite often so we decided to hire a car. In a… more

• Cultural Interlude. From tombrady1 in Brady & The Buspasses - The World Tour (356 days old)

  We have been in Australia for some time now so we are well placed to make a few observations about the culture of this great country. Indeed, we have taken this part of our reportage so seriously we e… more

• New South Wales 3: Bye-Bye Sydney From tombrady1 in Brady & The Buspasses - The World Tour (361 days old)

  As we prepare to say farewell to Sydney we decided to buy an all-day ticket on the City Monorail so we could whirl round the circuit endless times at ever diminishing cost per trip (I just know that M… more

• New South Wales 2: Sydney – Credit Crunch Thar She Blows. From tombrady1 in Brady & The Buspasses - The World Tour (361 days old)

  Sorry to cast a small gloom over the proceedings but we are all impacted in some way by the banks' shortage of money and should be understanding about the need for economy measures. In the present cli… more

• New South Wales 1: Sydney Daft Hats and Hunks. From tombrady1 in Brady & The Buspasses - The World Tour (363 days old)

  We have a nice apartment on the edge of Chinatown here in Sydney. No unpacking cases for the next seven nights – whoopee. Darling Harbour is just up the road so we have been watching the world go by –… more

• Victoria 2: The Melbourne Cup. From tombrady1 in Brady & The Buspasses - The World Tour (366 days old)

  The direction in which we are travelling around Australia was determined by the timing of the Melbourne Cup. To mark the occasion we stayed a couple of nights in a Melbourne designer hotel complete… more

• Victoria 1: The Great Ocean Road. From tombrady1 in Brady & The Buspasses - The World Tour (369 days old)

  We arrived at Melbourne airport in 29C of heat. Phew. It was getting dark so we had to dash to Geelong in our free upgraded sporty car (strong approval from Danger-Woman). Checking into our mote… more

• Tasmania 4: A little more. From tombrady1 in Brady & The Buspasses - The World Tour (371 days old)

  Due to circumstances beyond our control - Aussie airline ‘Virgin Blue’ (yes - it’s that bearded twit) – decided to cancel our afternoon flight to Melbourne and put us on a flight two hours earlier in … more

• Tasmania 3: Bye - Bye From tombrady1 in Brady & The Buspasses - The World Tour (373 days old)

  With sadness we leave Tasmania. We have had a tremendous time here. And that’s not just because it’s a beautiful island – our family have made this part of our trip something to remember. We just can’… more

• Tasmania 2: Danger Woman Dives Again. From tombrady1 in Brady & The Buspasses - The World Tour (375 days old)

  We have made our way south to Hobart – the nearest place to the Antartic you can get a cappuccino and chunky chicken pie. Having regard to the global credit crisis we have had to moderate our on-th… more

• Tasmania 1: Tulips and Cheats. From tombrady1 in Brady & The Buspasses - The World Tour (383 days old)

  On our way to Tasmania we had a long stopover at Sydney so we took ourselves to the opera house and Sydney harbour bridge for lunch at the Portobello café. Due to its geographic location Austra… more

• New Zealand 5: Bye-Bye From tombrady1 in Brady & The Buspasses - The World Tour (388 days old)

  We have been so lucky with fine sunny weather for the last week. Queenstown is surrounded by snow-capped hills. Due to a shortage of wine I woke up at 5am (normally 3am) – this is the view from our to… more

• New Zealand 4: Ice, Wood, Wind & Ladies Toilets. From tombrady1 in Brady & The Buspasses - The World Tour (392 days old)

  We have just arrived in sunny Queenstown and plan to stay here for a few days as we have been on the road in rugged country for a while. So in the bin go the Kraft cheese sandwiches and down to th… more

• New Zealand 3: We are Sailing From tombrady1 in Brady & The Buspasses - The World Tour (396 days old)

  We had a fine sunny day to cross the Cook Strait. Goodbye North Hello South I’m so accustomed to looking at maps with the north and south islands separate it was a surprise when the f… more

• New Zealand 2: The Great Dash South From tombrady1 in Brady & The Buspasses - The World Tour (396 days old)

  Our starting point in NZ was a scenic area called the Coromandel Peninsula. Seemingly the people from Auckland like to come here at weekends. From my observations their favourite sport is getting drun… more

• New Zealand 1 – To Winnabago or Not – You Decide. From tombrady1 in Brady & The Buspasses - The World Tour (400 days old)

  We have swithered and dithered for months about whether to “do” New Zealand in a motor-home. I have to be honest and tell you that cost was a consideration – when we checked prices on the internet we … more

• Bangkok 5 - Bye Bye From Sianbrady in Brady & The Buspasses - The World Tour (402 days old)

  We jumped on a 'tuk-tuk' for the first time last night and went up to the night market area on the Silom Road again. The waiter from the restaurant we had been in had to push it to start because the b… more

• Bangkok4 - Latex in the City From tombrady1 in Brady & The Buspasses - The World Tour (403 days old)

  In Bangkok you can eat some pretty strange things. In some pretty strange places. With some pretty strange people. Our first and only real encounter with the monsoon came moments after we sat dow… more

• Bangkok 3 - I Hear you Knocking From tombrady1 in Brady & The Buspasses - The World Tour (404 days old)

  Bangkok3 – I Hear You Knocking There are times when your partner really stuns you with something you didn’t know about them. For example, I was quite taken aback (20 years into our marriage) when S… more

• Bangkok2 Stuck in a lift and cooking! From Sianbrady in Brady & The Buspasses - The World Tour (406 days old)

  I had some reservations about coming to Bangkok but they certainly didn’t include Tom and I being stuck in a lift on the 22nd floor of our hotel this morning when the power failed! We’d had a … more

• Bangkok1 - False Teeth,Crabs and Cake From tombrady1 in Brady & The Buspasses - The World Tour (408 days old)

  This is my sixtieth birthday cake presented with a little note from the “Ladies and Gentlemen” of the Lebua hotel Bangkok. So here I am amongst the elite bus pass class – next stop ‘coal allow… more

• People 3 From tombrady1 in Brady & The Buspasses - The World Tour (427 days old)

  More training at Edinburgh Jazz festival - free event in Prince's Street Gardens. … more

• Early Training 11 From tombrady1 in Brady & The Buspasses - The World Tour (428 days old)

  Sian develops her anti-malaria Mosquito swatting skills. The swat, by-the-way, carries an electric charge. … more

• Where & When From tombrady1 in Brady & The Buspasses - The World Tour (429 days old)

  As I hack my way through all the technology and weird terms of the ‘blogosphere’ I’m beginning to wonder if saving on postcards was such a good idea after all. But I will persevere. We are almost se… more

• Early Training Session From tombrady1 in Brady & The Buspasses - The World Tour (433 days old)

  The picture shows Sian and I limbering up for our World Tour by bus pass. … more

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