Spending Christmas on a day cruise to Lady Musgrave Island seemed to be a crazy idea, but it turned out to be a unique experience. We found accommodation in a big holiday park in the Town of Seventeen Seventy, the place where Captain Cook landed for the first time in Queensland in 1770. This is […]
Author: Marianne van Twillert
A WINTER DAY ON VELIKA PLAŽA
I must admit that the long sandy beaches and the blue Coral Sea of Queensland make me a little bit nostalgic when I think of my “own” Adriatic Sea. Back home I don’t have to fight against sand flies using huge quantities of insect repellent and, in particular, I don’t have to wear stinger suits when […]
SMOKING IN AUSTRALIA
In the European Union, but also in Montenegro, discussions are going on about new anti-smoking measures, as it has definitely been established that smoking is one of the leading causes of preventable death and disease. Proposals have been presented to sell cigarettes in packets covered with horrible pictures showing the consequences that smoking may cause, […]
AUSTRALIA – A DAY CRUISE TO THE WHITSUNDAY ISLANDS
Traveling along the east coast of Australia in December means enjoying the sun, the white sandy beaches and the warm water of the Coral Sea. A very special place to experience all this is the Whitsunday islands, a group of 74 islands that lie off the coast of Queensland and form part of the Great […]
AUSTRALIA – ABORIGINAL SACRED SITES
Visiting Uluru (Ayers Rock) and Kata Tjuta (the Olgas) is a must when you travel to Australia. These Aboriginal sacred sites have become the symbol of the Red Centre and more than 400,000 tourists p.a. visit these attractions that are also listed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Uluru rises 348 m from the desert […]
THE PAINTED MONASTERIES OF BUCOVINA, ROMANIA
One of the highlights of our journey through Romania last summer was the area of Bucovina with its painted monasteries built in the 15th and 16th century, which have earned their place as UNESCO’s World Heritage Sites since 1993. What make these monasteries unique in the world are their painted murals – on both the […]
AUSTRALIA: EXPLORING THE WEST MACDONNELL RANGES
Our big round trip through the central, eastern and southern part of Australia started from Adelaide where we hired an Apollo 2-berth camper that would be our home for the next 67 days. The first part of our journey was a real adventure in this time of the year: traveling through the outback to the […]
CHERNOBYL – 26 YEARS AFTER
During our stay in Ukraine this summer, we also visited the Chernobyl museum in Kyiv, where we learned more about the catastrophic nuclear accident that happened on April 26, 1986, at the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant. As this place is not far away from Kyiv, we decided to book an excursion and visit the “Chernobyl Exclusion […]
KIEV, UKRAINE: CITY OF GOLDEN DOMES AND GREEN PARKS
During our tour through Eastern Europe this summer, we also visited Kiev (in Ukrainian called Kyiv), the capital of Ukraine. Kiev has around three million inhabitants and is situated on the right bank of the Dnjepr river. The best way to explore the city is the metro with its beautiful underground stations in Socialist Realistic design. […]
PODGORICA WALKING TOUR
Podgorica, the capital of Montenegro, is not the most beautiful place in the country, but the city is definitely worth a visit, due to its interesting mix of old and new, its café culture and nightlife and its Mediterranean atmosphere. I have often acted as a guide for my foreign guests and in order to […]