Las Vegas – Unreal and great fun
Las Vegas is , well, Las Vegas. Full of casinos, lots of lights and copies of the Eiffel Tower and the wonderful Bellagio fountains. Las Vegas is home to the infamous Caesar’s Palace with...
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Updates on our adventure.
Mexico – an amazing place
Mexico was another country that we had dire warning of imminent robbery/death at every turn. Again, we found that with a few sensible precautions we were totally safe. We used the metro which was...
New Orleans – NOLA
New Orleans is one of those places that you often think about visiting. The music, jazz, blues and the mysterious side: voodoo, zombies, hot tropical plants, swamps and alligators. Well New Orleans has it...
Brilliant Brazil
Brazil is a huge country and Sao Paulo is situated in the South and East of the country, a 14 hour flight from Mexico City. The Brazilian Grand Prix (Grande Premio do Brasil) is...
Magnificent Mexico – a city that keeps giving
Mexico City is set up on a plateau at an altitude of 2200 m. Yes it does have an effect on walking up stairs ! Well we found that anyway. The city is huge...
Austin – COTA does not disappoint
COTA – Circuit of the Americas in Austin Texas. The circuit is a fair distance from central Austin and we found that the costs involved in getting to the circuit were very high –...
Qatar – too hot to handle
Qatar is hot, very hot. Fortunately, there is an amazing metro system that is fully air conditioned and very cheap. A lot of the infrastructure for the recent football world cup is still in...
Japan: so very different
Just for the record we really loved Japan. The people were really polite and always helpful, especially as we do not speak any more than two words in Japanese! The signage around airports, train...
Super Suzuka
Suzuka is situated in a small city (by Japanese standards) south west of Nagoya. Nagoya is where most fans stay as it is a city of nearly 10 million and good rail transport to...
Singapore Sling! What a potent mix of drama and unexpected results!
Singapore is an island city state in Southeast Asia famous for Raffles, humidity and the Singapore Sling. It is a beautiful island/city with an amazing history that stretches back millennia. Recent history includes British...