Adventures 2013

This year has a European flavour with a stay in a Villa in Portugal, driving tour of Brittany, home exchange in a farmhouse in Gascony and of course a return to the farmhouse in Derbyshire.

Let the adventures begin and may they be full of life experiences!

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About Me

Now we are retired we spend three months each year travelling. This blog records some of our adventures! · 2012 Hong Kong, Jordan, France, Cuba and England. · 2011: Copenhagen, Derbyshire and Bavaria ...wonderful! · 2010: New Zealand, South America, Denmark, UK and Africa! · 2009 Dubai, Italy, Portugal, England and of and of course a year in Gunnison, Colorado.

Friday, September 17, 2010

Bizarre Banos Bus Business!

Bizarre Banos Bus Business!
Our enthusiastic hosts had persuaded us that we needed to go on an open air bus trip. We were reluctant as we had planned to climb up to the top of the ridge and do a mountain walk that skirted the town BUT we succumbed. We rushed into town and couldn’t find the bus stop. Convinced the bus had gone we asked in the tourist shop…. After politely declining, the volcano tour, the horse riding, the trip across the gorge, the visit to the zoo, the bungy jump etc etc we found that the bus had not gone.

To our amazement, we were the ony two people on the bus. So we settled in … our guide next to us, his wife and two kids, plus the driver in a 40 seater bus! We visited all the sites - the volcano tour, the horse riding, the trip across the gorge, the visit to the zoo, the bungy jump - declining to go into each one for just a few more dollars!

The scenary was spectacular, but our guide really didn't know what to do with us.....4hrs later back at the hostel we just shook our heads... what a bizarre experience.

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