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SPENDING KIDS INHERITANCE
Ticking off that Bucket List, one Holiday at a time!
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Adventure before dementia!

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AFRICA 2019 - Part 2: A swim in the Devil's Pool, The Blue Train, and a Great White Shark cage dive!
Continuing directly on from 'Africa Part 1', there's no rest for the wicked. ;) It's going to be pretty hard to top how amazing our last...
Mandy Watson
Sep 24, 201933 min read
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AFRICA! 2019 - Part 1: Kenya - The incomparable Giraffe Manor, and a Masai Mara safari. Just, wow.
What a cracker of a trip this was! How to start? My mind and heart are overflowing! This itinerary - I knew, as I was planning it with my...
Mandy Watson
Sep 12, 201924 min read
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PORTUGAL: Castles, port wine and a festival of sardines...something for both of us!
Following our fun filled and jam packed Paris and Barcelona adventures, off we headed for Portugal, literally on a wing and a prayer!...
Mandy Watson
Jul 17, 201920 min read
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BARCELONA! From Tapas to Gaudi. Sometimes no plans end up the best plans...
Following our fabulous week in Paris, we hopped on the six hour bullet train to Barcelona to begin a two week exploration of Spain and...
Mandy Watson
Jun 30, 201911 min read
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PARIS ! Another place on this Earth where I have happily left another piece of my heart.
It's taken me 52 years to get to Paris. Here's a tip: Don't be me. Don't wait that long! - It's an amazing city. Yes, they certainly...
Mandy Watson
Jun 5, 201913 min read
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A Pilgrimage to the Aussie Outback. Just a quick, personal, and heart opening journey.
A four day birthday weekend, 2,500 km road trip, to a little Queensland country town, 'Yaraka' population 12, to do some 'recon' as to...
Mandy Watson
Apr 15, 20197 min read
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Antarctica and South America: Once in a lifetime? I certainly hope not!
They say that the only things you leave behind in Antarctica are your footprints. Well, I left more there... I left a piece of my heart....
Mandy Watson
Mar 31, 201915 min read
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A Passage To India. Pyramids, Petra and The Taj. A trip of dreams.
Well, where do I start? This one was a biggy, and one we had looked forward to for quite some time. "A Passage To India", read the...
Mandy Watson
Nov 2, 201822 min read
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Scandinavia and Russia: Vikings and Tsars
Immediately following our brief, yet flat out 'Desert Dunes to Dungeons' sojourn, we continued this holiday by stepping aboard our home...
Mandy Watson
Jul 20, 201816 min read
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Abu Dhabi to London: Desert dunes to dungeons..
We have now wised up to the fact that long haul flights pretty much suck. No kidding you say? :) A bit slow on the uptake, we are...;)...
Mandy Watson
Jun 30, 201815 min read
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Singapore Slings, Boracay Beaches, and a little ceremony with a ship's captain.
Choosing a destination for our 25th Wedding Anniversary, on Valentine's Day 2018... We decided on a cruise not far from home...South East...
Mandy Watson
Feb 28, 201819 min read
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New Zealand:'Over the ditch' to the 'Land of The Long White Cloud.'
A last minute New Zealand cruise, just prior to Christmas 2017, saw us not only witness the natural beauty of this exquisite Island...
Mandy Watson
Dec 30, 201712 min read
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Inca Gold! A journey from the Amazon Jungle to Machu Picchu, Lake Titicaca and The Galapagos Islands
My turn for our destination choice, and, as I was turning 50, I couldn't think of a more sensational adventure than experiencing Machu...
Mandy Watson
May 20, 201720 min read
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CLIMBING KILIMANJARO! An epic adventure which became the toughest thing I've ever done!
In 2007, I travelled to Africa to conquer the world's highest freestanding mountain, and one of the Seven Summits. This had always been...

Mandy
Sep 15, 200739 min read
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NAIROBI to ZANZIBAR - a crazy border crossing, mad overnight train, then snorkelling in paradise...
Following immediately after our five day Tanzanian safari, and prior to our Kilimanjaro climb, my new friends, Sharon and Narelle, and I,...
Mandy Watson
Aug 15, 200726 min read
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TANZANIA: Fiery sunsets, a meteor shower and a birthing giraffe. What more could we ask?
Just prior to climbing Mount Kilimanjaro in August 2007, I met up with 2 of our expedition team, Sharon and Narelle, (whom I didn't...
Mandy Watson
Aug 8, 200729 min read
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