Murphy World Trip

A poor country with now a 50/50 split between Christian and Muslim faiths, transportation that ranges from donkey to tuk tuk to small...

We stopped off at Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe where the country's currency is defunct and sold as souvenirs, and the water fall is a great...

We loved finiahing our safari with Isaac our driver darting around the savannah at full soeed in search of the Pangolin, the oversized...

Moremi had the most animals and the best food. But 5 massive buffalo decended around our cabin on our last night there so that was...

A true out of reality experience, our week on safari was wild. The sounds, sights, smells, landscapes, animal interactions and guides...

We spent a day with our guide Stuart touring the peninsula and bottom section of Cape Town, including a brief hike across from the Cape...

A simply gorgeous spot where a lovely water inlet creates a beach surrounded by mountainous hills where the clouds sit like a layer of...

This post is for all the flora and fauna lovers. Particularly Mom's friend Covie, the proprieter of teawithxanthe. This place was a...

There is a Penguin Sanctuary in Cape Town that doesnt require admission. The penguins are up and down a long walk way fairly far from the...

A tourist 'must' is a dinner at Gold while in Cape Town. The African menu, all 14 items, is served family style and love it or leave it....

Exchange rates can bite you in the 'behind' or make your day. For R485 we enjoyed a 7 version wine tasting AND cheese pairing for two and...

Cape Town, South Africa is sinply amazing. The history, the landscape and the people. We have followed some of the trail of Nelson...

Its unlikely many will visit here in the near term but if you find yourself in Qatar the Souk marketplace, several football fields in...

As the site is public I'll be making sine adjustmenrs on posting dates so we aren't exactly trackable! Doha is an experience. Visiting...

We ended our time in Helsinki with a lovely haircut for Scarlett and some retail therapy before heading to Africa. We liked Helsinki but...

So, the shoe biz post a pandemic but largely developed in a country now further challenged by ongoing and varied global crises is a slog....

"There are no better or worse invaders, there is only power and violence." This museum showed the two occupations of Estonia, first by...

The two hour ferry from Estonia to Finland was so quick and easy. We are shifting to flights after this which is too bad; the ferrys are...

Of course you all know that! Seriously, though, I figured that 'past' would have had more of an impact. Tallinn is just lovely. Sinilar...

We took the overnight ferry, the second of our trip so far. These are like cruise ships with a bit less pizazz. The port window views are...