Posts Tagged ‘holidays’

A trip ‘across the ditch’ to New Zealand

I’ve just gotten home from a two week long trip ‘across the ditch’ to New Zealand, so here’s a quick trip report. Arrival into Auckland I flew into Auckland Airport on the North Island. And immediately made my way to the Glenbrook Vintage Railway, where steam locomotive WW 644 was running for the day. I […]

My accidental 24 hour stopover in Qatar

A decade ago I headed overseas and spent a month exploring Europe by train, but the one part of the trip I didn’t count on was an unplanned 24 hour stopover in Doha, capital city of Qatar. How I got there I left out of a snow covered Moscow bound for Australia with Qatar Airways. […]