Well, I managed to stay up until 12:30am local time last night! That was only 10:30p St Helena time but still late for me 🙂 I didn’t emerge from my room until noon when I had to go to reception to pay for my late checkout, and then again for my Christmas brunch by the … Continue reading Day 44: Back Home

There’s groups of people driving to all the Care homes dropping of food and baskets of goodies to the residents Christmas Eve/Departure day: We had to leave the house at 11a for the airport so there wasn’t time to do much this morning. I finally let Marlene make me breakfast and you’d think Christmas came … Continue reading Day 43: Back To Johannesburg

The wire bird, St Helena’s official bird My penultimate day on St Helena and I’ve another day of hiking planned. I was asked twice yesterday if I regretted not staying here two weeks but I’m happy with the one. If there had been some boat trips going where I could snorkel or dive a couple … Continue reading Day 42: St Helena

Mist and rain greeted me this morning as I sat out on the front porch with my morning coffee, putting a damper on any immediate plans to go walking. It’s never clear what the weather’s doing in other parts of the island as one valley could be in a downpour and another in full sun. … Continue reading Day 41: St Helena

Multi-colored earth past Rupert’s Bay For today’s driving adventure I took the Side Path out of town. It had only reopened yesterday after being closed for 18 months refurbishment and I appreciated the almost two lane wide, straight shot up to connect with the road over to Rupert’s Bay. Descending to Rupert’s was another story, … Continue reading Day 40: St Helena

Morning coffee on the porch - can you see the white minibus up high on Ladder Hill road? This is my little white rental car, and that is the mountain I must conquer as my test drive out of James Valley. Today I have some sightseeing planned: High Knoll Fort and Plantation House (governor’s house) … Continue reading Day 39: St Helena

Jamestown harbor from the Mundens walk 8:30a I popped down to the Tourist Office to get advice on the various Post Box walks and other touristy things to do. Dianne recommended certain hikes for me, signed me up for a tour tomorrow, and was going to let me know about any boat tours that might … Continue reading Day 38: St Helena

Morning view from porch I retired soon after dinner last night as the 5a wake-up and 2 hour time change took its toll. I woke up at 5a again, whether by rote or by the sounds of birds chirping outside my window, I’m not sure. I laid there for the longest time listening, it was … Continue reading Day 37: St Helena

Lounge not busy at 6am The day started out smoothly, I woke up before the alarm, was early to check-in and learned I had access to the airport lounge! Yay me. I spent 2 hours sipping cappuccinos and reading Facebook, then sauntered down to my gate for boarding. It took forever to get the passengers … Continue reading Day 36: to St Helena

5a, heading west to Cape Town A long day of ….sitting. I awoke at my usual 5a and sprung out of bed as Cape Town was almost outside my balcony and I had to get ready! No time for exercise today - I had to vacate my room by 7am so 2 trips to the … Continue reading Day 35: Transfer Day