New York Holiday

After years of wanting to get to New York, this September I finally managed to make my wish come true.

I had an amazing time staying in a great hotel the Nobleden in Little Italy, a boutique hotel recommended to me by a colleague. Even the flight was fairly empty, I had a whole row of seats to myself, with plenty of room to stretch out. Ironically, on the same flight upper class and premium were packed, I wonder if they were jealous of us in the back?

The weather was fabulous allowing plenty of time for sight-seeing, I managed to see plenty of the tourist sights, experienced riding the subway, the mania of Times Square, taking the time to reflect at the memorials in the rebuilt World Trade Centre, Admiringthe views and skylines from both the Rockefeller Centre and Empire State Buildings, and just walking and admiring the place. Over four days I think I nearly walked 60 miles!

Here are a few photographs to give a taster of my trip.

Some places I've travelled to

I thought that on this cold, windy and rainy winter's night I would post some pictures of some warm and sunny places I've travelled to over the last few years.

Camps Bay, Cape Town.

To begin with, Rebecca and I went on our honeymoon to South Africa, we travelled to Cape Town and stayed in a wonderful boutique guest house The Four Rosmead  and then travelled on the Eastern Cape where we went to  the Pumba Private Game Reserve . This was a holiday of a lifetime and we had an absolutely amazing time here and would love to visit here again.

Some pictures of our lodge at Pumba Game Reserve and some of the wildlife.

Over the last few years I have travelled to America and explored the National Parks in Utah and the states to the West of the Rockies.

Here are some pictures of Yellowstone National Park, Teton National Park near Jackson and Arches National Park and Canyonlands near Moab, Utah.

I hope these great pictures will brighten up your evening on a cold winter's night!