Tag: Margaretha Western

Each year, I like to leave New Zealand for a few months to avoid the cold and the rains of the winter. But leaving takes planning, as I have no intention of staying in hotels for months, nor could I afford that!

Read about Margaretha's travels around the amazing Greek Islands - Santorini, Ios, Naxos, Paros and Mykanos.

Santorini lies within a group of volcanic islands and every Greek I have ever spoken to in New Zealand, has told me to go to Santorini, as it is so beautiful.

Well known as the island where the great poet Homer is believed to have died, Ios is the place where beauty and culture do not seem the most important.

Our next island was Naxos. Here the weather was starting to get hotter, around 32C degrees, phew!

Famous around the globe for its cosmopolitan character and its frantic nightlife. The island is composed primarily of granite and has many picturesque blue domed churches.

The BBC Channel was on with a live showing of a wildlife documentary. First, the cats sat on top of the back of the couch, intensely watching the program. Next, both jumped off and while one virtually climbed the TV!

Today it is Friday. Muslims believe that Allah told them that Friday is the day to glorify. The Jews consider Saturday as their special holy day and the Christians celebrate Sunday.

This will be my last report from Dubai, before I flit off to have other adventures in different countries. Because the majority, or over 80 percent of the Dubai population of 4.5 million is a large international block of foreigners, I felt you could be in

They came, silently swinging their powerful bodies through the trees, their faces vigilant, velvet dark eyes wary. We froze. My breakfast companions had arrived!