Jan Ford's World

Introduction A number of Asian countries celebrate the New Year with Water Festivals, where the throwing of water symbolises the washing-...

Introduction Little did I realise, on my first visit to Burma in 2008 described in a few posts forming part of my record of the trip Roun...

My first driving turn at the Battlefield Line in 2016 was on Sunday, 3rd April when Dave H. and I ran five service trains to Shenton with ...

In the previous post in this series Gough Island , I described our Zodiac cruise off Gough Island. We then had a voyage of around 1,500 mil...

In the previous post in this series Nightingale and Inaccessible Islands , I described our visit to the two islands close to Tristan da Cun...

In the previous post in this series Tristan da Cunha (part 2) , I described my afternoon exploring the Settlement, which left me quite tir...

In the previous post in this series Tristan da Cunha , I described my walk to Potato Patches and back, after which I spent the afternoon ex...

In the previous post in this series South Georgia (day 4) , I mentioned that it would take us over four days continuous sailing to reach Tr...

In the previous post in this series South Georgia (day 3) , I described our landings in Grytviken and Fortuna Bay. But what many think is ...

In the previous post in this series South Georgia (day 2) , I talked about the visits on our second day. But there was more... Wednesday...

In the previous post in this series South Georgia (day 1) , I talked about my first experiences in this fascinating place. But we were des...

In the previous post in this series Sailing to South Georgia , I described the two-day journey to reach South Georgia. On the first day in...

Although, as far as I’m able, I like to describe these experiences as soon as possible after the event, whilst the memories are vivid, the...

In the previous post in this series Stanley, Falkland Islands , I described an enjoyable day spent on land. For the next two days, we were ...

In the previous post in this series Visiting West Point Island , I briefly described our visit to West Point Island. Now read on ... Even...