Is It Time For New Travel Tour Experiences?
Travel Blog | October 5, 2019 | 0 Comments
The news of the collapse of Thomas Cook, one of the oldest travel agencies in the world, took travellers by surprise. Thomas Cook was personally involved with transport to the Great Exhibition of 1851, and he organised his first European and US tours soon afterwards. For many holidaymakers, there was never a trip without Thomas […]
Why Car Travel is the Only Travel: Three Reasons to Embark on a Roadtrip
Travel Blog | September 24, 2019 | 0 Comments
If you’re planning a trip to a foreign country or even a part of your home country that you aren’t familiar with, it’s well worth setting the train schedule aside and embarking on a road trip. While it can be intimidating to hire a car and drive on unfamiliar roads, you’ll learn more about the […]
Safari Animals And Where To Find Them In Africa
Travel Blog | September 12, 2019 | 0 Comments
Image Africa is a magical part of the world. It is an exotic paradise and houses many unique countries with their own wildlife, culture, and lifestyle. If you have never visited Africa before, it should certainly be on your world travel bucket list, and here you will be able to experience some of the most […]
8 Things To Consider Before Booking A Luxury Trip To Australia
Travel Blog | August 2, 2019 | 0 Comments
Photo by Keith Zhu on Unsplash If you’re planning a luxury trip to Australia and you don’t know where to begin then don’t worry, you have come to the right place. With so many different things to consider before you leave, it’s important you’re doing as much research as you possibly can. Whether you’re looking […]
Traveling As You Get Older – It’s Awesome!
Travel Blog | June 14, 2019 | 0 Comments
When you are younger, you want to travel to see the world, get photos, and meet new people. And, that doesn’t change as you get older. But maybe how you see travel changes to be even more enjoyable. With more life experience under your belt, you have a different perspective on things. What really makes […]
3 Tips for Staying Fit on the Go
Travel Blog | June 8, 2019 | 0 Comments
Image via Pixabay For many of us, the time when we can take our annual vacation is more or less the highlight of the calendar year, and one of the key opportunities we have for letting our hair down, experiencing a bit of adventure, and forging the kinds of memories that we will be excited […]
Stag Parties: Do Something Different
Travel Blog | May 27, 2019 | 0 Comments
Traditionally, stag do parties have always been about drinking and clubbing. However, you may want to consider doing something different. There are many different stag do venues out there that could be the ideal base to stay in while you do something different each day. Visit a Live Music Festival Visiting a music festival as part of […]
Believe It Or Not, Travelling Can Get Lonely
Travel Blog | May 10, 2019 | 0 Comments
Everyone always says how much they wish they could travel the world. When they wake up in the morning and get ready for their usual job, most people can’t help but wish they could drop everything, and just go travelling the world. But the reality is, life just isn’t that easy. For the select few […]
Top Reasons To Plan a Trip To London
Travel Blog | April 24, 2019 | 0 Comments
London is one of the most vibrant cities in the world, with so much rich history, culture, and a real melting-pot of people living in the city. There are always reasons to visit the city, as there really is something for everyone. Whatever your interest are, there will be something for you in London, and […]
Best Ways to Make the Most Out of Your Island Holiday
Travel Blog | March 25, 2019 | 0 Comments
In case you have been on far too many beach holidays where you were busy avoiding the crowd of tourists, you might be thinking about making a change and booking a holiday on an island. There are plenty of low cost packages to choose from, but it is up to you to make the most […]
India Car Rental and Driver Hire
How to Rent a Car and Driver in India We’d like to share our experience, and a few of the stories we learned about renting a car and driver from our two week tour of Rajasthan. Like arranging other things in India, it is not always as simple or easy as you may first imagine. […]
Photo Flashback – Kerala Kathakali Dance
We are not really ones for the cultural shows that you regularly find in travel destinations. Often they are a thin representation of the actual song or dance traditions of a community, overpriced and leave you feeling a little bit cheated. This was certainly the case in Waitangi doing the Haka with some actors. Sometimes […]
Goa Retirement, Revamps and a bit of Home Cooking
We hang about in Goa for our remaining time in India sampling foods from home and join the large expat community and retired folk enjoying what is on offer. We had decided in Udaipur that it was time to invest some time doing some work on the blog. Our traffic has been growing steadily over […]
Udaipur And A Break From Travel Blogging
For those arriving at this travel blog post hoping to find out detailed information about our experiences and things to do in Udaipur, leave now, as you’ll need to look elsewhere instead. The hectic schedule of our last two weeks on the road with our driver had wearied us a little. The thought of seeing […]
India Rajasthan and Golden Triangle Itinerary
Two Week Itinerary for Rajasthan and the Golden Triangle You can get to see some of the top sights in Rajasthan and the Golden Triangle in India in fourteen days or less, it will not be a restful experience, but you will gain a lifetime of memories and images from the magnificent Taj Mahal to […]
Jodhpur and the Road to Udaipur
Jodhpur – The Blue City It was a long drive to Jodhpur, our second to last destination in Rajasthan, before waving off our driver. The three restful days in Jaisalmer and our separation from each other had allowed driver and passenger relations to be restored to more friendly less tense mood levels. So we set off […]
In our last travel blog post I mentioned that I had done another diving course. I’ve included some underwater photographs and videos taken whilst I was on this course. We stayed in Bohol, longer than anywhere else in the Philippines, because of the excellent diving sites at very reasonable prices. Bohol is a magnet […]
A delay in this post has been caused by very slow internet connections throughout the last part of our travels in the Philippines. Apologies. However, it now means you have a fun packed bumper blog of travel frustrations, cute monkeys, the chocolate hills and a small slightly disappointing beach. Weather Retreat Given the weather we […]
Donsol, Whale Sharks and Legazpi
Reluctant as we were to leave the beauty of Saud beach we had a lot more Filipino treasures to explore. From the relaxing, serene shores of Saud beach, we headed south towards Donsol in search of some whale sharks. The weather proved challenging, but the wildlife made it all worthwhile. From Pagudpud we reversed […]
Ilocos Norte, Pagudpud and Saud Beach
The ‘Borocay of the North’ is the strapline trying to attach itself to this beautiful part of Ilocos Norte in the Philippines. While I cannot make the comparison yet, I believe Saud Beach in Pagudpud really is a little hidden gem that may eventually give its more famous southern cousin a run for its peso. We […]
Manila and the road to Pagudpud
We arrived in the Philippines on board another Jetstar flight at around 8pm on a Saturday. Having left Bali we had a brief layover in Singapore before our arrival in Manila. The immigration, customs and baggage pick up went like a dream and we were out of the airport within half an hour of touching down. This […]