5 Reasons to Try a Caravan Holiday
Travel Blog | October 17, 2017 | 0 Comments
For those who have never been on a caravan holiday, the whole activity carries a certain romanticised appeal and nostalgic charm. From relaxing days spent amongst beautiful scenery to carefree family getaways, the life of a caravanner is one that many of us aspire towards. However, those who have experienced the joys of a caravan […]
Travel Blog | September 21, 2017 | 0 Comments
Shared Travel Tales We travel as a couple but always relish the opportunity to make acquaintances while on the road. Just sharing a coffee or a beer with someone can add to your day and travellers love to share their tales and experiences with others. This can be rewarding and amusing at the same time, […]
Top 5 Must-Visit Melbourne Tourist Attractions
Travel Blog | September 21, 2017 | 0 Comments
Melbourne is Australia’s second largest city, and is a strong and frequent contender as the world’s most liveable city. It has a very rich culture, and you always have somewhere to go and something to do any time of the year. There is always something for you in Melbourne, whatever your interests and hobbies are. […]
A Guide to Turkey’s Turquoise Coast
Travel Blog | September 3, 2017 | 0 Comments
Why Sail the Turkish Riviera? Also known as the Turquoise Coast, this stunning patch of the Mediterranean sea hosts sights of incomparable natural beauty and a refreshing retreat during Turkey’s hot summer months. Backed by the Taurus Mountain range the coastline is made up of rugged hills, lush pine forests and sheer cliffs that plunge […]
Top 5 Qualities To Look For In Your First Travel Trailer
Travel Blog | June 30, 2017 | 0 Comments
If you are currently looking to buy your first travel trailer, you’ll be comforted in knowing that a travel trailer is one of the most inexpensive RV options on the market there is. While there an abundance of great travel trailers on the market according to an article on Outdoorsy.com, not all trailers are built […]
Travel Blog | May 26, 2017 | 0 Comments
Chile is a beautiful country with its gigantic, radiant blue glaciers and sparkling green forests in the Parque Nacional Del Paine (Towers of Pain). It has unbeatable north coast surfing, the mystical attraction of Rapa Nui (Easter Island). Although granted, it is a good 3,700 km (2,300 miles) to the east of the mainland. Chile […]
Travel Blog | April 20, 2017 | 0 Comments
Double decker busses, West End musicals, traditional British pubs and tourist sightseeing, whatever you are looking for, England’s capital has something to offer. The best way to get to know London is by learning from the experts and taking a guided tour. From visitors only in town for a few days to a London locale […]
Travel Blog | January 18, 2016 | 0 Comments
We sit here in our lounge on a drab rainy Monday afternoon in January worrying about our waistlines following an overindulgent Christmas getting morose until we decided to think of something to do about it. We wanted to lift our spirits and work out how we can shift a few pounds in the process. Did we […]
Marching round Madrid in Forty Two Hours
Travel Blog | October 7, 2015 | 1 Comments
Meandering around Madrid This is the second of our posts dealing our all too short trip to Madrid, you can find the introductory post here. After a fantastic hotel breakfast, and a luxurious nights sleep we were out of the door and ready to see how much of the city we could squeeze in to […]
Travel Blog | October 7, 2015 | 0 Comments
The good news was we were finally getting to visit a place in Spain we had been longing to see. The bad news was that our travel plans only allowed us 42 hours to pack in our first taste of Spain’s capital city. We knew this would involve a lot of walking, a bit of […]
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 […]