Manila and the road to Pagudpud
Travel Blog | March 15, 2012 | 4 Comments
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 […]
Travel Blog | March 9, 2012 | 9 Comments
After our three months travelling we thought it was about time we did a mini update about our experiences, featuring the highs and the lows of flashpacking travel. The good news is we are having an absolute blast and there really hasn’t been any time when we have felt ‘lost’ or homesick. Of course you miss […]
Diving & Snorkelling in Gili Air
Travel Blog | March 5, 2012 | 4 Comments
One of my goals on this trip was to earn my PADI diving certificate and get in as many dives as possible as we touch on some of the worlds best dive sights. I had only tried diving once a good few years on a trip to Mexico. While I enjoyed the experience, I was […]
Travel Blog | March 3, 2012 | 0 Comments
We’re back in Bali since our last visit three years ago. We’d never planned to come to Bali, on this particular trip. However, the long range weather forecast for the Phillipines, our desired next stop, was not good at all. So we were off to Indonesia to explore some different places, find a small island […]
Travel Blog | February 25, 2012 | 2 Comments
Our Australasia antics completed and we headed towards Asia. Our first stop was Singapore, which proved something of a surprise to both of us. A vibrant city full of interesting culture and not the clinical and sterile stereotypical description you could be forgiven for imagining. Our journey to Singapore was with Jetstar. The flight was perfectly adequate […]
Travel Blog | February 15, 2012 | 0 Comments
Waitangi We’re glad we made it to Waitangi and saved our ‘Maori cultural experience’ until the end. This post rounds off our New Zealand trip with our visit to the Waitangi Treaty Grounds, a drive down the Western Northland coast (I liked writing that compass phrase, not sure why) and then a few days in […]
Travel Blog | February 11, 2012 | 2 Comments
Our time in New Zealand is fast coming to a close, but we had just enough time to spend a couple of days in Northland to view the Bay of Islands and discover the site of the Waitangi Treaty We found a lovely private owned campsite at Sandspit about an hours drive through Auckland, it […]
Coromandel, Oysters, Coves & Beaches
Travel Blog | February 10, 2012 | 1 Comments
After the heat of the geothermals we set off to cool down with a sea breeze as we headed north toward the Coromandel Peninsula, via the Bay of Plenty. After being inland among the forests and mountains it was good to be heading to the sea again. Both John and I feel more comfortable when […]
Taupo and Rotorua – Geothermal Gasping
Travel Blog | February 9, 2012 | 2 Comments
From Deco to Hot Thermal Springs From our deco digestions we moved on to things more warm, chemical and a whole lot more fiery. We were headed to the Great lakes of the North Island, Lake Taupo and Rotorua. We’d heard and read a great deal about these places so we were looking forward to […]
Flashpacking Travel | February 7, 2012 | 4 Comments
Art Deco Architecture – New Zealand Style! No trip to New Zealand North Island would be complete for us without a visit to Napier and The Hastings. Napier is world renowned for its art deco architecture, but we visited Hastings first, which also has some great examples of this style of buildings. Getting to Napier […]
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ভিডিও গেমের জগতে অনেক ধরনের খেলা রয়েছে, কিন্তু কিছু খেলা বিশেষভাবে আলোচিত হয় এবং খেলোয়াড়দের মধ্যে একটি বিরল আর্কষণ সৃষ্টি করে। প্রতিটি খেলার পিছনে একাধিক কারণ থাকে যা তাদের আকর্ষণীয় করে তোলে, যেমন খেলার ধরন, গ্রাফিক্স, এবং গল্প। তবে, আরও কিছু মৌলিক বৈশিষ্ট্য রয়েছে যা এসব গেমকে স্বতন্ত্র করে তোলে। স্পিন রেসপন্স এবং বোনাস ফ্রিকোয়েন্সি […]
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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 […]