Travel Blog | December 27, 2009 | 0 Comments
Food Food Food The trip has been as much about tasting new things as it has seeing new things. So I felt it only appropriate to include in my final blog of the trip the food and drink special. Its been a real treat, but there are a few stars amongst them: Rijtafel – A […]
Bangkok certainly has Bang and a few K…
Travel Blog | December 23, 2009 | 0 Comments
I liked Bangkok quite a bit Apologies for my somewhat melancholy maudlin mood in the last post, I am back now upbeat after 36 hours in Bangkok. This is definitely not a city on which to waste time staring at ones own navel, there is just too much fun to be had. So where the […]
Bye Bye Bali we will definitely miss you
Travel Blog | December 20, 2009 | 0 Comments
Denpasar You Did OK Right – nothing much to report about the airport on departure more stampy stampy from the officials then through not one but two security checks and then off we go airside to view the duty free, not much of excitement to tell you other than it was the usual collection of […]
The Kultural experience continues in Kuta
Travel Blog | December 19, 2009 | 0 Comments
The Journey to Ryanair Hotel Well another transfer day today, this one by road, we leave the high culture and temporary immersion into Balinese life in the villages and head straight for low culture – hedonism heaven in the form of Kuta. You will recall our brief trip their last week and the resulting hangover […]
Travel Blog | December 17, 2009 | 1 Comments
A Multimedia trail I have had a bit of time this evening to piddle with Picassa and vacillate with Vimeo. So today’s theme will be a multimedia attack on your senses. Well not quite, but I hope to give you more of a sense of what we are experiencing in Bali with some of my pics so […]
Travel Blog | December 16, 2009 | 2 Comments
Craig at Odds with Nature So today we thought we would get up quite early and have an hour by the pool shower and then go out on some cultural adventures. I get up first and, as I cannot function in the morning until I have had my first cup of coffee, I go out […]
Craig sees a Paddy and a small American child has one
Travel Blog | December 15, 2009 | 0 Comments
So Long Sanur So goodbye then Sanur it was brief but we loved you and the complete and utter lazy time was just what was needed after a few days of crazy city hopping. A few thoughts on things that we experienced there before we move you dear readers to the cultural and religious […]
Travel Blog | December 14, 2009 | 0 Comments
Pool Day As I predicted yesterday we spent the day doing nothing, again, but this time decided that we would have a change of scenery for nothing doing and spend it by the pool and check out the hotel’s food for lunch (It operates as a restaurant and has good reviews – so we thought […]
Travel Blog | December 13, 2009 | 1 Comments
Bali – the educational bit One of the advantages of having internet access on the beach or round the pool is that you can spend a bit of time researching the history and culture of the place you are actually lazing around in. Well I have and here are the things I have learned. Here […]
Travel Blog | December 12, 2009 | 0 Comments
Sashaying to Sanur Arrived to a beautiful sunset (see earlier pic) and I managed to grab a shot of it with my iphone, hence its poor quality. That was a nice touch and thank you for arranging that God I am glad you got my e-mail in time. If you want to arrange special sunsets […]
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 […]