The day began with a market breaky again. So far so good with the acidophilis powder. All our tummies seem to be holding up although I have warned the kids that there is always a chance that they may get a bit sick. We planned to see the Palace and Silver Pagoda today but when Read More »
It took about three hours in a mini bus to get to Halong Bay from Hanoi. Within Halong Bay there are almost two thousand small islands dotted as far as the eye can see. Folklore says that a family of dragons once came to Halong Bay to protect the Vietnamese people from invasion and that Read More »
Just arrived in Santiago, Chile. Still pretty overwhealmed. Cant actually believe i am here, it still hasnt sunk in at all. The flight was pretty good except for the fool behind me who thought she was a socialite and did not stop talking for five minutes. I feel sorry for the guy next to her Read More »
Well we decided to make use of the free offer of bicycles that our hotel booking included. The kids were a little bit hesitant about going on a bike without a helmet but when explained that it wasn’t against the law here – they eagerly climbed on. Zara sat sidesaddle on the back of Tim’s Read More »
Let me just say that Air New Zealand rocks!! 78 movies to choose from and not a full flight making an 11 hour flight not seem so long! After a heavy duty customs process (they don’t make it easy to get into Oz from Ithe States!), including the question, “where were you three years ago?” Read More »
We arrived in Cape Town and the heat hit us, the weather is lovely, 1st stop at the Ritz hotel, not bad. Nice room, lovely pool area, great food, fab revolving restaurant & friendly staff, What more could we want ? We’ve had a few tours on the open top bus to get our barrings Read More »
I know i’m 23 but my girlfriend has been asking me when we are getting married. SO i’ve been reading theknot.com and other sites. I don’t want a NY wedding. I actually want to wed in Greece (I’m greek). What could make your wedding more memorable than hiring your own boutique hotel overlooking the Mediterranean Read More »
i) ate Kellogg’s Special K for breakfast, ii) bought my weekly travel pass at the train station, iii) sat 10 feet away from the Dalai Lama while he spoke about the responsibility mankind has for the world we live in, iv) cursed myself for forgetting to take any meat out of the freezer this morning Read More »
So we began our temple tour with what they call the “Grand Tour”. All in all we saw 5 different temples and it took us from 08:30 til 14:00. Banteay Kdei – built in late 12-13 century, in some respects it is a smaller version of Ta Prohm (where Angelina did her stuff). Pre Rup Read More »
So we booked our trip to Halong Bay with the Kangaroo Cafe tour company so that we didn’t get ripped off – we got to the cafe at 7 for breakfast, ate and boarded the minibus at 8. A guy who had also been told to get to the cafe for breakfast thought he was Read More »
