I started my venture up the East Coast of Oz and spent a week in Byron Bay at The Arts Factory. I’ve heard this hostel described as a 1960‘s commune gone right – and there are more than a few hippies, surfers and artists in this town; it’s a place where you wont find a Read More »
To escape the “hectic” life in Antigua, we went to Guatemala´s most laid-back location: Monterrico. This small beach town is located at the pacific coast quite close to Antigua and El Salvador. People usually come here in the weekends and stay at one of the many hotels at the beach. It seemed like a good Read More »
Finally… Our friends in Toyama!! Andy and Yukko were wonderful enough to be our hosts and tourguides for a few days. Andy took us on a tour of the sake factory he works in. We saw almost the entire process for making sake. We also got to sample the sake at many different stages….Mmmmmm. One Read More »
After almost two months of travelling around Europe in the middle of winter, we were keen for a bit of sun so we headed to the Cote D’Azur in the South of France. First stop, Nice. The first thing we did upon arriving in Nice was to head to the world famous coastline. Covered in Read More »
The second Tovah and I arrived at our amazing hostel, Ubuntu Backpackers, we decided to make our stay in J-Bay 2 days instead of 1. The hostel is a beautiful house overlooking the ocean. It is owned and run by Jamie and Elizna (a really cool, young couple who have backpacked before and thus know Read More »
The second Tovah and I arrived at our amazing hostel, Ubuntu Backpackers, we decided to make our stay in J-Bay 2 days instead of 1. The hostel is a beautiful house overlooking the ocean. It is owned and run by Jamie and Elizna (a really cool, young couple who have backpacked before and thus know Read More »
We left Waitomo at 9.30am and arrived in Rotorua at 12.15pm. The area is famous for having a rotten egg smell caused by its many geothermal areas which seeps into all of your clothes! After checking in to our new hostel we went straight to the info centre for help on deciding what to do for Read More »
The north island is spectacular scenery – rolling peaks dotted with sheep and cattle, winding roads through little villages. John and I breath in the beauty while the girls peacefully sleep . En route to Rotorura we have a rest stop at the Waikite Valley thermal pools. Three hot mineral pools ranging from 36-40 degrees. The Read More »
At the moment we are in Rotorua which is very important to the Maori culture as well as being apparently the thinnest area of the earths crust. This means that there are loads of steaming sulphurous ponds, bubbling mud holes and a pervasive odour of rotting eggs. Despite this Rotorua is a very funky place Read More »
Wednesday, Dec 26 Our trip started at a very early hour but was greatly brightened when after seated on the plane our names were called and we discovered we had been bumped to First Class. Flying through Miami from San Francisco to Barbados, the trip lasted all day and into the night. When we landed Read More »
