After planning several trips in the past which never happened, we finally got underway with our Vietnam trip! However, as we were travelling with Xander and Eloise, 3 years and 7 months old at the time, there were some restrictions on what we could see and experience without tiring them …
Back in Khao Lak and Thailand once again… This trip was a spur of the moment decision as we hadn’t planned to travel anywhere for at least a couple of months and were originally going to have longer time away. But a few things at home changed all of that …
We’re visiting the most sacred site for the Sikh’s, the Golden Temple in Amritsar… The trip here though wasn’t without its problems… or rather inconveniences. It all started in Udaipur, we had booked a taxi to the airport to pick us up at 5.30am. We were down there at reception …
Udaipur is the most romantic city in India… We couldn’t be in a better place to celebrate our first wedding anniversary! We left Jodhpur in the morning and made our way towards Ranakpur and the Jain Temple located there. On the way, our driver informed us that this would be …
Our trip through Rajasthan continues, this time we’re visiting two Forts in two cities, one Golden and one Blue… We had a uneventful few hours after leaving Bikaner, the road out to Jaisalmer was mostly empty (in Indian terms of course, we still had the occasional cows here and there …
Our road trip has finally begun and after the hectic pace of Delhi the countryside of Rajasthan is well welcomed! Our mornings didn’t have the smoothest of beginnings though… The company that we booked our trip called to advise that our car wasn’t available and they would send an ungraded …
The Taj Mahal, one of the modern wonders of the world! While giving birth to his 14th (?!?) child, Emperor’s Shah Jahan’s second wife passed away… He was stricken with grief and as a memorial and in her memory he built her the Taj Mahal!! How is anyone supposed to …
We’re finally in India and it’s just as crazy and exiting as we thought it would be! We landed in Delhi at around 2am, walked through immigration without a problem and proceeded to collect our bags. After around 45min they finally arrived and it was time for us to leave …
We’re in Macau, the Vegas of the East… Since we were in Hong Kong and only an hour away from Macau we decided to pay it a quick visit too. Our ferry took an hour to cross the distance and was very comfortable. Suz and I decided to splurge and …
It might not be traditional China, but Hong Kong can certainly provide an introduction to it… Our trip to Hong Kong didn’t have the best start. We were checking in and the person behind the desk tells us that our specified seats that we’d pre-booked over 6 months ago were …