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Relaxing in Boracay

We left Bohol and Alona Beach, looking forward to the next part of our journey with the island of Boracay next on the itinerary. To get here, we first caught a flight from Panglao island to Manila where we only had a short turnaround before we were on our next …

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Beers, Sausages and History

In researching flights to Europe we had found that the itinerary with the least (and shortest lay-over) would take us to Berlin. As such, our travels to Europe on this trip started and finished in Germany.  After two lengthy flights, starting with Melbourne to Singapore where we had 5 hours …

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The Medinas in the Medina

Tangier, Morocco and Northern Africa is only a short trip away from Southern Spain and as we had a number of days available to us we decided that the time to explore not only our first African nation but also our first Arab nation.  In planning this trip, we had …

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Setenil and Ronda

Another road trip from Fuengirola that we did was to drive the short drive to the scenic country towns of Setenil de las Bodegas and Ronda. On this occasion, Mum decided to come with us to explore what these destinations have to offer. Our journey began mid morning with an …

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El Caminito Del Rey

El Caminito del Rey is a hiking trail not far from Fuengirola which is supposed to be a great walk across suspended boardwalks high above the cliffs and that I knew that I had to do. In the planning stages, neither Suz, Xander or Eloise were to keen to come …

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Relaxing in Fuengirola and Malaga

We left the Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport in Rome, saying ‘arrivederci’ to Italy and landed in Malaga, Costa del Sol, where we greeted Spain with ‘buenas noches’. Upon landing we were met at the airport by my dad and were driven to their home in Fuengirola, our home away from …

Lake Como

A beautiful stay in Lake Como

After a short train ride from Milan we disembarked at the Varenna Esino station and walked the 5 min to our AirBnb. Once settled in we walked a short distance towards the wharf area and found ourselves face to face with the beautiful Lake Como and its crystal-clear and tranquil …