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 …
A few months ago when we were planning our trip we told ourselves that we wanted to finish up somewhere where we could relax and do nothing for a few days. Our decision fell on the island of Koh Tao. To get there from Khao Lak we first had to …
Visiting Khao Lak was not part of the original plan but after a few pleas and a guilt trip we decided to make a quick visit and visit our friends there… and we’re glad that we did! Getting there was no problem…. we just caught a flight from Bangkok to …
We arrived in Kanchanaburi at noon and the minibus dropped us off on the door step of our chosen accommodation… We checked in at VN Guesthouse and got a decent room with a double bed and fan that was located in a raft bungalow on the river for only 275 …
Since Ayutthaya is only located around 90km north of Bangkok it’s very easy to visit it via a day trip and there are many operators offering tours. Suz and I decided to stay over there for one night instead. Ayutthaya served as the country’s capital from 1350 to 1767 and …
No, not that City of Angels, we’re in “Krung Thep” meaning “City of Angels” and better known as…. Bangkok! And this is just a shortened version of its official Thai name. If we were to translate it all we would end up with: “Great City of Angels, Repository of Divine …