Let’s get into Tokyo; it’s a pretty big place and there is so much to see, so we are going to divide the city up into some of its key districts that could be a city in themselves and could fill several days of travel on their own. In this blog we’ll cover Ginza and …
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Quite literally at centre of Europe is the Baltic state of Lithuania. For many years occupied by the Soviet Union, but now open to all for culture, pilgrimage, great beer, filling food and even a breakaway republic. Our trip started over Easter weekend, when many southern parts of Europe are basking in spring sunshine, but …
Sri Lanka is a relatively compact island (around 430 km long and 230 km wide) just of the south coast of India. Influenced by the nearby sub continent but also very distinct in its culture, nature and sights to see. Sri Lanka makes for a great trip in itself, or coupled with a trip to …
This is one blog that won’t need very many words, you will easily see the stunning beauty of the Maldives in the pictures that come… and when your paradise is just 800m long and 300m wide then there’s not much more to describe than the alluring water and the abundant life in the seas surrounding …
When the summer has almost come to an end and it’s starting to become a bit chilly in the north then get yourself on a plane and head to South Eastern Europe and one of its jewels – Bulgaria. A trip here will be filled with beautiful churches and monasteries, spectacular landscapes, cobble-stoned alleys, colourful …
With place names such us Transylvania, Wallachia, Bran, Peleศ, Viscri and Sighiศoara on your itinerary, then it is hard not to be constantly thinking and looking out for Bram Stoker’s Dracula in every corner of your trip. Romania is so much more than this 19th Century story of the 15th century prince – Vlad the …
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Our trip to Jordan marked our first real foray into the Middle East, and what a wonderful start to this mysterious and enigmatic part of the world. Yes, technically you could say that we had already visited Egypt…but really that sits in North Africa, a whole different continent away from Jordan! We had about 10 …
eSwatini? You may know it as Swaziland, a tiny little African country set in the north eastern side of South Africa. Swaziland was still its name when we visited (so it’ll be still used in this blog), but in 2018 the King decided that a new name was needed and so eSwatini was born. Just …
Driving over 4000 kilometres from the top to the bottom of South Africa is an awesome road trip, that on paper seems doable in 17 days but in reality there is so much to see that even double that amount of time is not enough. 17 days was all we had though (which is still …
Sandwiched between the Alps and the Adriatic, Slovenia is a charming country that will astonish you with its mountainous outdoors and its subterranean indoors. We visited in June, when the temperatures are warm but you may still need a rain coat or umbrella to get through the occasional summer storm. Getting there and around Centred …