For those of us heading into a cold and dark winter in Europe, a little early respite with some winter sun is what we start dreaming of. Towards the end of October, Asia is still having its monsoons and the Caribbean its hurricanes; but just 6 hrs from the Netherlands and 570km off the west …
Buñol is a small village of about 10,000 people close to Valencia; its main tourist sights are a small castle and a pretty park that has outdoor concerts during the summer. Not really a tourist hotspot, but for the last wednesday of August each year the village tripples its population as 20,000 white clad party …
From our Spanish ‘base’ of Alzira (about 45 mins south of Valencia) we have had the fortune to explore a lot of the Valencia region over the past year and have seen a great many local sites (check out those blogs). Now we are getting to the point where we need to push a bit …
How about seeing world’s most perfect cone volcano, zip-lining over rice terraces, hiking through emerald hills, delving into the depths of the earth, exploring the Pompeii of Asia and finally cooling off by swimming with the gentle giants of the sea (whale sharks)? Then the provinces of Albay and Sorsogon should be your go-to place …
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1500km off the east coast of Africa you will find some unique pieces of the ancient super-continent of Gondwana, that floated off into the sea about 100 million years ago; sparkling emerald and sapphire in the Indian Ocean, ringed with perfect white sands and second only to the Galapagos Islands in the number of endemic …
Kenya is one of those classic safari destinations that should be on everyone’s bucket list. For us that bucket is quite a large one, but fortunately we have already started to make good progress in filling it up. Preparing your Trip Now, before going on safari you should do a bit or research to ensure …
York is one of those perfect storms of tourism…loads of history mixed with lashings of man-made attractions to suck you in and keep you entertained for days; top it off with plenty of local and non-local food and drink to keep you sustained during your stay and what you have is Ye Olde Worlde Disneye …
For those of you lucky people that get to spend a bit more time in the Netherlands and once you have done all the main sites, had a picture in clogs, eaten lots of cheese and smoked through the novelty of the coffee shops, then you are ready to explore some of the more …
We started our mini Northern Ireland tour in Belfast, a neat compact city that you can pretty much divide into 3 main areas (for the tourist)…the very British Victorian central city – right up to the people lounging on the grass in the sun outside the Belfast City central hall; The Queens University area, where …
If you visit in Valencia around the middle of March, then you will find yourself in one of the most visually and audibly stunning festivals that Europe has to offer. Las Fallas is a traditional event that explodes across the city from the 15th to 19th March each year and it will quite literally blow …