At the top end of the Eastern Caribbean lies a verdant island that, whilst just under 90 km2 in size manages to pack in two different countries: the constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands – Sint Maarten; and the French overseas collectivity – Sint Martin. How this came to be, is a story of centuries …
October can be a bit rainy in Valencia and this meant that we had to spend a few days indoors hiding from some increment weather. This ended up getting us hooked on the Netflix series of ‘Ultimate Beast Master’…a kind of international obstacle competition on steroids that has Lyssa shouting very loudly at the tv …
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After all our recent city trips Lyssa was pining for a bit of a beach holiday; with just a long weekend, we opted for the Caribbean island of Europe…Sardinia. With over two thousand kms of coastline and nearly all of it littered with sandy coves surrounded by azure waters and bathed in the glorious Mediterranean …
A Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) is a place where, as the name suggests there are agreed to be no military activities, no buildings, no soldiers etc. You’ll find DMZs all over the place, in the Middle East, in Antarctica and even in Space. But when it comes to ‘The DMZ’ then we are talking about the …
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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 …