Where time is unbounded
This may seem a simple one, but one that might catch you out. Whenever you travel always keep the details of your hotel in the local language. You c...
For most of us, when travelling overseas, travel insurance is close to the top of the list of items we need to buy while preparing for our trip and ...
If you are going to get vaccinated for your next trip expect to part with a pocket full of cash. So, is the thought of spending good money on someth...
Hua Hin also has a good number of night markets. Any day of the week in the evening you can find at least one market. Like we found in Taipei, one market ends up looking like another market, same foods, same souvenirs, elephant pants, and tourists. The Tamarind and Cicada Markets were just a short...
Another of the ‘great things’ to see in China, the Terracotta Warriors close to Xi’an. These are one more of those man-made creations you can’t really grasp the size of, or understand the time taken to create these warriors, until you’re there to see it with your own eyes. The detail in each warrior is...
We decided to spend a few days in Rayong, which is on the south east coast of Thailand. It’s about an hours drive from Jomtien where we had been staying previously, and was easy to get back to. There is not much in Rayong, other than a large (it appears) Japanese expat community. Whereas in...
This is a super hotel, and we’ve stayed in here twice between 2022 and 2024. Its location is about 90 minutes north of Phuket Airport, and getting here is really easy with an airport taxi which you can book in advance. The pick up at all Thai airports has always been without any problems, although...
This may seem a simple one, but one that might catch you out. Whenever you travel always keep the details of your hotel in the local language. You can do this in a variety of ways, by paper, picture or an app. For our trip we are using Tripit Pro and keep all of our...
Flew in to Da Nang from Siem Reap on an Air Cambodia flight that quite incredibly departed a good 20 mins early…that’s never happened to us before! And only a short 55 min trip. We only had a couple of nights booked in Da Nang as a bit of a stopover before Hoi An where...
