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Cat Ba- Vietnam Cat Ba Island is the largest island in the archipelago of over 300 islands. The lush scenery offers a mix of natural wonders, sporty activities; such as hiking, climbing, kayaking, and local culture. We found 3 days enough time to explore, especially when we hired two wheels. How we got to Cat…
Mauritius When people think of Mauritius, they mostly imagine honeymooners and white sandy beaches. There is this, of course, but there is so much more to it, from nature reserves to waterfalls and river gorges. Flights Our Air Mauritius flight, MK 53, would depart from Gatwick to Mauritius. From here, we would get a connecting…
Return to the Cyclades: The hunt for Sylvestra. It’s been a while and we had yearned for a return to the Cyclades. Our dream was to revisit Naxos to experience the island open and alive. Here, we wanted to find out feline friend, Sylvestra. The other part of the trip involved a return to…
Living in Mexico Ever dreamed about moving to Mexico? What’s it like living in Mexico? We get many questions from people about living in Mexico, so here we will give you the rundown on what it’s really like. There are many aspects to look at such as how the various States differ, the nitty gritty…
Bogota – Colombia Bogota, Colombia, wasn’t on our original itinerary. In fact we’d brushed over the desire to visit it, when planning the RTW. However, after researching the country and the bonus of the ease of getting in without testing etc, it became more appealing. Bogotá, Colombia is a sprawling, melee, high-altitude capital with…
Scratching under Sayulita’s surface To learn more about a place, it helps to stay a bit longer. Furthermore, if one visits multiple times then a diverse perspective can be had. In fact, living here through various seasons deepens the insight. For us, scratching under Sayulita’s surface is more possible due to the angles of approach…
USA road trip – heading north through Florida After visiting south Florida, it was now time to get our USA road trip into full swing. We headed north towards Jacksonville and made a few stops on the way. Palm beach The sublime Palm beach wasn’t as expected. What did we expect? Well we thought it…
Florida – Welcome to Miami – The road trip begins Miami, Florida, would see the start of our USA roadtrip. As you would have seen in our prep blog piece for Travel to the USA, we had a lot of organisation to get through. This was the fruition of it. Leaving DR To…
Travel to the USA – A last minute prep Guide It was always on our itinerary to Travel to the USA. There is a lot to organise and we expected to be able to build that leg block by block with plenty of time to spare. Best laid plans and all that. The trip, now,…
Pacific coast / Nicoya peninsula We headed north up to the Pacific coast / Nicoya Peninsula after Manual Antonio. The peninsula is made up of parts of the Guanacaste Province and the Puntarenas Province. We were starting with a seaside town called Samara but, even though we had a few ideas of where next, we…
