Author Archives: Heather
The Red Centre
It’s probably one of the first places Brits think of when picturing Australia (along with the Sydney Opera House and generic beaches) and after being in Australia for 11 months, we finally made it – The Red Centre. We hopped off The Ghan in Alice Springs, a small town that basically served us as a … Continue reading
On the road again! … Finally…!
On the road again… Today is the 10th October 2015 which means we’ve been away from the UK for 18 MONTHS!! I will apologise now for the lack of posts for a while (Ok, for ages!) but we’ve been busy in the flow of “normal” life! We are working on it and will try and … Continue reading
Booking trips for the East Coast of Australia
As always, there are so many different companies, tour guides and tour operators to choose from when planning your east coast experience. I think mainly it’s a case of you win some, you lose some, where a great deal can be offered on one thing in one place, a better deal can be had on … Continue reading
Ping pong show, Bangkok
I was undecided about how I felt about these kind of shows, and to be honest, I still am… The infamous Bangkok ping pong show, you know the one, talented ladies fire ping pong balls out into the audience from you know where! You read so much on the internet about these places and the … Continue reading
Halong Bay, Vietnam – Paloma cruises
Halong Bay is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and translates as “the bay of the descending dragon”. It is on most people’s “must do” list when visiting Northern Vietnam. The trips aren’t cheap, especially the ones where you stay aboard for a couple of nights but a lot of people say that it more than … Continue reading
Vang Vieng, Laos
I’m not quite sure how to describe this place, I said in the tubing post that I was pleasantly surprised, after seeing some more of the town, I realise this was a major understatement! We initially planned on staying 2 days in Vang Vieng, seeing it as a means of breaking up the journey to … Continue reading
Vientiane, Laos
I can’t remember the name of the bus company but we caught the bus to Vientaine from outside the Friendly Backpackers hostel on Nguyen huu huan street, Hanoi, Vietnam. We travelled on a Monday which meant we went on an old bus (double sleeper seats on each side rather than 3 singles AND no toilet! … Continue reading
Hue city tour
I think I got out of bed at the wrong side this morning, or at least I hope I did, otherwise it was just a really rubbish day! 8am start, greasy omelette for breakfast and walk to the bus to catch a dragon boat for a trip down the Perfume River. Shortly after 8.30am, a … Continue reading
Easy Riding, Dalat to Quy Nhon
With a population of around 90 million and nearly 40 million motorbikes (but less than 2 million cars) there seemed no better way to see the country than by motorbike – the Vietnamese way! After being approached while sitting outside a restaurant by a man called Binh (who reminded us a little bit of Tazbir … Continue reading
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
There’s not an awful lot for me to say about Phnom Penh really, it’s the capital city of Cambodia and a stop off point for most people wanting to get anywhere else in Cambodia. We weren’t expecting a lot from it and that’s exactly what we got, not a lot! If you google Phnom Penh … Continue reading
Paris syndrome
Interesting… Apparently, the friendly polite Japanese suffer Paris syndrome
Treat night, Siem Reap
So, we spent the day cycling around Angkor again and then suffered a burst tyre on the ride home! After a TukTuk driver tried to scam us for $10 when the fare should have been $2 max, we walked/rode back slowly on the flat feeling a bit sorry for ourselves! We showered, Matt did a … Continue reading
.WTF TLD, yes please
New release of new TLDs (top level domains)… eattravel.wtf? http://www.geekwire.com/2014/want-register-chickens-wtf-nows-chance/
Saigon Cooking Class
After nearly 4 months away from the comforts of home, I finally got to cook! Cooking is probably the thing I’m missing the most about living at home and being in one place night after night. When my everyday life usually consists of me cooking at least 6 nights a week and preparing breakfasts and … Continue reading
Beijing, China
Beijing, the capital of China was a must visit for us, although I would have been more than happy to skip China altogether and stay put in Japan (due mainly to my love of Japan, but also to my doubts of what China had to offer) but as we were there, there was no doubt, … Continue reading
Update on eat!
So, I started off with this blog almost hoping to be able to be able to start up a bit of a foodie blog… So far it’s been really disappointing! Although we’re still taking plenty of photos of the food that we eat, there’s only been a couple of occasions where we have actually been … Continue reading
Kyoto, the beautiful city. Love hotels, Geisha and Abura noodles
Steeped in history, Kyoto is known as the most beautiful city in Japan. If you have the dreamy world of “Memoirs of a Geisha” in your mind, you won’t be too disappointed. After arriving by bullet train (awesome! and probably the best/cheapest way to get a ride on the train), we oriented ourselves and headed … Continue reading
Delhi, last few days in India
I’m writing this post in retrospect so the way I write may be different to what it would have been at the time, in parts that will mean diluted frustration but it may also mean that I’ve also diluted some of the positives… We arrived in Delhi after a direct bus from Rishikesh, after 5 … Continue reading
Rishikesh – yoga capital of the world?!
This post should probably be a fairly short one, although we stayed in Rishikesh for 5 days, they were a relaxing 5 days… I think rather than story telling my way through the visit I’ll just mention the main points: MY BIRTHDAY, yep, my 28th birthday fell during the time we were in Rishikesh, we … Continue reading
Agra to Amritsar
After bussing it from Agra, via Dehli we arrived in Amritsar, the Golden City, the home of the Golden Temple. The bus journey itself from Agra was fairly uneventful although we had a few hour stop off in Dehli so we hopped in a TukTuk get to the other bus stop ready for the next … Continue reading
Messing about on the river (I think we’ve found India) – Life and Death on the Mother Ganga – Varanasi
So, it seems we’ve arrived in ‘real’ India – the one you see on TV where the streets are where you live, work and socialise and where the river is the place the whole city goes to complete their daily chores… We have arrived in Varanasi, the Holy city. It’s amazing how you can be … Continue reading
Touch down in Kathmandu
We’re currently sat on the rooftop terrace at Green Organic Café, Kathmandu, Nepal! When I say rooftop terrace, luckily it’s covered because the heavens have opened and we’re sat listening to the monsoon rains hitting the tin roof but who cares? This place is great! We made a bit of a spur of the moment … Continue reading
Mysore
After a quick nap, we’d planned to spend time at Mysore Palace followed by spending the afternoon at the bazaar until 2 random (separate) people on the street told us of a better plan… Apparently the palace is really busy in a morning so we were advised to head to the markets first and back … Continue reading
The Journey to the Heart of South India (Munnar to Mysore)
It appears the internet can only give you so much information and local knowledge goes a long way, especially on the less trodden paths(at least tourist-wise). I like to think I’m pretty good at good old Google-fu but nowhere could I find a nice easy way to get to Mysore from Munnar (using forums, travel … Continue reading
Head to the hills – Munnar
Munnar is such a beautiful place, reached by a series of sharp bends spiralling through the hillside. The main focus of our trip here was to trek up into the tea plantations. We arranged a trip through our guest house, Green View, up at 5.30am for tea and biscuits (yes! I now seem to drink … Continue reading
Welcome to India…
…And what a welcome it was – a true guidebook introduction to the chaos that is India! Feeling rather smug that we’d had a taste (albeit a diluted taste) of what India was going to be like by visiting Sri Lanka first, getting out of the airport and not seeing too many people we thought … Continue reading
Gem River Edge
We took a 9000LKR A/C taxi from Unawatuna to Gem River Edge eco-lodge due to it being New Year in Sri Lanka on 13th April (2014), we were told that the buses would not be running (the same journey on a bus would have only cost us 170LKR each). Our taxi driver was nice enough … Continue reading
Yala National Park Safari
Up at 4.45am for a 5.30am jeep ride to Yala National Park. We were joined by a lovely couple from Munich, had an amazing time but instead of trying to describe every bump, nook and turn, we’ll let the pictures do the talking! There are a few, and most need a couple of seconds to … Continue reading
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