Iguazu / Iguaçu Falls

Perhaps partaking in an all-afternoon Easter Sunday lunch where the wine glass was never half empty, followed by a catch up dinner with two of the Tucan tour group might not have been my best best idea. Not when I got back to the hotel at 1130pm and had to be up at 330am for a 545am flight to Iguazu Falls. We all slept…

That volcano stumped me – Pucon

Pucon is known as the adventure town in Chile where people come for their summer holidays and tourists visit to tick boxes. There are usually 20,000 inhabitants in the town, though this number doubles during December, January and February.  The big draw here is Chile’s most active volcano, Villerica and the possibility to climb it….

Sydney celebrations 

I’d been told that I should really be sticking in Oz for Australia Day and no better place to do it than Sydney. My first couple of nights were spent in Kirribilli; not a bad spot to be staying, just on the shore by the harbour bridge on the North Shore.  For Oz day, we…

Phu Quoc island,Vietnam

After the sensory, visual and constant travel overload of Burma, The island of Phu Quoc was going to be a welcome relief, as was access to a regular wifi connection.  Flying gout of Burma, via Ho Chi Minh City and having to deal with the point to point airline  Vietjet Air so lets get off the plane,…

Chasing the sun in Burma… Yangon to Bagan

Heading for Yangon It feels like I am finishing this off an age after we have been there.  I can’t believe that, it is almost a month since we were there. After 4 hours sleep we were up and out to catch our flight from HK to Bangkok on Asia Air (dare I say that…

Starting 2016 in Hong Kong

A sleepless overnight flight meant we were extremely happy to meet the  driver waiting to bring us to the Cordis Hotel and start this trip in style.  Straight up to the club lounge to enjoy some early evening bubbles (not contemplating that it was only 9am GMT) and get an overview on the city, maps and…