Palawan is just gorgeous. If you’re going, learn from our travel efforts around the island.
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The most arid place in the world – San Pedro de Atacama
It was an early morning start, with the bus leaving at 7am, to head up over the Andes and cross the border back into Chile. The border crossing is actually at 4,700m and whilst trying to go through the border madness of various passport stamps, bags off the bus, through scanners, food checks on bags…
Salta… a jewel-box-sized-getaway?
There has been a concerted effort to encourage new hotels, restaurants and shops which they say is now paying off in a stream of visitors attracted to Salta’s updated colonial charm. Today, the old city center is recognized as a “jewel-box-size getaway”, perfect for exploring on foot and finally appreciated for its rich cultural offerings, grand neo-Classical buildings and thriving night life.
A Friday out in the wine region Lujan de Cuyo
The perfect day – Some fabulous wine tasting in Lujan de Cuyo region of Mendoza, Argentina…
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…
Santiago and over The Andes to Mendoza
I arrived into Santiago with the tour group and we managed to get back on our bikes to take a tour of the city and check out food markets, fish markets and local landmarks. We walked through Bella Vista, Santiago’s boho district full of colourful streets, fancy architecture, cafes and bars. We took the funicular, (declared…
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….
Tierra del Fuego here we come…
The flight from Sydney to Santiago was 12.5 hours and it just seemed to take forever. A four hour layover in Santiago where we managed to find seats to lie down and get an hour’s kip and then a further two hours flying to Buenos Aires. We tried to buy our pesos from the airport bank…
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…
Vonn Voyage 