Thailand prides itself on its excellent service. The Thai’s are precise, punctual, and extremely helpful in most cases, and after a long flight from Kenya, Africa we were so pleased to finally arrive in Bangkok at our centrally located hotel in busy Bangkok. It was barely dinner time, but I hadn’t slept much in the […]
Do you have a ‘bucket list’ of places you want to travel to and things you want to see and do in this wide and wonderful world? If you are a busy person; live the business or executive life; only have a day stopover on your flight; have a sporting or team commitments; or health […]
Most travelers dream of going on safari in Africa, with their head poking out of a Land-rover, or sitting in a retro truck as it bumps over the orange dust giving their backs and buttocks an African massage. But like most travelers, we found ourselves seeking a little luxury as well. We had roughed it […]
It is time for us to ‘hit the road’, after several weeks volunteering with mission work in remote Uganda. We are excited to see Africa, and I’ve been really brave in what comes next. We have hired a 4WD from a fabulous company called Expedient Car Hire who delivered it right to our hotel, and at […]
They say ‘Your home is your castle’ – right? From humble homes to luxury mansions, homeowners all over the world need to leave their ‘castles’, and for a myriad of reasons, they take leave of absence of the place dearest to their heart. They leave behind their world treasures, their family heirlooms, their treasured memories, their […]
We have just finished the most amazing month in Costa Brava, a region near the top right section of Spain in an area called Catalunya. We have been here for a travel writers conference called TBEX and decided to come and stay for a little time earlier than the Congress, and stay a little longer […]
The minute you walk into Fiori di Murano at the Royal Hotel Sanremo your eyes fixed on the glass flowers. These appear suspended from the ceiling, as chandeliers, on the walls, and artistically decorate this magnificent restaurant. We have made a reservation for the smaller of the two dining rooms, with the larger being a grand room […]
As we drive along the coast of Italy today, we are delighted to see the ocean for the first time in months, and we feel we are leaving Winter behind us. It is a beautiful seaside known as Riviera Dei Fiori, The Riviera of Flowers – Sanremo. You may have grown up hearing of Sanremo as […]
The sun is setting outside of our window, and the sky starts to twinkle with the lights of the historical town, and Petrin Tower is lit in the distance on the nearby hill. It is here I sit at my window and am in awe of how silent the evening is, yet we are in […]
Spending Sunday in the Salubrious Sisley Spa in Serbia This week was my 53rd birthday, and it turned out to be a great week, and it was going to end perfectly. It started with us driving from the top northern border of Romania, through Hungary and ending up in Novi Sad for a few days. […]
Each year on our world trip, just before Christmas, we take time out of our busy travel schedule to have a few days “family time”, where we relax and have some fun. This is our third Christmas away from the family I grew up with in Australia, and that alone can be tough emotionally. So […]
This is our third Christmas away from our Australian family and friends, and we sure miss the traditions we remember back in Adelaide, South Australia. For us, Christmas always started in November. We put up the Christmas tree and decorated it very early. We owned about 50 Christmas movies and we would watch one every […]
