Viva Las Vegas Delta does it again! So, we finally arrived in Las Vegas via the longest route EVER. Okay, so. We are massively running over budget but determined not to go home so early. So it was time to get creative. Very creative. Flying around the world accumulates a lot of miles right, so we decided to see where they would get us for free. So to speak. ...
Bolivia is beautiful Bolivia, a country brimming with natural wonders and rich cultural heritage, captivated our hearts from the moment we arrived. The diverse landscapes, from the majestic Andes mountains to the mystical Amazon rainforest and the enchanting Uyuni Salt Flats, left us in awe of Mother Nature’s splendour. The warm hospitality of Bolivians and their...
Santiago Blue blue Monday So we arrived in Santiago on a flight from Auckland, New Zealand. It was the only way. And it hurt. You may remember in an earlier blog I talked about the World Traveller Life: Monday morning, well get this! We left on Monday evening, flew for 11 hours and arrived – on Monday afternoon. Whaaaat! We did Monday twice. It messed with...
Paradise found? In search of Paradise in Fiji. So, I’ve always tended to overthink things. Take when I was about eight years old. I saw an article that said: “This is Paradise”. Well. I was just amazed. Paradise EXISTS? Whaaat! I thought it was only in my storybooks. But no. Here it was in the Sunday paper. This is Paradise, it said so, and...
Lake Tekapo and its awesomeness So, New Zealand, we are learning, has some awesome sights. And I mean awesome in the genuine understanding of the term. Not OMG, this sandwich is awesome. It may be truly tasty, but it’s not awesome. The landscape in New Zealand is awesome – it does indeed inspire awe. But, but when visiting Lake Tekapo – see here… I...
Life on the road: how far we have we come So, as we say adieu to yet another country, I’m thinking back on the first six months of our journey. And wow, what a trip. I guess the unexpected events like – night squid fishing on Halong Bay in Vietnam. Attending an opium ceremony in India and trying to imagine how these elders ever sort any of the village’s...
Western Australia: Skipping Singapore to fly to Perth Ah, Western Australia. Western Australia wasn’t initially on our travel plans when we set off from the UK. The plan was to go to Singapore and fly to Sydney from there. However, fellow travellers in Malaysia urged us to visit Western Australia. Intrigued, we changed our plans. skipped Singapore, and flew directly...
Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre The Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre first opened in 1964. It is 25 kilometres west of Sandakan in the state of Sabah in Borneo. It was the first official orangutan rehabilitation project for orphaned baby orangutans. Many are rescued from logging sites, plantations, illegal hunting or who have been kept as pets. As a...
Christmas in Cambodia Cambodia Christmas, well! So – apologies, it’s been a month since the last blog but things got well and truly knocked off course. So much so – I am writing this from Borneo! The last you heard, we’d been to the orphanage in Cambodia. We had a great yet humbling time seeing the kids again, and all of that. Ya-ay. Then, once we...
Kais Kids: finally returning When planning this round-the-world trip, two things were top of my list: one to go back to visit my friend from Death Row Dan in South Africa, and the other to return to Kais Kids orphanage in Cambodia. Over five years ago, I wanted to do some solo travelling and ended up volunteering at a rural orphanage in Cambodia called Kais Kids...