Welcome to the Land of Smiles, as Thailand is affectionately called. When we were in Penang (Malyasia), we got a bit antsy to cross over the border into Thailand and arranged to take a minibus for the 9+ hour trip to Krabi, in Thailand. Three minibuses, a ferry and 12 hours later, we arrived at our destination, Railay Beach. Railay Beach …
Hope you all had a great May 24 long weekend! Travelling Isn’t Always Rosy We have been travelling through Peninsular Malaysia over the past week. Every once in awhile you have one of those crappy days travelling where nothing seems to go right. Well we had one of those days last week on the day we flew from Borneo to …
We have entered the second half of our trip and with it brings a new continent: Asia. We flew into Singapore and the first day we were extremely jet legged. Singapore The city completely lives up to its reputation of being this eerily utopian city. Everything is squeeky clean, modern and efficient. It is true that littering is a huge …
Hello from Mauritius! We’ll warn you that this blog might not be as exciting as usual since we spent the week on the beach in Mauritius and it was a “vacation from the vacation”. Mauritius? Most of you probably haven’t ever heard about Mauritius, like us, when our travel agent told us that we would have a lay over there on …
We leave the African continent tomorrow and this will be our last blog from Africa. After leaving Swankopmund (Namibia), we drove past Walvis Bay, where Brad & Angie were staying, we craned our necks to spot them from the truck, but no luck! Sossusvlei We headed for Sossusvlei, the area renowned for beautiful red sand dunes. The dunes are amazing and …
Welcome to the desert! Etosha National Park We left Windhoek and headed north (not quite the direct way to Capetown) to visit the Etosha National Park. It was a long drive day and the Kiwi boys got a bit of a party going on the long ride up. Etosha is one of Africa’s best game parks and we spent 2 …
