After all the activity of Georgetown, we were really looking forward to weeks spent exploring the Exuma chain. The Exumas are a cruisers paradise with hundreds of mostly uninhabited islands, beautiful waters in every shade of blue, amazing beaches, great snorkeling and lots of peaceful anchorages. There are very few settlements in the Exumas, which makes it difficult to provision. After 4 weeks …
Sri Lanka: beaches, tea fields, safaris, temples
Parallel to planning our move back to Canada, we were also busy planning our last hurrah holiday in Asia. During our last week in Malaysia, I had serious doubts about why we were going on a month long holiday on our way back to Canada. I was tired of packing, tired of saying goodbye and wondering if it might be …
New Zealand – Part 2
After 3 weeks traveling around the South Island, we were looking forward to a week of mostly staying put in one place on the North Island. We fly into Auckland, picked up a rental car and first headed to Rotorua, a cultural centre of the Maori people and a town known for its thermal mud pools and geysers. In …
Turkey with Baby
Since I am off on maternity leave this year, we figured it would be a good time for a longer trip. I am only using 11 months of my maternity leave, so Paul took 1 month maternity leave from work and we went away for the month of June. UK Visit Paul is from England and we don’t get back …
Hakuna Matata
Jambo (hello in Swahili)! It has been awhile since our last blog and so this one will be a long one. So much has happened since we landed in Nairobi March 11th. Nairobi We flew Kenya Airways from Cairo to Nairobi and we had very low expectations for the airline, but it was fine. The flight was not very full apart …
Having a Chill Out
The last week has been all about relaxation and has kind of felt like a vacation from the vacation. Sharm El Sheikh – Hilton Style From Luxor, we had pre-booked a flight to Sharm El Sheikh on the Sinai peninsula. This way we avoided taking a ferry across the Red Sea. You might remember a couple of months ago, hearing …