Day two post descent from Mount Rinjani and my legs are still literally screaming at me…everyone else apparently unaffected…or just putting on brave faces. Hobbled my way to our favourite cabana pool for a last morning chilling before it was time to set off for our...
Having been rather nervous about VietJet Air reading previous reviews before boarding, the 5 hour flight passed quite pleasantly, mainly as it was less than half full so nice and quiet. The girls and Katie loved the air stewards’ uniforms - check shorts and red Mary...
The bullet train was quick. Very quick. So fast they actually tell you in advance when to look out of the window to see major sights as they go past so quickly. The 1 min slot for us to view Mount Fuji was more than enough, there was pretty low cloud cover, so we...
...and that’s pretty much the extent of our Japanese! After setting off on Monday morning from San Francisco on an 11hr flight, including crossing the international date line where we lost a day of our lives, we landed mid-afternoon on Tuesday into Tokyo. The Japanese...
There was no need for the 5am alarm, the howler monkeys started at least an hour earlier, and being the 2nd loudest animals on the planet, after the blue whale, we heard them even though our host believed they are about 1km away. It was a pretty unsettled night...
Santiago lies just 225 miles from Mendoza but it feels like a different world. We arrived into the city after a long, but beautiful, drive through through Andes. Including tackling what is quite possibly one of the windiest roads we have attempted in a bus. Or any...
We arrived into Salta on a wet Sunday afternoon so not the best first impressions given everyone seemed to be indoors! However our Airbnb apartment here is stunning, very trendy, right in the centre and the girls have their own rooms so they’re very pleased. Things...
