Rio de Janeiro was the third stop on our South America trip. We’d already spent 4 days in Buenos Aires, and 2 days at Iguazu Falls, and would later be visiting the Peruvian Amazon, walking the Inca Trail and spending a few days in each of Cusco, Lima and Santiago. Our flight from Foz do… Read More
City break
Cienfuegos was the second stop on our trip to Cuba. We had booked a taxi to drive us from Viñales, where we’d spent the previous few days. It was a journey of 5 1/2 hrs, but the car was reasonably comfortable, and we stopped a couple of times on the way to stretch our legs…. Read More
Having spent 5 days in…Miami, our next stop was San Juan, Puerto Rico. Our flight from Miami arrived into Luiz Muñoz Marín airport early afternoon. We took a taxi to Monastery Art Suites, conveniently located in the heart of the Old Town (Viejo San Juan), and housed in a ‘renovated’ colonial town house. The suites… Read More
Buenos Aires was the first stop on our trip to South America (we would also be visiting Iquazu Falls, Rio de Janeiro, Lima, Santiago, the Amazon jungle, Cusco and walking the Inca Trail). We flew Sydney to Santiago de Chile, and then took a connecting flight to BA, which arrived early evening. We were staying… Read More
Munich was the last stop on our trip to Central Europe – we’d already spent 5 days in…Berlin, 3 days in…Prague, 2 days in…Budapest, 3 days in…Vienna, and 1 day in…Bratislava. Our train, the RJ60 from Vienna, took about 4 hours, and arrived into Munich early afternoon. We checked in to Hotel Cocoon Stachus, and… Read More
Bratislava was never really a place I’d thought about visiting. But when we were planning our route around Central Europe and realised it was so close to Vienna, we decided to include it as a day trip – it’s somewhere a bit different, and it would tick another country off the list! We took the… Read More
We took the RJ62 train from Budapest to Vienna, which took about 2 3/4hrs. We arrived early afternoon, and checked into Altstadt Vienna, a very stylish boutique hotel located in the heart of the city. After a bite to eat (and of course a glass of wine!) we headed out to explore the area, but… Read More
Budapest was the third stop on our Central Europe trip, having already been to Berlin and Prague. We travelled by train from Prague to Budapest (EC277 ‘Slovan’) which took 6 3/4hrs. We took a taxi to our hotel, Baltazar, located in the castle district on the Buda side of the Danube River. The hotel is… Read More
Prague was the second stop on our Central Europe trip. We’d already spent 5 days in…Berlin, and would then be having 2 days in…Budapest, 3 days in…Vienna and 3 days in…Munich. Itinerary summary Day 1 Old Town Square, Astronomical Clock, Charles Bridge, Prague Castle Day 2 Kutna Hora (Sedlec Ossuary), Wenceslas Square, Museum of Czech… Read More
Berlin was the first stop on our 3 week trip to Central Europe. We were also spending 3 days in…Prague, 2 days in…Budapest, 3 days in…Vienna and 3 days in…Munich. Our flight arrived into Berlin Tegel early in the morning. However, our bags did not – they had gone astray somewhere between Perth and Berlin!… Read More
Itinerary Summary Day 1 Yaletown, West End, English Bay, Canada Place Day 2 Granville Island markets, South Granville, W. Broadway, Main Street, Commercial Drive, Gastown Day 3 Capilano Suspension Bridge Park, Stanley Park, Vancouver Aquarium Day 4 Vancouver Art Gallery Day 1 Vancouver was the last stop on our Canadian winter holiday. We’d already been… Read More
We were heading to Canada for a 2 week winter holiday, where we were spending 3 days in…Whitehorse, 4 days in…Whistler and 4 days in…Vancouver, but we also squeezed in a little stop in Seattle on the way. Our flight arrived into Sea-Tac airport late in the afternoon. We took the ‘Tacoma Link’ light rail… Read More
Los Angeles was the last stop of our California and Mexico trip, which had already included stops in San Diego, Las Vegas, San Francisco, Mexico City and Merida. We arrived into LAX late in the evening, and took a taxi to the Ace Hotel, in downtown LA. It’s a very cool ‘design hotel’, housed in… Read More
Merida was the penultimate stop of our California and Mexico trip. We’d already had 4 days in…San Diego, 4 days in…Las Vegas, 5 days in…San Francisco, and having just spent 3 Days in…Mexico City we headed down to Merida, on the Yucatan Peninsula. We chose it as a base for visiting Chichen Itza, but it… Read More
Having already visited San Diego, Las Vegas and San Francisco, Mexico City was the 4th stop on our 4 week trip to California and Mexico. Our flight arrived into Mexico City about 8pm, and we took a taxi straight to our hotel, Downtown Mexico, a very cool design hotel situated in the heart of the… Read More
Having spent 4 Days in…San Diego and 4 Days in…Las Vegas, we headed to San Francisco for the next leg of our California and Mexico trip. Itinerary Summary Day 1 Clarion Alley street art, Mission District, The Castro Day 2 China Town, Coit Tower, Lombard Street, Wave Organ, Fisherman’s Wharf Day 3 Alcatraz, Cable Car… Read More
Las Vegas was always on my wishlist. I’m not really into gambling, but I was intrigued to see the over-the-top, craziness of the place. It seemed to me, to be one of those places that you just need to experience at least once in your life, to immerse yourself in, and to witness the spectacle… Read More
San Diego was the first stop on our 4 week trip to California and Mexico, which included 4 days in…Las Vegas, 5 days in…San Francisco, 3 days in…Mexico City, 5 days in…Merida and ended with 5 days in…Los Angeles. We flew into Los Angeles (LAX) arriving at about 10.30am, and had decided to that, rather… Read More
Our trip to South Africa was last minute to say the least. We booked our flight at 8pm and were on the plane from Perth to Jo’burg less than 4 hours later! Considering that we normally have our trips researched, planned and booked months in advance, this was a little bit alarming to say the… Read More