We only had a short hop over the border ahead of us today into Cambodia and Siem Reap – the gateway to Angkor Wat and surrounding temples. We were both beyond excited to see this incredible place. Fortunately our hotel included airport pick-up and it was wonderful not having the hassle of finding our own … [Read more…]
Having the lights on all night does not make for the most restful sleep, but we only woke up at 10am so it couldn’t have been that bad. We set out to do some sightseeing around Bangkok. If there is one thing that annoys me more than anything else, it is being taken for a … [Read more…]
(…or so we thought) After the ease of Malaysia and the convenience of having our own driver in India, it proved quite a mission to find our hotel in Bangkok. The hotel was, rather annoyingly, on the “wrong” side of the river, a location that was carefully selected as it was close to the train … [Read more…]
We made our way to Sariska Nature Reserve after spending a couple of hours at Amber Fort. This was our one last hope to see tigers in the wild in India. Unfortunately, in 2007 it was reported by undercover journalists that there were no tigers left in this park. They had all been poached. Since then the … [Read more…]
We left our hotel at 4am this morning in the pouring rain. Our visit to this beautiful part of Argentina didn’t turn out as we had hoped. We had plans to hire a car and drive away from city lights into the countryside and enjoy the landscape, clear skies and great wines. But sitting in … [Read more…]
During the past two weeks our travels kept us in extremely dry places, such as Bolivia and Northern Chile, with our views dominated by rock, volcanoes and endless sand. But as we crossed the Andes into Argentina everything slowly turned green. The mountains were green, the valleys were lush and the rivers full. This was wine … [Read more…]
As mentioned in our previous post, when we first started planning our trip to South America, top of the list was a stop in the Atacama Desert to do some star gazing. Not only did we plan our itinerary to avoid the full moon, but we also had to take bus schedules to and from such remote … [Read more…]
With flights in South America being notoriously flaky, we were getting slightly nervous about our flight to Uyuni as we couldn’t check in online and had little (read ‘no’) luck contacting the airline. We decided to head to the airport early so we could work on a plan B if plan A wasn’t going ahead. … [Read more…]
We woke up early this morning to cycle the world’s most dangerous road. It was also Friday the 13th; Adrie wasn’t too pleased when I pointed this out to her… The road was so christened because it was estimated at least one person a day died in accidents on the notorious road. Cross markings on various spots … [Read more…]
Today was diving day. I have read a lot about the diving on the island and everyone raved about it. Our first dive spot for the morning was Moto Nui. This was the famous islet that the birdmen competed to climb and claim their prize of the first egg. We would be exploring the depth … [Read more…]