Thailand is now the 8th country on our world tour! Although it is more of a travel through than a proper experience of the real Thailand. There are a few reasons for this – the first one was that myself and Craig had both travelled here in our younger years.
From Penang we headed north and out of Malaysia to Thailand. The journey went like this… A Grab (Asia’s answer to Uber) to Pangkalan Raja Tun Uda ferry terminal in Penang. We just made it onto the ferry, although in my attempt to run I dramatically toppled over and face
Penang is a place that Craig has spoken of highly and so from our Chrissy holiday in Perth we flew here with a quick overnight in KL. We had already explored Kuala Lumpur before the detour down under. Penang is all about the food. They take street food to a new
Australia was never in the plan! I last came here in 2003 (East coast, loved it) and Craig in 1997 (all over, also loved it) and Craig had always said that his time in Australia was so special he didn’t want to ruin the memories. Fast forward to December 2024
December was our third month of travelling. It marks the half way point of our 6 month tour and has brought us half way around the world! We started the month continuing our Sri Lankan chapter from Kandy to Nuwara Eliya to Ela exploring tea plantations, hiking to waterfalls and catching
When we first decided to go travelling our first plan was to go to South East Asia for 6 months. We then slightly changed the plan to take our time to get to SEA and stop off on the way (see Greece, Turkey, Egypt, India and Sri Lanka) and now,
From Ella we headed south to the beaches. Now I love a beach, as does Sophie but the other half of our family are not keen. Rekawa miraculously pleased us all! There were hardly any tourists around and we spent our time exploring the beaches and wildlife, walking along the
From Sigirya we travelled to Kandy and were delighted to arrive at our homestay Jungle Tide which was exactly as described – ‘a tranquil tea estate bungalow off the beaten track with mountain views, swimming pool, gardens and top quality home cooking.’ In fact it was so wonderful we only left
This is a blog post featuring a day in our life! I have included prices, information and photos. We started the morning by packing up all of our bags and then headed into a tuk-tuk, because we had loads stuff with us there was not much space left for any
November began in Cairo where finished our Egypt chapter and visited the Pyramids of Giza – the only existing original ‘Wonder of the Ancient World’. From Cairo we flew via Abu Dhabi to Kochi in Kerala to begin our travels through Southern India. Kochi introduced us to the wonders of Keralan
From the Colombo train we arrived in Dambulla and tuktuked it to Sigirya – a town built around a rock and geared towards backpackers. We stayed in an amazing home stay with the most wonderful host Sithi who drove us around in his many vehicles, his wife cooked the best breakfasts
From our last stop in India, Chennai, we flew to our 5th country – Sri Lanka! We started with a few days in the capital Colombo. We came to Sri Lanka in 2013 for our wedding in Unawatuna, near Galle and missed out seeing much of the country so we
Chennai was our last stop in India. It was definitely different to the last places as Chennai has malls, Starbucks and apartments. We stayed in an Airbnb which had 3 rooms, a lounge/kitchen and two bedrooms. On our first day in Chennai we went to a very weird government museum
Kanniyakumari is in Tamil Nadu and the southernmost point in India and is described as ‘the end of India’. We travelled by train from Kovalam in Kerala and in just a few ours on the train, with stunning views, so much is different! We were stopped on our way off the
We caught the train to Kovalam from Alleppey. The train was different to normal trains, instead of glass windows they had barred windows and instead of seats it had up to three layers of beds! Whenever we stopped at a platform you would get tons of men coming up to
