Canada and alaska day 1

Today is literally the day that never ends. We were up early on the 5th of September (my usual sleep issues) so we had a walk then finished getting ready to head to the airport. Alice picked us up at 7:45 so we could be at the airport by 8:35, then we waited for our […]

Langkawi – Day 7 (Last Full Day)

Today is our last full day here on Langkawi. Tomorrow (Saturday) we have to be at the airport and drop the car off by about 1pm. Check out is 12 so it all works out quite well in terms of timing, and so far the airline is saying all of our flights are on time. […]

Langkawi – Day 6

Another non-planned day in paradise today. Langkawi is really very sleepy and feels a little like Lembongan and Sanur in Indonesia. Other than Kuah Town, everywhere is so quiet with nothing opening until at least 11. You would think by now we would remember that but we continue to be surprised by it. Today we […]

Langkawi – Day 5

We don’t have anything booked for the rest of the holiday, other than to rest, relax and explore Langkawi. We’v decided to go to Eagle Square this morning. We had our breakfast, wrote the blog and then just slowly got ready to head off. Everything is very relaxed here on Langkawi and nothing really opens […]

Langkawi Day 4

Today we have our hike booked. The hike is to a series of pools and waterfalls in the mountains near the cable car called Telaga Tujuh waterfall and the Sacred Blue Pool. We were picked up by Azri at 9:30 and driven to the 7 wells park area. There are 7 stations that go all […]

Day 17 Chobe – Johannesburg and Day 18 – Johannesburg

I don’t really have much to say about our transfer day other than to say we are happy to be out of the lodge we were staying in at Kasane and back in Johannesburg. The Protea Balalaika is a beautiful hotel and we had a really nice dinner once we were checked in. We have […]

Langkawi – Day 3

I am worried that this holiday is going to go way too quickly. We are only in Langkawi for 6 nights. I am writing this blog at breakfast with a beautiful view of the gardens across to the pool and a little bit of the ocean on one corner. I have obviously destressed as I […]

Langkawi Day 2

The Ibis Styles had the feeling of a low security prison very industrial and in long blocks of demountable looking buildings. Despite its looks the rooms were quite comfortable if lacking in a few amenities. The vending machines in the hallway weren’t working the night before so we had to use the bubblers that they […]

Langkawi 2024 Day 1

Very early start this morning. The flight from Brisbane to Kuala Lumpur was scheduled to depart at 7am, which means airport about 4am. We were up at 2:30 and were in the middle of the first coffee of the day when we got an email advising the flight was delayed an hour, so we slowed […]

Day 20 – Johannesburg to Sydney (Mainly Sydney) Last Day

Most of today we were on the plane, as we lost 8 hours when we flew back from South Africa. We arrived in Sydney just before 2pm and were through immigration fairly quickly. We took longer to get out of the baggage hall though as the bag we packed all of our to declare items […]