We arrived to Huê by train. We booked first class tickets, not because we were hoping for a bit of luxury, quite…
Arriving in Vietnam was overwhelming, to say the least. Hanoi was alive in every sense of the word. We have not seen so many people in one place probably since we left Sydney. The tranquility we found in Tanna just a few days before suddenly seemed lightyears away. But it was…
Vanuatu was not on our list of places we planned to travel to during these five and a half months.
Many of the South Pacific islands have their wet season during these months and some are more cyclone prone than others. Vanuatu is the former, receiving as many as 2–3…
After more than a month on the islands we decided it was time to take a break from the savage life and the raw fish diet, and head back to the civilization for a while. We deemed New Zealand fit for the purpose.
We spent more than three weeks in Marquesas islands in January-February. I know I am really late with the post, but better late than never.
So Marquesas. This place is remote! It is part of French Polynesia and about 1600km away from the country’s own capital…
My birthday falls on mid January. For this reason we usually don't make an occasion out of it to celebrate properly. Who has the energy after all the Christmas and New Year fuss?
This year was different. I got treated to a fantastic trip to the Cook islands and spoilt…
In spite of the less than a straight forward passage between islands, we liked Fiji. Why? A number of reasons. People being the main one. Fijians are the most genuinely friendly and welcoming people we have met so far on our travels. They must also be one of the happiest, even though a lot of them…
Fiji travel
Yesterday’s plan: move from Mana Island to Taveuni Island. Both are part of Fiji, the straight line air distance is like 300 km… but to get there is a bit more difficult as you will see.
Instead of an 18 hour ferry ride we figured let us get on a one and half hour flight at 14:35 from…
Contrary to what it may look like, we did not drop off the face of the Earth and made it to Darwin alive, well, and with all body parts intact, what's more, still attached to the appropriate places. Turns out Australia is big. I mean BIG! and once you start heading northwest, remote. We use this as our…
Singapore has greenwalls and apologetic construction workers
As expected, Singapore has awesome food, easy ways to get around, skyline, yada yada yada, but what definitely caught my attention were the plants on walls:
