Our World Top-10 List: Most Memorable Sunsets [ more Top-10 Lists ] This list is our own personal top-ten most memorable sunsets based on what we have seen and experienced in our travels, many of them from our year-long trip around the world in 2005. Of course, it is the same sun that sets wherever you …
Our Favourite Bridges
Top-10 List: Our Favourite Bridges from Around the World [more Top-10 Lists] This list is our own personal top-ten bridges from around the world based on what we have seen and experienced in our travels. There are some iconic ones here, but also some that have made the list because of some significance for us. [updated in …
Favourite Museums
Top-10 List: Our Favourite Museums from around the world [ more Top-10 Lists ] This list is our own personal top-ten museums we have visited, based on what we have seen and experienced in 30+ years of travel. Here are listed museum, there is another Top-10 List of our favourite art galleries. [updated in 2018 …
Our Favorite Countries
Our Top-10 List: Our Favourite Countries We Have Visited [ more Top-10 Lists ] This list is our own personal top-ten favourite countries we have visited based on what we have seen and experienced in our travels. The criteria used to determine this list included natural and man-made attractions, history, food and value for money. With …
The Kids have a Krazy Day in KL KidZania
KidZania, a place where kids have taken over the world, role-playing and doing adult things for a day. Apparently spending a day working in a supermarket or fast food outlet, fixing power poles or working in a science lab is a lot of fun. Our day spent at KidZania during a stopover in Kuala Lumpur …
Not Just Elephants in Sri Lanka
On our two-week trip to Sri Lanka last year, to keep the kids busy we played a game, making a note every time we saw a different animal (we did a similar thing when on safari in South Africa). It was a surprisingly popular activity, right up there with spotting different coloured tuk-tuks (we found …
More Than Curries: Food in Sri Lanka
As with many of our trips, the lure of sampling a new cuisine was a major drawcard for our holiday to Sri Lanka. It took us a while to find our culinary way, to work out where to get some decent meals and appreciate what was on offer. There were a few missteps and average …
Favourite Natural Attractions
Our Top-10 List: Favourite Natural Attractions of the World [ more Top-10 Lists ] This list is our own personal top-ten natural attractions based on what we have seen and experienced in our travels. [updated 2018 with places from New Zealand] 1. Valley of 72 Waterfalls, Switzerland A total of 72 waterfalls gush down into the Lauterbrunnen Valley from …
Our Favourite Beaches
Top-10 List: Our Favourite Beaches of the World [ more Top-10 Lists ] This list is our own personal top-ten favourite beaches based on what we have seen and experienced in our travels around the world. With hundreds of thousands of beaches, we obviously have not been to all of them, and so these are just the …
All Sweet in Kandy, Sri Lanka
It was sad to leave the chilled out town of Ella, as we had enjoyed it so much. It was such a peaceful town and the host at our homestay had been so kind, and we knew things will be a bit more hectic away from there. Sri Lanka's second-largest city, Kandy, does not hold …