The first stop on our European tour is Athens. We had a pretty rocky start to our visit here, but we soon got into travel mode. Athens is a very busy and expansive city with many great things to see and do. We had fun exploring the narrow streets of the city for shopping, eating …
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2016 Our Year of Travel
As we start another year with big travel plans, and after just returning from our Christmas pilgrimage to Eastern Australia, it is time to reflect back on 2016 and what we achieved at home and abroad. It has been a fabulous year of holidays for us (again!). It started in January when we ventured back …
A whale of a time in Hermanus
After a wonderful couple of days in the Cape Winelands, we drove a few hours from Franschhkeok over the Franschhoek Pass, with magnificent views crossing the mountains, to the coast and the little village of Hermanus. We were headed to this particular town on the southern ocean as it is well known as one of …
Picnics in the Cape Winelands
At first, we thought that heading to the highly recommended wine region near Cape Town would not be very interesting for the kids. In the end, we thought what the hell we’ll go anyway, we need to factor in some adult time on our month-long trip to South Africa! We flew into Cape Town from …
A Short Cut Through Swaziland
While we were on a four-week holiday in South Africa, we had the opportunity to visit another country, the landlocked country of Swaziland. Departing from the amazing Kruger National Park, the shortest route driving to our next destination St Lucia on the coast fortunately passed right through Swaziland. Not only was it an opportunity to …
Hippo Hooray for St Lucia
After our detour through Swaziland, we continued our trip around South Africa, heading to the coastal town of St Lucia, known mainly for the local hippo population. We had heard stories of hippopotami wandering the streets of St Lucia, a herd that the locals call ‘townies’. Apparently, if you drive around at night you will …
Graskop: It’s All About Cliffs
We continue our 4-week trip around South Africa, and have been flat out since we arrived, with two days at Sun City, now a long drive to Graskop. We didn’t expect the drive to be so interesting and eventful, so far South Africa has been awesome. We needed a few places to rest and give …
Sun and A City
After a 12 hour flight and another couple of hours driving from Johannesburg Airport, we didn’t really feel like doing much when we arrived at Sun City, which was our first stop on our month-long tour of South Africa. However, with only a short stay here and having paid a premium on accommodation compared to all other locations, we …
Kembali Ke Bali (Back to Bali)
It has been nine months since we left Bali after 14 months of living in Ubud as ex-pats. We have scheduled this trip back to reminisce, to catch up with old friends and to visit some of our favourite places. We may even get to have some new experiences, though after more than a year here …
2015 Christmas Letter
Season’s Greetings to all our friends and family, It is that time of the year again; time to share our adventures of 2015! We started the year finishing our expatriate life in Bali. During our time there we did a lot of travelling, so this year we have settled a little and kept our feet …