We reminisce on our time when we were saving money for our adventure, in our bedroom in Dublin, looking at the world map we bought during Christmas 2011, upon which we stuck thumb tacks on the countries we hoped to visit. We plotted our route, changed our minds, consulted travel guides and blogs, one pin […]
We were sad to leave Wanaka, and the farmers market on the warm winter evening, however we wanted to try cover some of the 400km distance to Franz Josef glacier on that day. Like us, Frank and Rachel were spending nights in Dept. Of Conservation campsites, plus the odd night at a paid site. We […]
We left Queenstown heading to Milford Sound in the heart of Fjord region.Milford is a “must-see” in New Zealand, to visit New Zealand and miss Milford Sound can be likened to visiting Paris without seeing the Eiffel Tower, yet it is a decision that we thought on for several days. Although located less than 200km […]
That’s it, we finally left Asia and at the time of this writing this article, it is exactly one week since our arrival on the south island of New Zealand. After an interminable journey of more than 42 hours, where we spent two nights in airports (Kuala Lumpur and Christchurch), in order to begin our […]
Following our six week stay in India, we decided to spend a week on Perhentian Island, or Pulau Perhentian islands rather Pulau Perhentian Besar and Kecil, two gems located a 45min boat ride from the east coast of northern Malaysia to relax and also to complete our trip to Asia on a high note. Our […]
From Varkala, we sailed north via the backwaters of Kerala, a network of canals linking the marshes of stagnant water, fringed with coconut palms and rice paddies, and spanning thousands of kilometers . These waterways were used for transporting goods, and to this day help connect land and isolated villages lost in the vast Indian […]