Serengeti – Safari day 3
Serengeti – Safari day 3
Day 3 was the beginning of the Serengeti game drive for us. It takes about a half day to drive there from Lake Manyara. You pass through Ngorongoro Conservation Area on the way to get there, so you get to…
Zanzibar, oh Zanzibar
Zanzibar, oh Zanzibar
Zanzibar, how to describe you? For many, in the current age, you are a slice of paradise. For some, in a previous age, you have been a part of hell. Your history of piracy and slavery collide with your present…
Golden Gate Park
Golden Gate Park
No, this is not a post about the San Francisco renowned park. It is about the South Africa’s highlands at the base of the Maloti mountains, with beautiful views of the Drakensberg spears. But the two areas have something in…
Glass House Mountains
Glass House Mountains
South of Noosa is a beautiful area called the Glass House Mountains.This area was named by Captain Cook (there he is again) in 1770 because these peaks stood out and reminded him of glasshouse foundries he knew of from back…
Coromandel – Coves and Pinnacles, waves and rain
Coromandel – Coves and Pinnacles, waves and rain
From Auckland, we traveled over to the Coromandel Peninsula, a jet of land across the Hauraki Gulf from Auckland. This has grown to be a getaway spot for many Aucklanders because of its close proximity to the city and the…
Tongariro Alpine Crossing – Conquering Mt. Doom
Tongariro Alpine Crossing – Conquering Mt. Doom
Wow… I mean really this is about all you can say for the Tongariro Alpine Crossing. It’s one of New Zealand’s best one day hikes. Many people say one of the best one day hikes in the world. After doing…
Siem Reap, our first taste of Indochina
Siem Reap, our first taste of Indochina
We started our Asian adventure in Cambodia, as visiting the wats in Siem Reap was one of the top of the list must dos on this trip. We had our RTW plane ticket booked for an Auckland-Bangkok flight, but as…
Angkor Wat and other Siem Reap temples
Angkor Wat and other Siem Reap temples
The most popular attraction in Siem Reap is by far visiting the wats spread around in the area. They represent the ruins of the ancient Angkorian capital cities of the Khmer Empire, from 9th till 13th century AD. Declared an…
Sapa – beautiful north Vietnam
Sapa – beautiful north Vietnam
Sapa was one of those places we were not very sure we would want to go to. We had heard so many different opinions on it and not all of them very positive that we wondered if its worth the…