A couple of weeks ago we snagged a “locals deal” on discount website Groupon for Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary. The park is located on the southern part of the Gold Coast, about 1h 15m hours drive from central Brisbane and around … Continue reading Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary
One of our overnight stops while in Peru, was a pretty basic resort in the middle of what seemed like nowhere, at Puerto Inka (or Inca). Its saving grace was the amazing Incan ruins just behind the hotel. We’d already … Continue reading More dead bodies – Puerto Inka, Peru
Ollantaytambo is where most trekkers set off on their four day hike to Machu Picchu. When we planned to go to Peru, I never in a million years would have considered I’d be involved in a special ceremony in a … Continue reading Hair-cutting ceremony – Ollantaytambo, Peru
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Ollantaytambo is where most trekkers set off on their four day hike to Machu Picchu. Its where we started our epic 1.5 hour train ride to same. Forgive me but I’m not walking for 4 days at high altitude and sleeping … Continue reading Ollantaytambo – gateway town to Machu Picchu, Peru
A unique place in the middle of the vast, arid Peruvian desert is the Huacachina Oasis. A small town of only about 100 people, which boasts a number of cafes, restaurants, hotels and activities due to the steep sand dunes and … Continue reading Huacachina – Peruvian Oasis
20 minutes from bustling Queenstown is the small historic town of Arrowtown. Where Queenstown is high energy, Arrowtown is quaint and laidback. Its a gold rush village which is similar to the likes of Skagway in Alaska, albeit smaller. The … Continue reading Wandering around Arrowtown – New Zealand
I often say how much I love gardening, I could watch someone do it for hours … But I know stuff all about it. I did like taking pics of some of the pretty flowers we saw in Myanmar though, … Continue reading Flowers of Myanmar
At our hotel at Inle Lake, just along the path, past the rooms, was a small set of stairs and a pagoda. This wasn’t a tourist frequented place, and was very much a “locals” place. When we had an hour free from sightseeing … Continue reading A local’s Pagoda – Inle Lake
I’m starting to think Myanmar has a bit of a complex. A number of places we visited boasted about being The World’s Largest/Longest/Biggest/Heaviest etc. So not surprisingly the U Bein Teak Bridge near Mandalay is apparently the world’s longest and oldest … Continue reading U Bein Teak Bridge – The world’s longest & oldest Teak Bridge – Amarapura, Myanmar
If you like forts then Castillo San Felipe de Barajas in Cartagena, Colombia is the big daddy of them all. Built in 1536 by the Spaniards to defend the city of Cartagena, in its early years it went through a couple of … Continue reading Castillo San Felipe de Barajas – Cartagena, Colombia
I written before about why I don’t travel light to a developing country and Burma is a great example. You can read my original post about this here. The people are not wealthy and although I’ve not been there before, … Continue reading My wear-once-and-leave disposable Myanmar wardrobe
Puʻuhonua o Hōnaunau National Historical Park was an ancient city of refuge. Back in the day, under the old laws of Hawaii when chieftains and priests ruled the land, if you committed a crime, it was game over. If you … Continue reading Puʻuhonua o Hōnaunau National Historical Park – Hawai’i
Cartagena’s old town is a Unesco World Heritage Site. The alley ways, cobble stones and old buildings with their balconies are beautiful. You rarely hear good things about Colombia, its all drug cartels, violence and … well thats about it really. … Continue reading Balconies of the Old Colonial Walled City – Cartagena, Colombia
When I look back through my photographs from my first trip to Cambodia back in 2007, there are parts of our trip where I simply didn’t take any or only a handful of photos. When we returned to Cambodia last … Continue reading Cambodia and Genocide : Photography and Tourism
