Thailand – Country No.4 – Chang Mai Part 2

By this point, we had been travelling for over fifty days. I quit my job almost a month before that. Time had become somewhat meandering for me and only my smart watch knew what day it was. Regardless, this was a chill out day. We had many of them planned throughout the trip, but this …

Hong Kong – Country No.3 – Part 2

The next day we used klook to see what's on offer and discover a Studio Ghibli exhibition. We have enjoyed the stunning animations the Japanese animation house has produced for thirty years, but it's something that is just being introduced in China. My Neighbour Totoro was released there just last year and was well received. …

China – Country No.2 – Chengdu

We arrive at Chengdu and meet FiFi. A lively, energetic tour guide. The trip to the hostel involved the metro and lots of stairs but we coped with our heavy bags, as we are yet to lose our Mongolian warm layers and coats. Chengdu is a big city. Big enough to be served by several …

China – Country No.2 – Yangshuo

Time to meet our tour group, or so we thought. We headed to a hostel in Shanghai that is used by the Dragon Trip tour to meet a guide and our fellow travellers. No one showed up. No tourists, no tour guide. The desk told us to wait in the rooftop bar. Still no one …

China – Country No.2 – Disneyland.

Shanghai Disneyland boasts the largest Disney Fairytale Castle of them all, it's also the most interactive, if you speak Mandarin. This is my 4th Disneyland. I started at Anaheim, some 25 years ago, and have since been to Disneyland Paris and Tokyo. Shanghai is nowhere near as big as Orlando, it's just one park, but …

Mongolia – Country No1

What can I say about Mongolia that you don't already know? Well I'm going to assume, like me before I went, you only know they have a lot of nomads, there are twice as many livestock as there are people and they once had a big old empire, courtesy of one Chinggis Khaan. First of …

Costa Rican Adventure – Day 5

The Adrenaline Bundle - Part 2 We rose super early today and headed over to the Cloud Forest for a guided tour. It was really good and informative, the guide had bird calls on his phone to try and attract birds he could see flying around. It worked too. It was most interesting to discover …

2 days in Mexico – Part 1

Recently, our travels took us to Costa Rica but it just so happened that the celebration of Dia de Muertos coincided nicely a few days before we were due to arrive. Myself and H decided to spend 2 days in Mexico and see what we could accomplish. Sadly, jet lag stole quite a lot of …