China – Country No2 – Shanghai

So, onward from Mongolia and into China. The great firewall is no joke, it's very real and makes the internet a tricky place to navigate. Nothing to do with Google will work here. My phone runs entirely on Google based software so it barely even connects. We have been sorely let down by our travel …

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 …

Costa Rican Adventure – Day 4

Today is another travel day, after breakfast at the hostel, we journey to Monte Verde. We start with a 45 minute drive to a lake then we transfer into a boat. Costa Rica has no natural lakes so we're are actually sailing across a reservoir. Our guide on this voyage, Ale, tells us how the …

Costa Rican Adventure – Day 3

The Adrenaline Bundle Part One We met up with our new American friends for breakfast at a local hostel. The whole town is filled with tourists, mostly young thrill seekers and packpackers so hostels are commonplace. I had pancakes... and rice and beans. Luckily rice and beans seem to go well with everything. La FortunaLa …

Costa Rican Adventure – Day 1

We started off in Mexico City, an early drive to the airport saw us there in good time, lucky really as we ended up at the wrong check in desk. Four out of 5 of our flights were with Iberia and we just blindly went to their desk. We weren't far from where we needed …

Costa Rican Adventure – Day 2

Finally got a good nights sleep though we rose early enough to take a walk up the road passed McDonalds to a cafe for breakfast and take away coffee. It took longer than we thought and ended up having to rush to get the bags from the room and pile into the minivan. We left …

2 Days in Mexico-Part 2

After Jet lag won and I fell asleep at about 8pm last night I found myself awake at 2am and so I made good use the internet, 99% looking at memes and one percent discovering my Uber app works here, so transport to the airport would be easy. Before embarking on this trip we set …

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 …

Caribbean Cruise Day 15 – Bobbing Along on the Bottom of a Beautiful Barbadian Sea

This is it folks, the moment we've all been waiting for, the conclusion of this epic drama. Much like the end of the world, it will end not with a bang, but with a whimper. A not so early start. Our final excursion is only a brief one. Everyone we speak to, members of our …

Caribbean Cruise Day 14 – Back to Barbados

That's right folks, if you are still reading this then thank you for your patience but this wacky ride is nearly over. But not yet. We have one more full day to enjoy and one more night to endure. After all, this is immigration day. Finally a bit of closure for my wife as she …