We spent one further night on Infiniti, as it sailed overnight to dock back in Cebu harbour at Mactan island. Along with our Swiss compatriot Tobi, we caught a ferry from the island to Cebu City harbour, where we went through a convoluted ticketing process, involving passports, ticket purchase, stamping, check-in, bag-drop and finally boarding, … Continue reading Philippines week 2 – The Islands (Part 1)
It’s been a while since the last post. We’ve been largely incommunicado. We’ve been on a boat, or underwater. We arrived at Cebu airport after a couple of hops to KL, then onto the Philippines. We taxi’d to our hotel (opting, after queuing for a white cab for 45 minutes, to pay the extra for … Continue reading Philippines week 1 – underwater
It’s 5 days later, and we’re in Indonesia. Transferring from Bali, we caught a domestic flight to Labuan Bajo, a small fishing town on west of the Island of Flores, in the Nusa Tenggara region of Indonesia. This would be our base for the next few days as we explore Komodo National Park, the land … Continue reading Indonesia… Here be dragons
It’s our 10 year wedding anniversary. We were due to fly into Bangkok and stay at an airport hotel, but we decided to celebrate, and so binned the airport hotel and booked into a Marriott in central Bangkok. We arrived at 2pm and went out for an excellent Thai lunch. A swim in the hotel … Continue reading Big trouble in little Thailand
Our last day in Bhutan would be the highlight of our trip. The short acclimatisation hikes to date were in preparation for our ascent from Paro valley up to the Tiger’s Nest Monastery, the iconic picture of the white and gold temple complex clinging to the cliff side. Only 500m of vertical ascent, but a … Continue reading Bhutan – the last day
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