Our last two days were spent in Plettenberg Bay. We were staying at The Plettenberg, a truly lovely boutique hotel at a headland overlooking the expansive coastline. We have been privileged to stay in a lot of nice places this holiday - the result of a decision to cancel a safari addition to the holiday … Continue reading Plettenberg Bay
At 7:30am on the morning of 3rd December, we’re met at the hotel by a bus alongside 16 others eagerly awaiting its arrival. Rudy, the driver, is a larger than life local ‘fixer’ who is transporting us to Punterenas, a Costa Rican port on the Pacific coast. It’s a long and circuitous journey - the … Continue reading Treasure Island
Fiji. A South Pacific tropical paradise of 330 islands and an extraordinarily beautiful place. Once home to cannibals, witchcraft and hostile tribes, Fiji now blends tourism with farming and fishing, yet maintains many of its traditions. Like so much of this part of the world, Fiji began its wrenching journey into modernity with a visit … Continue reading Fiji – The Last Stop
Phew. It’s been a pretty packed week... and that’s coming from a pair of fools who repeatedly over-fill travels to the point of exhaustion, agree not to do it again, then do it again. We landed in Cairns and swiftly jumped in a cab to take us to our pick-up point for our wheels and … Continue reading Australia – Week Two
Puerto Princesa, Palawan We were picked up at 7am. The driver had to stop by a pharmacist to pick up some medicine for his wee daughter who had not been well overnight with a fever. We dropped the medicine off at his house, which was a sobering sight. Behind the main town of Puerto Princesa, … Continue reading Philippines week 2 – The Islands (Part 2)
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
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