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Month: May 2016

El Nido Island Hopping Tours- A Taste of Paradise

May 31, 2016 by SuitcasesandLattes 2 Comments

If you are going to El Nido, you will definitely be doing an El Nido island hopping tour. I’ve read some blogs where people do all 5 of them but unfortunately we weren’t blessed with western $$ or much time. We opted to do 2 tours, tour A and C which are the most popular … [Read more…]

Posted in: Asia, International Travel, Philippines Tagged: Asia, big lagoon, El Nido, el nido island hopping tour, hidden beach, hidden beaches, matinloc island, Philippines, secret beach, small lagoon, taiyo beach cottages, Travel

Top 10 things to do in Amsterdam – Land of the free

May 24, 2016 by SuitcasesandLattes Leave a Comment

Amsterdam holds a very special place in my heart. I’ve been there twice already and on both occasions, I have fallen in love with this city even more. I’ve decided that every time I fly to Europe, I will be flying via Amsterdam. No harm in that? There just isn’t any other way to travel … [Read more…]

Posted in: Amsterdam, Europe, International Travel, Uncategorized Tagged: Airbnb, Amsterdam, Anne Frank, bike rental, boat, canal, city of sin, Damrak, dungeon, Europe, Hotel the exchange, Iamsterdam card, john green, john lennon, mac bike rental, Madam Tussauds, redlightdistrict, rijksmuseum, touring, tours, tram, Van Gogh Museum, weed

Phi Phi Horror Story: Longtail tour of Maya Bay, Phi Phi Le

May 16, 2016 by SuitcasesandLattes 6 Comments

Don’t you love that connected feeling you can get to people you hardly know? That feeling of oneness, of having something in common with people despite your nationality, religion, gender or race. That common thread I speak of is cheapness. And the cheap-ass Tripadvisor community has often steered me in the right direction when it … [Read more…]

Posted in: Asia, International Travel, Thailand Tagged: bamboo island, krabi, longtail, maya bay, moskito island, phi phi, Phuket, Thailand, tour

El Nido- Luxury beaching on a Budget

May 16, 2016 by SuitcasesandLattes 1 Comment

By our standards, we planned this trip in a rush. Flights were booked in January and we were off to Philippines on the 1st of March. So my usual meticulous researching and prep didn’t happen. If I did do proper research, I would have realized that two weeks is nowhere near enough to see all … [Read more…]

Posted in: Asia, International Travel, Philippines Tagged: calaan beach cottages, El Nido, getting to nacpan beach, how to get to el nido, International travel, nacpan beach, Philippines, philippines itinerary, taiyo beach cottages

Why the Philippines is the next go-to destination for South Africans!

May 10, 2016 by SuitcasesandLattes 2 Comments
El Nido island hopping, Philippines

Finding budget friendly destinations (#randfriendlydestinations) is becoming increasingly difficult for we poor South Africans. Once you have done Thailand, you many be thinking: “what next?”. Well, why not try the Philippines? The Philippines is pretty amazing.  “It’s more fun in the Philippines” is a government campaign to attract more tourists to their lovely shores. It’s … [Read more…]

Posted in: International Travel, Philippines Tagged: Budget travel, Philippines, South East Asia, Travel, travel for south africans, Travel planning, Visa free destination south africa

Snorkeling with seals, Hout Bay, Cape Town

May 3, 2016 by SuitcasesandLattes Leave a Comment

I have this crazy friend (we all have at least one, right?) whose actively ticking things off her bucket list. When I saw a Groupon pop up in December to go snorkeling with seals, I promptly ignored it. Nope. Not interested. Anyway, said crazy friend (x2) said they’d like to go and I started to … [Read more…]

Posted in: Activities, Cape Town, Events, South Africa, Western Cape Tagged: bucket list, Cape Town, diving with seals, hout bay, seals, snorkel, snorkelling

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