I am one of those unfortunate souls who works most weekends. Once my exams finally ended and I had a weekend off, I just needed to get away. I wasn’t up for a long, tiring drive as my main purpose for the trip was R&R. I searched the good ol’ internet for accommodation near Cape … [Read more…]
Winter is a great time to go on holiday. Hotels usually run Winter specials and things tend to be less -which makes for a great escape from the daily grind. If you’re anything like me, your idea of a great holiday is probably something along the lines of lazing in a heated pool and cuddling in … [Read more…]
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…]
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…]
(See part 1 for details on the Istanbul Museum Pass and sights in Sultanahmet.) It is important to note that Hagia Sophia is closed on a Monday and Topkapi Palace is closed on a Tuesday. This worked out perfectly for us as it enabled us not to attempt to cram all the sights into 1 … [Read more…]
To be honest, we actually spent 5 nights in Istanbul. However two of the days were in the holy month of Ramadaan and we were fasting (4am to almost 10pm). Hence, we had to do most of our touring in 3 days. Getting there… We flew into Sabiha Gokcen Airport which is on the Asian … [Read more…]
When you think of tanning in the Mediterranean, you are more likely to think of Greece than Turkey. Turkey has around 8000km of coastline and is surrounded by the Mediterranean, the Black Sea and the Aegean Sea. Deciding which area to visit is tough! We knew we wanted to be on the Turquoise coast as … [Read more…]
This trip could not have materialized at a better time as September in NOLA is the beginning of autumn which is the perfect time to visit NOLA. The weather is not as hot and humid as it normally is. My flights were booked with British Airways and even after doing some research, it was the … [Read more…]
It was killer deciding what to do with our last 2 nights in the magical beach paradise of Phuket!! We had already booked 5 nights at the Holiday Inn Express Patong followed by 2 nights at the Phi Phi Erawan on Phi Phi Island. In the name of blogging, we decided not to go back … [Read more…]
Whether to go to Pamukkale or not was a bit of a toss-up. It is a World Heritage Site and is constantly listed as one of the top sites to visit in Turkey. Problem was that we were in Selcuk (Ephesus) for only 2 nights and a day trip by bus takes about 5-6 hrs … [Read more…]