No I wasn’t shot in Jozi. Or maybe I was. Only in the good way though. Raquel and I have been living here for just over three weeks now and we are slowly growing accustomed to the city and even though we haven’t had time to enjoy it much, but we are happy here so far, as … Continue reading »
When we moved back to South Africa, I made a promise to myself that I was going to explore this country and make sure I didn’t miss out on the amazing things it had to offer! Having already done a few things (like exploring Jozi and catching up on South Africa’s diverse culture), but they … Continue reading »
This past weekend I was busy playing tour guide, showing around some of my brothers friends who were in town for his wedding. One of the places we decided to see, is the Lesedi Cultural Village close to Hartebeespoort. I am going to write a post about this experience, but wanted to leave a photo of our … Continue reading »
Just after Christmas, Raquel and I together with her family who were visiting from Portugal spent an afternoon at the Pilanesberg Game Reserve for a safari. For her family it was something completely new which they have never done and loved, however, for me it was yet another reminder of how much I love the … Continue reading »
I haven’t posted any photos of the week for a while now (I think since October) as I was busy catching up with the honeymoon posts, but seeing as that is done, and we’ve started in a new year, I reckon I might as well return to posting a photo every week. This week, I … Continue reading »
After a fantastic five days with Jing and Li in Macau our trip was coming to an end. We still had one full day in Hong Kong before catching our flight to London and thereby ending our amazing honeymoon.
After an amazing five weeks backpacking in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos, we now moved on to the next stage of our honeymoon, which meant a lot to Raquel, as we were headed for Macau, home to one of Raquel’s bridesmaids, which could not make it to our wedding. So instead of wondering what could have … Continue reading »
One of the last things we did in Luang Prabang was go to the theatre. Yes. The theatre. It was billed as a traditional Lao play, with stories from its mythology acted out by locals.
Luang Prabang has two main waterfalls to visit, one being the bigger Kuang Si waterfall, which we had seen, and the other the Tad Se waterfall that was smaller, but they had elephants, which you could take for a ride around the area.
After three days of an exhausting (but simply amazing and incredible) we were in no mood to anything strenuous and considering that we had fallen in love with Luang Prabang, we decided to stay until the end of this leg of our trip and just relax and do nothing more.
We woke up around 6:30am and were dry, which was a relief, however being awake this early in the morning was not my favourite thing, but oh well when in Rome, live like the Romans. Everyone was up and about going about their early morning business and as soon as the kids caught wind of … Continue reading »
I like a good trek or camping experience and Raquel is no different having served in the scouts for years, it is because of the this that we jumped at the chance of doing the trek in Sapa, Vietnam. However due to the lack of, authenticity of that trek, we were constantly on the lookout … Continue reading »
If there was one thing we were certain of in Luang Prabang, it was waterfalls. Throughout our trip, everyone we had met that had already been to Laos, had told us about the amazing waterfalls around Luang Prabang.
After a day of recuperation and relaxation on our first full day in Luang Prabang, we were ready for exploring. Luang Prabang is known for its numerous Buddhist temples, so we today was going was to be a temple day!
After an uncomfortable night from the iffy food, I (and so was Raquel) awoke to our upstairs neighbours making a lot of noise. When I say a lot, I mean enough to wake us up at 6am with jumping, speaking very loudly and even a spot of singing. The walls of the hotel were thin, … Continue reading »
Siem Reap being the base for the Angkor Temples, caters for all types of tourists, budget, luxury and everything in between and because of this the city ends up being over touristy in many aspects, food being one of them. This city reminded me so much of Aguas Calientes in Peru, the base town for … Continue reading »
Having missed out on the sunrise at Angkor Wat on our second day, we made the effort of going on our last regardless of what the weather was like and when we got up, it was drizzling ever so slightly. We decided to risk it anyway, considering it was our last day, and met up … Continue reading »
Our second day around the Angkor Temples was suppose to start with an opportunity to catch a sunrise over Angkor Wat, but when our alarm went off at the ungodly hour of 4:30 am, I realized it was raining and the our sunrise was cancelled. I trudged back to bed and we only woke up … Continue reading »
One of the main reasons I became aware of the Angkor ruins, was due to a certain busty British gal, Lara Croft, traipsing around ruins in Cambodia. Yes, Tomb Raider was how I discover the Angkor Ruins… I am ashamed, very ashamed. Though for all my shame, I’m not the only one, so much so … Continue reading »
Before going Cambodia, I was only aware of Angkor Wat, but once I started doing my research I discovered there was much more to the area than just Angkor Wat. Right next to Angkor Wat is Angkor Thom, which translates to “Great City” in Khmer, was the last capital of the Khmer Empire and covers … Continue reading »
