Time for three cities to step into the ring in the Baltic showdown to end all showdowns! Okay well, not quite. However, the three Baltic capitals are all cities with something special and indeed different to each other. And it's been ages since I did a city rumble so it was well overdue! The Baltics …
Continue reading City Rumble – Vilnius versus Riga versus Tallinn
Melbourne has a wonderful little museum – well it’s not really a museum per se and it’s not that little – in the western suburbs in a place called Spotswood. Sciencework has been thrilling visitors and in particular kids for a long time now with a raft of interactive exhibits that are a lot of …
Continuing on from last week's review of places I stayed at in Laos, today I look at where I stayed in Vang Vieng and the capital, Vientiane. Vang Vieng - Vilay Vong I should start this review off by saying I think this place charges a LOT more than the $10 a night I paid …
Yes it's four weeks to the day that I fly out to Quito to begin my two month South American adventure. It sounds like a fair whack of time, but honestly for an entire continent with so much to see and do I've been a bit exasperated by the fact there's so much I won't …
2006 saw me tackle West Africa for the first time. I had such plans for staying around a month in Ghana, but for some reason I wasn't in the right frame of mind when I was there. I was overwhelmed by the place to be honest, which hasn't happened to me very often. I stayed …
Howdy there! I have wanted for a while to review some of the places I stayed at on earlier travels, and so that time has come. I will be going through the places I stayed at five years ago now on my big 2011, starting with Laos today. Hopefully it proves useful to readers! …
Continue reading Accommodation Review: Laos – Luang Prabang & Phonsovan
Hi folks! Well recently the Olympics just finished as you’re possibly aware. I rambled up some thoughts on them a couple of weeks back when they were about half done but held back on actually publishing the post. The point of this post is/was not to ‘bash’ the Olympics, although I confess to not being …
We’ve had a great little getaway in cairns this July. The walk along the shore in Cairns is actually really well presented, with a long board walk and heaps of activities for the kids with play grounds that incorporate water and a pool. I was really impressed. There’s plenty of grass to stretch out on …
Hello everyone wherever I might find you this fine Thursday evening! Tonight (or today depending on whenever you might be happening to read this!) I am bringing you photos from my visit many years ago now to Pakistan to show a little of how I saw it. I hope you enjoy the sights, faces and …
Heading up to Cairns we needed to find a place to stay, and I have to say I ummed and ahhed about it for weeks if not months before deciding on the Rydges Resort Esplanade which I booked through Wotif dot com dot au. To find a decent place to stay for a decent price …
Continue reading Accommodation Review – Rydges Resort Esplanade, Cairns, Australia
A Scottish island girl exploring the world on a budget
exposing the inner-world of my brain
My second blog page
Put pictures on your travel dreams
The beautiful picture of angels makes you happy.
inspiring journeys and friendly advice
A Scottish island girl exploring the world on a budget
exposing the inner-world of my brain
My second blog page
Put pictures on your travel dreams
The beautiful picture of angels makes you happy.
inspiring journeys and friendly advice
Andy Roams 