Airlines… Airline Review – Air Asia KL to Jaipur (also KLIA2) 30 Apr 2018 Hi all. Time for another (sigh) review. Air Asia would be the carrier to get me from South East Asia to India, after my SCOOT flight was cancelled when they…
adventure… First Taste – Istanbul (Turkey) 6 Feb 2018 Istanbul is a seriously impressive city. I don’t know if, considering the troubles the country is having right now, it’s getting its usual flow of tourists – I suspect it…
Airlines… SCOOT Scourge – Once Bitten, How Many Times Shy OR Will I Never learn the Lesson of Budget Airlines? 3 Feb 2018 Howdy all. Yeah, a bit of a rant today. My travel plans temporarily thrown up in the air with the news that SCOOT cancelled their flights from Singapore to Jaipur.…
adventure… Pensive in Peshawar 17 Nov 201717 Nov 2017 Have you ever been to a place and you never quite felt settled? I’m talking in travelling terms here – where you spent your few days there somewhat unsure about…
Airlines… Frequent Flyer Fun – Using Points 13 Nov 201713 Nov 2017 So after last week’s post about my frustrations with Qantas’s Frequent Flyer programme, I thought I’d write a post about earning and using frequent flyer points, because I do love…
arts… Lovely Ljubljana 2 Oct 20171 Oct 2017 The Slovenian capital is a rare gem. Not far from the Mediterranean, part of the old Yugoslavia, vibrant, full of energy and music, green and not nearly as well visited…
adventure… Travel Itineraries – Peru 8 Sep 20178 Sep 2017 After last week’s Bolivian itinerary, I’ve gone slightly further back in time to my two weeks in Peru to show you what I did and managed to see there (the…
adventure… Sunday Spotlight – Rouen 20 Aug 201719 Aug 2017 Hello and welcome to another 'Sunday Spotlight'! This time I go back to June this year, so not far back at all really! To France, to Normandy, to a small…
hotels… Accommodation Review – Marins Park Hotel Ekanterinburg, Russia 18 Jul 201718 Jul 2017 After a couple of hostels and a yurt, I found myself in the rather wonderful business hotel 'Marins Park Hotel' in Ekanterinburg. Okay, it wasn't the most amazing stay I've…
backpacking… The Air BnB Experience – Homestays 14 Jul 2017 Hi all. It's taken an age but finally I'm getting around to writing about Air Bnb. In the last two trips I've used Air BnB five times, twice for homestays…
