We did a bit of backtracking for our final chapter, heading back to Europe for the month of August. We found a great deal on a flight from Ecuador to Madrid, Spain, where we intended to spend 2 days enjoying the city before moving on to Switzerland. Unfortunately jet leg got the better of us […]
Gorgeous Galapagos (in Exciting Ecuador) ??
Our tour of South America finished with eight days in Ecuador, spent mainly in the remarkable Galápagos Islands. Again we were so happy to get to experience this bucket list location with great friends as we embarked on another G Adventures tour. We are going to try a different format for this blog…David created a […]
Picturesque Peru ??
Peru and specifically Machu Picchu have been on our bucket list for many years and we were very fortunate to finally get there this year. As an added bonus…we were joined by great friends! A short flight from San Jose, Costa Rica landed us in Lima, Peru. Lima, in our opinion, was not as overwhelming […]
Cruising Through Costa Rica
An oh-so-long flight from Taipei, Taiwan landed us safe and sound in San Jose, Costa Rica. The first thing that struck us was the beautiful, lush, green landscape and next the amazingly friendly and helpful people! Beautiful Costa Rica After getting our rental car and finding our way we settled into our hotel in San […]
A Layover in Taiwan
After 4 months our time in Asia came to an end. We knew the trek from Asia to Central America would be a long one (25 hours of flying plus layover times) so we opted to break it up a bit by stopping in Taiwan for a few days on route. We hadn’t really given […]
Incredible Indonesian
After a busy 2 weeks in Japan it was back to the beach in beautiful Bali, Indonesia. A seven hour flight from Tokyo took us to warmth and sunshine in the capital city of Denpasar. We found our driver, amongst hundreds waiting at the airport. He took us to our villa in Sanur, which was […]
Our Journey to Japan
Japan, country number 34 on this adventure, was amazing and most definitely a favourite for all of us! We arrived from Hong Kong and were greeted at the airport by Steph’s folks – a much anticipated and appreciated reunion after having missed each other for 9 months! After lots of hugs and kisses and grandma […]
Hanging Out in Hong Kong
Just a brief update today. After our epic tour of China we had a week in Hong Kong. While Hong Kong is part of China – despite having different money, immigration, and legal system – we thought we’d separate it from the China post since that was such a loooooong one. Hong Kong indeed felt […]
Captivating (& Crowded!) China
China is a fascinating country with a complicated history and a culture full of mystery and wonder for us Westerners. Our Asian adventure continued with two action packed weeks in Mainland China. We joined another G Adventures tour here, which was a great way to navigate this very different culture. Our guide Yoyo was invaluable […]
Sensational Singapore
Singapore has definitely been placed on our “hope to come back to” list. We didn’t allow ourselves near enough time to explore and appreciate this country, although the budget appreciated it – it is most certainly not an inexpensive place to visit! We really only had one full day, arriving late the first night from […]