New Zealand; Queenstown & The Southern Scenic Route
We awake to find ourselves in a small gold mining town tucked up in the Crown Range Mountains. The buildings have maintained their colonial appearance. Wooden facades, bold placards stating […]
New Zealand: Lake Benmore & The Lindis Pass
By now I don’t think you need to be told who were the first happy campers up and about. Dad and I sat in the morning sun hypnotised by movements […]
New Zealand: Hooker Valley
Dad and I were currently on the same page. We were the first up and out of the van again. We hit the same view points Mum and I had […]
New Zealand: The Mackenzie Basin Lakes & Mount Cook
Do you remember when you were young, you used to fight over who was going to get the top bunk? There was once a time when the top bunk was […]
New Zealand: A Family Reunion
Roads usually uncrossable without the aid of traffic lights are empty. A tram rumbles down Elizabeth Street. Others echo in the emptiness around me. The city sleeps. I need to catch […]
Singapore: Sentosa
South of Singapore lies the island of Sentosa. It seems to be the main tourist attraction in the country. Fully loaded with nature parks, a 4D Adventureland, theme parks, a […]
Singapore: Jurong Bird Park
The following morning we were supposed to get up and get on with our day, but once you’ve already given yourself one morning off, it’s hard not to get into […]
Singapore: Bugis Street Markets & Gardens By The Bay
I don’t think we could have picked two countries at such polar opposite ends of almost any scale if we’d tried. Singapore immediately began to reintroduce us to the comforts […]
New Delhi: Final Impressions Of India
Elena and I had spent our final evening in Agra looking into a hotel near the airpot in Delhi for our departure. As we returned to our room we could […]
Agra: The Taj Mahal
After all my criticism of India’s road laws, systems and erratic use of lanes, the highway from Jaipur to Agra took me by surprise. I assume that because it’s a […]
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