This post is unusually fresh in our minds as we only visited the Blue Mountains a few days ago. The Blue Mountains were not originally on our radar but a few friends from home and lots of people we’ve met in Oz recommended that we visit. With so many recommendations we couldn’t miss them! The options […]
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As soon as we’d made the decision to go travelling I knew one of the first things I would need would be a good backpack. Choosing a backpack for travelling can be tricky, I spent hours researching online before choosing mine. With so many different brands, sizes, shapes, colours and prices the choice can be a […]
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We’ve been on the road for almost 6 months now and thought we’d share with you the top 5 ways we save money while travelling. Saving money is something that all travellers on a budget worry about. Whether it’s trying to resist the caramel latte calling you from the fancy coffee shop over the road, spending hours […]
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We visited the Bornean Sun Bear Conservation Centre during our stay at the Sepilok Jungle Resort. We knew very little about these animals before coming here but were intrigued to see “The World’s Smallest Bear”! We had plenty of time in Sepilok to visit both the Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre and the Sun Bear Conservation Centre. […]
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Singapore had been on our list for a while. We’d heard good things from a few people we’d met on our travels and decided to squeeze in 48 hours there before we headed to Australia. 48 hours in Singapore isn’t a lot of time! We did a bit of research before we arrived to make […]
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During our stay in Thailand we came across a few options for seeing/riding/trekking with elephants. This was something we really wanted to do but we were concerned about how the elephants were being treated so gave them a miss. We then came across Elephant’s World, a sanctuary for sick, old, disabled, abused and rescued elephants in […]
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The Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre in Sepilok was one of the destinations we most wanted to see while travelling through Asia. Lisa and I are both animal lovers and we couldn’t miss the opportunity to see these amazing animals and visit this important conservation centre. Getting there We did quite a lot of research before coming […]
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We’d heard about George Town from some friends of ours and really wanted to see it for ourselves whilst in Malaysia. After a bit of research we flew from Kuala Lumpur to Penang for just £20 each with Air Asia. The flight takes less than an hour and is a really easy way to get […]
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We arrived in Phnom Penh after a long and very bumpy bus ride from Siem Reap. After miles of barren countryside, rice fields, tiny ramshackle villages and some hairy overtaking manoeuvres we rolled into the Capital around 5pm (8 hours after we’d set out). Phnom Penh is a bustling city, in many ways like a […]
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One of our main reasons for visiting Cambodia was to see the spectacular ruins of Angkor Wat. This ancient city, almost forgotten for centuries and swallowed by the jungle, is one of the most unique and fascinating historical sites in the world. If you’ve come to Cambodia and not gone to Angkor Wat you’ve really […]
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