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SRI LANKA, THE MALDIVES 2 Centres to double your pleasure – some cultural touring and then the ultimate chillax! Sri Lanka & The Maldives are a marriage made in heaven! by Gill Lindley After a very comfortable flight with Sri Lankan Air from Heathrow I landed in Colombo. From the air the view is very…
KERALA A CULTURAL PARADISE Visiting Kerala in South India is like visiting an India of order and calm, quite unlike the noisy confusion of Bombay and Delhi! Swaying palm trees, wide, white expansive beaches – without traders or high rise hotels – Kerala is a lush landscape of tea plantations, coconut palms and spices. In…
BEE-U-TEE-FUL BOTSWANA I couldn’t believe that I was in the midst of the Kalahari Desert! It was green, full of marshes, watery channels and huge expanses of flooded plains. Of course this was the Okavango Delta – an area of desert (graded by the lack of rain), which is flooded by rivers…
NEW ZEALAND A DREAM COME TRUE In May this year I realised my lifelong dream to visit New Zealand. The flight with Air New Zealand was over in a trice and hassle free. First, a couple of nights in Auckland, a chance to adjust to the time difference and to see the sights before collecting our…
WONDERFUL AUSTRALIA Come, take a journey with me from the top of WA’s Coral Coast at Exmouth to the beautiful city of Perth – a journey of some 1,500 kilometres crossing the Tropic of Capricorn and the 26th Parallel – passing through amazing landscapes, pristine World Heritage sites and meeting some of the world’s most…
PAUSE A WHILE IN PERTH It’s a perfect place to arrive, especially if you only have a few days, and there’s no pressure to see all of West Australia – Perth is just wonderful for a few days. Get Australianised, and get over your jet lag. A city of clean fresh air, gardens…
Our Humble Bag has turned sailor this month with a trip across the Atlantic on the Queen Mary 2! Have you “liked” Our Humble Cloth Bag’s Facebook page yet? Follow all his adventures! Share This Story, Choose Your Platform! About the Author: Charmaine Hallmark No, I’m not a Travel Guru, but I have loved travelling…
……what’s the weather like? When is the rainy season? These are the questions we get asked most often! But please, don’t let the weather deter you from travelling or limiting your choices! Rain is vital to many tropical paradises and can be as wondrous a sight as a clear blue sky and a big round…
NEW YORK, NEW YORK Going to New York? What fun you are going to have! We were there for 5 days and it wasn’t enough to do everything so we had to prioritize. Highlights were the sailboat trip which we took from Chelsea Pier. It is very relaxing and you get good views of the…
THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA by Joanna and Stephen Felstead Just thought I would let you know we did not die on the Great Wall of China – but I thought I had come close to it! We had the most amazing time. We decided to do a 1.5 day trek with James, our guide,…