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Bangkok is one big crazy city. If you’re not careful, it’ll kick your butt. Know what you’re getting yourself into and you can have a grand time in this sticky, heaving [...]

The West Coast of the South Island is a wild and beautiful slice of New Zealand. It’s been a long time since I’ve been back to my hometown of Greymouth. While the town itself is [...]

The Petronas Towers Kuala Lumpur’s iconic Petronas Towers are some serious good-looking buildings. They dominate the skyline of central KL. They’re astounding and glamorous from every [...]

Post updated Feb 2018.   Paris is the number one tourist destination on the planet. And with good reason! If you haven’t been to Paris, you’re really missing out. There are [...]

  The Perhentians are two wonderful islands off the mainland of east coast Malaysia. They offer spectacular snorkelling in the clearest, bluest water I’ve ever seen. It really is a [...]

After a week in Georgetown Penang, it was back to the beach bungalows for us for the final time on our two-month journey. This time we were going to the Perhentians Islands – a set of two [...]

My baby boy was two years old yesterday. As luck (or good parental planning) would have it we finished up our latest round of travels and found ourselves at home, able to celebrate his birthday [...]

It’s the Fourth of July. American Independence Day. A day that our US friends celebrate the indepedence they gained from the British and a celebration that symbolises freedom. America was [...]