Where winding roads, rusty rails, iffy health and lean budget meet the calm
We left hot, smelly (lean closer to the screen maybe you can smell it), dirty, stinky, kitschy Melaka (Malacca in English) a UNESCO Heritage city for hot, smoggy, steamy, rainy (this is welcome to clear the air) Kuala Lumpur (KL), the capital and the biggest city of Malaysia. Continue reading “Kuala Lumpur”
End of May
It is hard to imagine that this modern, multicultural, sophisticated, effective, and should I add futuristic and utopic city-state, began its existence in its current representation only 54 years ago. Continue reading “Singapore”
Adelaide and Darwin: what do these two cities have in common? To begin with these were the last two Australian cities we stayed in. Continue reading “Adelaide and Darwin”
Still April
Cairns was not on my initial itinerary, but after talking to Gary, our Australian neighbor, we decided to squeeze it in for a few days and try to visit Daintree National Park and the Great Barrier Reef. Continue reading “Cairns”
Sat, May 4
The skies in the mountains were stunning today. Rae, our driver/tour guide picked us up from the hotel. Continue reading “The Blue Mountains and Darling Harbour”
Fri, May 3
Arriving at Sydney airport late in the afternoon, it was very easy to find our way to Hornsby, some 40 min by train from the city centre. Continue reading “Sydney”
Chiang Mai has been hyped by many and for years. I had read a lot about it, and Alex had watched several videos of people extolling its virtues. Continue reading “Chiang Mai”
Whata whata? I don’t think that small city of almost 55,000 almost exactly half way between Sydney and Melbourne is on many foreign tourists “must visit” list. Continue reading “Wagga Wagga”
This is our last post on New Zealand with our notes from Christchurch and Dunedin. Continue reading “Christchurch and Dunedin, NZ”
Melbourne is an interesting city. It for sure is the most bohemian city we’ve been to. Continue reading “Melbourne”
(Diana – we have a few more posts coming from New Zealand, however we’ve been in Australia for 20 days now, of which I completely missed about a week with the flu, and Alex has this post ready to go) Continue reading “Brisbane, Queensland, Australia”
If you haven’t gotten the memo – food is rather expensive in New Zealand. At least for our Canadian dollar. Continue reading “Food in NZ and how to survive the sticker shock”
As we have probably mentioned a few times our “splurge times” for NZ were Milford Sound and Mt. Cook. Continue reading “A hat in Milford Sound and old car parade in Te Anau”
Alex:
Queenstown. I somewhat dreaded this part of the trip. Overbuilt, over touristy, overpopulated full of young, gung-ho outdoor enthusiasts. Continue reading “Queenstown, adventure central”
Kaikoura is an interesting and challenging place. Tucked in a narrow coastal plain between steep mountains and the Pacific Ocean it has incredible views and walks around the coast. Continue reading “Kaikoura, the meal of crayfish”
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