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1 April 2025 Arriving at the Brazil/Paraguay border by bus from Iguacu del Foz, we walked across the Friendship Bridge  over the river...

4 April 2025 Salvador de Bahia   We had been told to avoid this place, too dangerous they said. Luckily, we did not heed them for it...

27 March 2025 After a gruelling 48 hour non-stop journey from Palawan via Manila, Hong Kong and Madrid, we landed in Rio de Janeiro in...

22 December 2024   We decided to visit Langkawi after watching a YouTube video while in Kuala Lumpur. A Dutch blogger had stayed there...

17 December 2024 Ipoh is the state capital of Perak and is one of the largest cities in Malaysia. Located  250km north of Kuala Lumpur,...

28 December 2024 It is almost impossible to see all the iconic landmarks and hidden gems in a single visit. This is especially for the...

28 November 2024   Ronco, unlike most other destinations featured on this blog, is a place you have probably never ever heard of. I...

13 November 2024 Dubai seemed like the perfect place for a short stopover on a trip from Asia to Europe I had already been there briefly...

27 September 2024     Osaka, like its big brother, Tokyo is a sprawling, modern metropolis but in many aspects it is very different. For...

20  September 2024   As Japan’s first permanent capital from 710-794 AD, Nara is steeped in history and tradition, and has been so well...

23  September 2024   When we decided to spend the weekend in Kobe, we were unaware that this city, like Hiroshima, had suffered a...

17  September 2024   To most people, Hiroshima means just one thing. The city's name will forever evoke images of 6 August 1945, when...

15 September 2024   Kyoto is old Japan writ large: atmospheric temples, sublime gardens, traditional teahouses and geisha scurrying to...

9 September 2024 Japan was the first country in the world to build dedicated, narrow gauge railway lines for high-speed travel – the...

8 September 2024 No visit to Japan would be complete without getting a view of its most famous mountain, Mount Fuji  (at 3776 meters it...

9 October 2024 Our visit to Japan got off to an inauspicious start, our red suitcase failing to show up on the baggage carousel at Narita...

9 July 2024 After a rather intense past month discovering the old-world charm and chaotic past of the Balkans, it was time to head off to...

2 July 2024 The last stop on our Balkans Express Tour was Belgrade. It is by no means a 'pretty' capital, but Belgrade has a distinctive,...

1 July 2024 Bulgaria's laid-back capital is no grand metropolis, but it's a proud, modern and youthful city that has been sculpted over...

27 June 2024 I spent two days wandering around this city full of romantic architecture and charming streets; split in half (Buda and...