My travel plans for 2017 are again a mixed lot. My husband requested that we did not do a long haul this year. He did not want to fly more than six hours. And he still has to have a two annual leave block. Where as I luckily do not need to do that any more. But I also have to…
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WANDERLUST: A INDOCHINA TOUR – VIETNAM, LAOS AND CAMBODIA
Indochina is my next plans as I am looking into returning to Asia and found this trip and thought it could work out but then I found this price. It was £2,990 per person - nearing £6000 for a two week trip. I thought that was more than I wanted to spend and I do like to explore at my own…
DREAM TRIP BOOKED, CHINA, BEIJING, XIAN, CHENGDU
I have dreamed of visiting China for years. I also watch any travel show featuring China as I love getting ideas. And during a rather boring afternoon at work I came across a tour with Titan Tours. This is billed as a superb value tour and for the price I paid. I am over the moon that I am finally…
On a short stop over we stayed in Singapore and decided to visit the National Orchid Garden. The garden is located in the Singapore Botanical Gardens. Three hectares of carefully landscaped slopes provides a setting for over 1,000 species and 2,000 hybrids, with about 600 species and hybrids on display. It is such a beautiful place to visit and I…
We were visiting Sydney for Christmas to stay with relatives and decided to have a stop over in Singapore for a couple of nights. Singapore, an island city-state off southern Malaysia, is a global financial center with a tropical climate and multicultural population. Its colonial core centers on the Padang, a cricket field since the 1830's and now flanked by grand…
STOPOVER; THAILAND, THE ROSE GARDEN
When I booked my trip to Bangkok, my travel agent suggested that a visit to the Rose Garden would be a fun thing to do. I had no idea so just agreed. I had no idea what to expect to see and do. And thought after a month in Australia, and this was a night visit - we could just…