Myanmar Budget Accommodation We plan to travel Southeast Asia for 8 months – so budget accommodation for us is a must! We spent 3 weeks in Myanmar and managed to spend on average 22 525 Kyat per night, per couple. This is definitely more expensive then other countries in Southeast Asia which may be because there is a lot less accommodation options and…
The Best of Mandalay We spent 4 days in Mandalay (to the surprise of our hotel staff). We normally keep our “city” stays very short, but Mandalay – although a big crazy and dirty city – had the most intriguing culture and sights. These were our favourites experiences in the city: Sandamuni Pagoda The name refers to the largest iron Buddha, the…
El Nido GoPro Video We traveled to the Palawan province in the Philippines for 3 weeks of absolute island bliss. Watch our GoPro Video from El Nido to see why Palawan was voted “The World’s Best Island”. Highlights include our footage from Tour A, B, C and D in the incredible Bacuit Archipelago of El Nido and the other great Attractions of El Nido that…
Mozambique GoPro Movie Watch our GoPro highlights from 3 weeks in Mozambique. The footage captures our incredible African holiday, filled with amazing fruit, salty feet, friends, “fish-less” fishing, flowing rum & raspberrys, the friendliest faces and late night 4x4ing in our Land Rover Defender
Coron Palawan GoPro Video We traveled to the Palawan province in the Philippines for 3 weeks of absolute island bliss. Watch our GoPro Video from Coron to see why Palawan was voted “The World’s Best Island”. Highlights include Kayangan Lake, Malcapuya beach and diving around the WWII Japanese shipwrecks.
Khao San Road We left our home in Cape Town and spent our first two nights (of our 8 month Southeast Asia trip) in Bangkok. The famous movie, ‘The Beach’, describes this one street in Bangkok as “the centre of the backpacking universe“. This street is called Khao San Road, our first destination. Our “One Night in Bangkok”: After many…
Coron Shipwrecks In 1944 there was an air attack in Coron, resulting in numerous Japanese Navy ships being completely taken down by the US Airforce. It only took a few hours and a couple of bombs and torpedoes to sink roughly 11 ships. These shipwrecks in Palawan now offer the best shipwreck diving experience in the whole of Southeast Asia. Palawan is…
You cannot travel to the Philippines and not treat yourself to the Bacuit Archipelago island tours in El Nido! It is no wonder the Palawan province – which includes El Nido and Coron – was voted the ‘The World’s Best Island‘ on numerous occasions. These islands and lagoons in El Nido form part of the Bacuit Archipelago which are made accessible via the…
Most people know El Nido as the main gateway to the Bacuit Archipelago, i.e. the famous islands, lagoons and secret cave excursions known famously as Tour A,B,C and D. This was what attracted us to come spend 9 nights here and wow, we were absolutely blown away!!! Then a typhoon hit, closing access to the archipelago for 3 full days!…
Wow – what an honour to be nominated for the 2016 Liebster Award!! First thought – YAY AWARD!! Second thought – wait, what is the Liebster Award? We quickly found out that this award was created by bloggers for bloggers and in our case, a great way to connect and network within the wanderlust community. If you are nominated for…