World Travel 2013-2014, The Big Wrap Up

Overall what we did: 5 days in Malaysia wandering around Kuala Lumpur 3 days in Singapore 13 days in Thailand split between Phuket and Bangkok 12 days in Cambodia split between Siem Reap and Phnom Penh 49 days in Japan, mostly in Osaka with a week in Tokyo and day trips to Wakayama, Kobe, Koya-san …

World Travel 2013-2014, United States Wrap Up

Overall what we did: 13 days split into: 5 days in Honolulu, 2 days in Miami, 3 days in New York and 3 days in San Francisco from 3 September 2014 to 5 September 2014 and 20 September 2014 to 28 September 2014 Favourite part of the United States: Yosemite, it’s incredibly beautiful; however, it …

World Travel 2013-2014, Buffet and Cruise Food

Just a brief post today on the food on the cruise. The food was a bit mixed, some was good, some… wasn’t so good. The buffet in general wasn’t so bad provided you were a bit selective with your food choices. The dinner at the restaurant was great in terms of the company (we had …

World Travel 2013-2014, Hiking in Yosemite

Spotting climbers on the rock is a bit challenging. So we’ll play a game of spot the climber in this photo. ENHANCE! Well, while it says ‘close up’, I didn’t have my longer lens with me so the two pictures above are actually just one photo. One is shrunk to scale, while the other is …

World Travel 2013-2014, Arriving in Yosemite

After our short time in San Francisco, we were off on the train and bus towards Yosemite for a night in the park and nearly two days to try to do a bit of hiking. Our accommodation for the evening was a tent cabin which was an interesting experience. All of our food and scented …

World Travel 2013-2014, Arriving in San Francisco

An early start today as we flew out of New York and off to Los Angeles before connecting through to San Francisco. The view of the Canyon as well as Los Angeles as we flew in was beautiful! We didn’t get up to much other than just wander around, grab an icecream from Ghirardelli Square …

World Travel 2013-2014, Being a Bit Wicked

Well, the title might be a little deceptive as we weren’t really that wicked… we had tickets to the Broadway show Wicked though! The day itself was spent walking around a lot, looping around outside the Empire State, Chrysler and Rockerfeller buildings as well as going for a walk through Central Park before heading to …

World Travel 2013-2014, Arriving in New York

A couple of photos from our day spent flying from Miami to New York, and then wandering around the financial district. We took it fairly easy, as we had a long day the previous day in Miami (a lot of walking), a night sleeping in the airport and then an early arrival in New York. …