I’ve realised I’m not entirely sure how I’m going to section these blogposts going forward. If each blogpost is a new part, goodness knows what number I’ll get onto. So I’m going to separate them into chapters, staying with country. Therefore, Part 01 will be Indonesia and all the islands and places that go with…
FARAWAY
Flash Megamoon Part 01: Getting Away
We were soon to be off! Off for the megamoon of our lives, exploring Bali, Singapore, Australia, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Burma. We may even manage a cheeky stop in Philippines if we played our cards right. But there were three things that made the lead-up to our megamoon departure hectic. The first…
Bel Far Niente Or The Art of Doing Nothing
Tom first mentioned this phrase over dinner one night when we were sitting in practical darkness accompanied by the sounds of waves lapping at sand and crickets chirping. We were on Gili Meno, a quiet island just off Lombok, good for, as the local guidebook stated, snorkelling, sunbathing and honeymooning. ‘Bel far niente,’ he said,…
Towel Art at the Jaz Aquamarine
When you go on holiday, you expect the local culture, the sight-seeing, the beautiful weather, maybe the delicious and thrilling unexplored food to be most memorable. Not for Tom and I, on our Thomson all-inclusive package holiday to the trashily-named but unexpectedly classy Hurghada hotel, the Jaz Aquamarine. No, for us, an unassuming but exceedingly…
Qantas’ New Economy Dining
For anyone who knows me, it’s not a surprise that I like food. Any food. Even airline food. (Although this doesn’t extend to what was served on a recent flight back from Toronto – sorry Canadian airlines, that was not in my definition, food. And I’ve picked chips out of a work bin before. Gosh,…
Everything you need to know about staying at the Timanfaya Hotel, Lanzarote
The Thomson website will show you all the gloss to entice you in, as will the official Timanfaya website, and Timanfaya on TripAdvisor will give you the highlights and the lowlights but what I realized is that none of these told me exactly what I needed to be aware of. So during our ten day…