We flew from Singapore to Perth, Australia on February 8, 2020. The flight arrived at about midnight. The airport was extremely quiet. I was ready for an intensive customs check for which Australia is famous. Mostly, Australian customs officers are renowned for making sure you do not bring any food into the country. However, the guy we had was actually really chatty...
It has been a long time since I have done an update, but a lot has happened since then. My last post was about our time in Philippines but we left there on February 4, 2020 and it is now March 28, 2020 and we are currently in isolation in Naramata, British Columbia, Canada. To make this manageable I will break down the last two months into three posts: Singapore...
We flew into Manila, Philippines on January 8th. Moire arrived very early on the 9th. We booked a very small room for three near the airport. Moire’s flight arrived at about 4 am but she did not make it to the hotel until about 5:30 am. We told her to message us when she arrived but we never received a message. She got someone to call the hotel and they eventually...
We flew from Hanoi to Luang Prabang, Laos. This was just a quick visit, only 6 days, over New Year’s Eve. We were running out of time given that we needed to get to the Philippines by January 9th when Moire arrived. We had booked a flight from Chiang Mai, Thailand to Manilla on January 8th. So, the plan was December 27th to January 2nd in Luang Prabang; then two days...
I am so far behind in writing my posts… sorry. We took a bus from Phnom Penh, Cambodia to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam on December 8, 2019. The place we stayed in HCM was a good location, central for everything, but a very small room. After we checked in we wandered around looking for a place for dinner. Actually, what we were looking for was a specific ATM that gave...
If you recall, we had to book an onward ticket out of Thailand when we were at the airport in Mauritius. So, we took the bus which we booked from Bangkok to Siem Reap, Cambodia. The bus went from Bangkok to the border where the bus company took charge of getting us through customs. We had done an eVisa but if you didn’t you could do it all at the border upon arrival...
From Mauritius we flew to Bangkok. Actually, we flew from Mauritius to Reunion to Bangkok including a six hour layover in Reunion. Upon arrival at the airport in Mauritius we hit a snag. This is the first time this has happened to us on this trip… and in fact ever. The Air Austral check in lady would not check us in without proof that we had an onward ticket out of...
After a fantastic 24 days in Madagascar, we flew back to Mauritius for a quick five day layover on our way to Southeast Asia. This won’t be a long post because frankly we needed to rest, so we did not do anything worthy of great detail. Several photos will help share the story. I am writing this post on the bus ride from Phnom Penh, Cambodia to Ho Chi Minh City...
I suppose for starters I should say that visiting Madagascar is not for everyone. First of all, we could not comment on 4 or 5 star travel in Madagascar. If that is your travel style, then you might want to look for other blogs that focus more on that. However, if your style of travel is anything like ours, then this post might be helpful for you. We have had...
We just finished up our 24 day adventure in Madagascar. We had planned so much of our travel for the past few months around getting here. Madagascar has been on our travel bucket list for a long time and we were sad to leave. There is more to see in this beautiful country so we may just have to make a return visit in the future. I am splitting my post into two posts...