Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Wednesday, June 25, 2014 Mark and I woke with the same thought: we needed a diversion from this hotel location. So we spent the next hour or so tracking down details on other destinations to visit. We decided on the beach resort of Nha Trang and made flight and hotel… More
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Tuesday, June 24, 2014 Our first morning in HCMC was one of discovery. We discovered that whilst our hotel room was more than satisfactory, the hotel location was not. This detail did not feature during any of my searching or reading of travel reviews. It wasn’t until after breakfast that… More
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Monday, June 23, 2014 This morning started much the same as the last two except Tom came to the gym with us. Mark could only manage 4 courses at breakfast today which meant we got away a bit earlier.Our first destination for the day was the Sultan Mosque and Arab… More
Singapore, Singapore Sunday, June 22, 2014 It was a slow start today. Mark and I went to the gym for a while before we all headed down to breakfast. There were some morning showers so we gave the pool a miss.The plan for the day was to head to ‘Little India’ and take another self-guided… More
Singapore, Singapore Saturday, June 21, 2014 Our first morning was a rather lazy one, for the boys at least. I rose early to write my blog but the boys managed a bit of a sleep in. We then had a swim before heading to breakfast and there was a bit of pool envy here as… More
Singapore, Singapore Friday, June 20, 2014 Hotel: Pan Pacific Room 1905. This trip to Singapore and Vietnam was a last minute change from plans we originally had to travel to Thailand. This meant an earlier departure on Friday which was Tom’s last day of term. Luckily, he was given leave to finish early as the… More
Queenstown, New Zealand 01/01/14 New Year’s Day Our final day was a wet one so Ali and I went to the Gym for a bit in the morning. We then all headed into town by car to have a final coffee morning overlooking the harbour. Our flight left around 2.30 pm so this left little… More
Queenstown, New Zealand New Year’s Eve: Tue 31st December The morning that greeted us on our last full day was cool and slightly cloudy but, thankfully, free of any rain. We set our for our morning walk but the chill had us seeking some protection for our morning coffee so we headed to the ‘Bathhouse… More
Queenstown, New Zealand Monday 30th Dec The morning was overcast for our trip out to Milford Sound. This involved a 4 drive and then a Fjord cruise, booked for 1.30 pm, so we set off from Queenstown at 7 am. The weather worsened on the way out and we had lots of low cloud making… More
Queenstown, New Zealand Sunday 29th December 2013 Sunday presented us with more spectacular weather. Our morning walk today made way for a bike ride around Lake Wakatipu and out to Queenstown Golf Course. We hired bikes from the hotel for a half day $30 per bike. This was a pretty ride along the edge of… More