We left Udaipur to fly to the Seychelles for the last part of our honeymoon. En-route we decided to stop off in Mumbai for 24 hours - and now wish we had much more time here! Our Private Driver India Tour company organised a tour for us in Mumbai for a couple of hours and … Continue reading India – Mumbai
Category: Asia
India – Udaipur
After our visit to Jaipur, we had a 7 hour drive to Udaipur for our last 2 days of our tour. The drive was interesting, we got to see some very different places along the way. Our driver did decide to take a nap on hour 5 of the drive, which annoyed me and had … Continue reading India – Udaipur
India – Jaipur
After a very early morning visit to the Taj Mahal, we started on a 5 hour drive for our three day visit to Jaipur On the drive, we stopped off to visit Chand Baori (where part of The Dark Knight Rises was filmed). Taj Jai Mahal Palace We stayed in this unbelievable hotel for three … Continue reading India – Jaipur
India – Delhi & Agra
We have always wanted to visit India and decided to spend two weeks of our honeymoon here in late May. Visa: The process of getting our visa was relevantly easy and cost approx. $50. You can apply online for an e-visa which took about 48 hours to get, so we applied about 1-2 months before … Continue reading India – Delhi & Agra
Ho Chi Minh City: New Years Eve
To wrap up our holiday in Vietnam, we headed back to Saigon for New Years Eve. We landed on the afternoon of the 31st and were here until midnight on the 2nd January. We stayed in a different hotel, the Novotel Saigon, so we were in a different part of town. Our location turned out … Continue reading Ho Chi Minh City: New Years Eve
Hoi An
Hoi An is a city on the central coast of Vietnam that is known for being a well preserved Ancient Town. The areas has some amazing beaches along with Hue being a day trip away. On the 29th December we left Hanoi and flew to Hoi An. We had a 9am flight and decided to … Continue reading Hoi An
Hanoi
A description of our time spent in the Hanoi Old Quarter, which to me was a nicer city than Saigon. On December 26th we flew from Phu Quoc to Hanoi where we were staying until the 29th December. We were planning on visiting Halong Bay but sadly we never got the chance to. We booked into … Continue reading Hanoi
Phu Quoc
The most amazing Christmas ever spent in a beautiful resort on the island of Phu Quoc where we lay be the beach drinking cocktails! On Christmas Eve we set off for Phu Quoc where we were spending Christmas on the beach at the wonderful Salinda Resort. We arrived in the afternoon and got checked into … Continue reading Phu Quoc
Ho Chi Minh
The beginning of my first trip to Asia.. two days sightseeing in Ho Chi Minh which included boat tours, amazing pizza and a horrible snake. Our main trip of 2015 was Christmas in Vietnam! I had never been to Asia before and was looking forward to spending two weeks traveling around Vietnam and seeing all … Continue reading Ho Chi Minh
The Cocktail Tourist 