It’s fun to go to the seaside

A day exploring the amazing temples of Hampi, followed by some R&R over New Years in Goa

A Walk on the Wild Side

Madurai is a small city in the southern interior of India famous for the massive, colorful Meenakshi Amman Temple. The huge complex stretches over 6 hectares (although some parts are only open to Hindus) and was built in the 17th century, although the area has been the sight of an important temple for much longer.……

Japan 101: JR Passes & 7-Elevens

Blogged by Dave Japan is a place that both Anne and I have been keen to visit for a long time, but have never had the chance due to its great distance from South Africa. So we were happy when we found really cheap direct tickets leaving from Bali, and so the 2 and half……

Stupa Troopers – three things to love about Myanmar

Blogged by Anne   We had a flight booked to Singapore and a little under 2 weeks free before heading to Thailand for Tammy and Andrew’s wedding so we searched Singapore to ‘anywhere’ on Skyscanner and looked at the three cheapest destinations – Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur and Yangon. Although Dave has been to Myanmar, I……

Mayans past and present

My journey to Belize City from San Francisco (via Houston) was long but uneventful, and soon after arriving I was on the hour-long ferry to Caye Caulker, a laid back island which I’d chosen as a base for some scuba diving. The island is quite small, with the town taking up most of the land……

A tale of four cities

After leaving the Tigers at Ranthambhore, the three us headed further into the state of Rajasthan, famous for its many hill forts. Our first stop was Jaipur, the state capital, where we stayed at a nice little hostel called Zostel (traditional hostels are a bit of a rarity in India). While there we met a……

South of the DMZ

My overnight train from Hanoi to Hue was fairly comfortable, something which could have been very different as I was sharing a cabin with a mother and her very small baby. Fortunately the baby was fairly quiet and I had earplugs, but it was a close thing. Hue is an interesting town in the middle……

Myanmar meander…

After almost a week of chilling in Boracay, I was keen to get on the road again. After a quick stopover to visit my cousin Ant’s wife Tara and their two girls Nicky and Emma (Ant was away on a boys weekend in Perth to watch the Boks take on Australia), I headed off to……