August 7, 2016 August 8, 2016 By Sheree
Final hoorah in the Balkans – Montenegro & Croatia
If I had 2 weeks of holiday for the rest of my life, and could only spend it in one country, I would probably choose Montenegro. I know that's a pretty big call, so here are my reasons; Location – As a Balkan country on the Medditeranean, Montenenegro has both a stunning coastline and an…
July 23, 2016 August 8, 2016 By Matt
Albania – "Cheapfoodandnicebeach-o-mania!"
Sorry about the title – It's meant to rhyme and all I could come up with for now… Maybe I will change it later, maybe I won't. I probably won't. *Author's note – this was written quite some time ago I just hadn't gotten round to adding photos and posting! It is all still relevant……..
June 26, 2016 By Sheree
Greece – Our return to The West
What is Grexit and why is Matt always going on about it? Most people when they arrive in a new country do so through the international airport, and so their first impression is often shaped by the experience they have there. When we arrived at the Athens international airport from Georgia, the customs was umm……
June 6, 2016 June 6, 2016 By Matt
Georgia – A Delicious Little Gem
Well, Hello Georgia. Actually goodbye Georgia as we have recently departed from your green and fertile soils! But what a surprise packet you were and a bit of a shame that we only had 11 days to….. explore you. Gee what is this article starting to sound like? I'll move on. We had no idea…
May 28, 2016 By Sheree
Kyrgyzstan & Kazakhstan
Hello! It's been a long time since our last post after leaving China and we have since rested, visited two 'stan countries and taken a flight to the "balcony of Europe" – the small but beautiful Georgia. The Central Asia we saw was really interesting, the people who were once nomadic have been influenced over…
May 4, 2016 May 28, 2016 By Matt
Irkeshtam Pass – China to Kyrgysztan with a lovely view of Tajikstan
The day had come. We were finally leaving China and heading well, into the even more unknown. We, like most at home, have no idea what the 'Stans look like, who lives there, what people eat and more. Even after doing extensive googling we still didn't really have a clear picture in our heads. We…
April 30, 2016 July 2, 2017 By Matt
Xinjiang Province – China's very own Persia
So – it turns out that China has it's own little Persian/turkish region! It's called the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and it's massive. It takes up 1/6th of China with a total area of 1.6 million square km! Western Australia is 2.5 million square km, so while it isn't as big as WA, it is…
April 30, 2016 April 30, 2016 By Matt
Jiayu Pass – the "Mouth of China"
Another Train, another city. From Xi'an we caught a 18 hour night train to a small Chinese city called Jiayuguan. The train left late which was great because we could enjoy some cool desert scenery the next day! We really had left China as we knew it. There were tiny mud brick like flats? They…
April 30, 2016 By Sheree
Chengdu – A much needed rest – Then onto Ancient Xi'an
From the beautiful south of China we boarded a sleeper train and headed north to the mega, yet surprisingly "chilled out" 12 million people city of Chengdu. We were lucky to share our train compartment with a man from Urumqi who spoke zero English, but was determined to communicate with us anyway (Matt loved this…
Crouching Tiger Hidden Leaping Gorge
Hello Family and Friends nice to have you here again, This post is about a fairly big trek we did in the Yunnan Province. Nothing overly crazy happened so the following is a bit of an account of the hike but the pictures are amazing as it was an astonishingly rugged and beautiful part of China. If…