Dahab used to be a one street town but has expanded lately. New developments and hotels were rising on its perimeters. It is now one of Sinai’s most cherished diving destinations. What else can you do in Dahab apart from scuba dive?
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Leaving the city, we roamed further than its peripheral areas to explore outside of Adelaide and have some fair dinkum Australian experiences. We chucked a uey as the Aussies say!
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During our first dive of the trip to test and adjust our gear, before we were supposed to have a week of submersing ourselves continuously to admire the ocean life, we had a diving emergency. A medical evacuation was required.
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I have come to the realisation that I find animal butts quite interesting. Think I am a bit weird? Don’t answer that!
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Looking for road trip ideas in Australia? There are so many to choose from but this one is a hidden gem on the South Coast.
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When one thinks of Dubai, the first image that comes to mind is its dominating skyline of contemporary architecture or the impressive towering Burj Khalifa. Some might even argue and remember fondly of their shopping expeditions in some of the best shopping places with their malls or souks.
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At Phuket airport’s passport control, the pace was as sluggish as a snail quivering through a trail of salt. We stood in a fog of weariness willing the speed to pick up so we could enter Thailand.
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My first thought as I set foot in Australia: I didn’t realise Sydney had so many wetlands. My ignorant image of Australia was one of the dusty outback, a desert like kind of landscape with the juxtaposition of the great barrier reef in the Coral Sea.
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Let’s go on a trip! I know, I know. We are not meant to leave our homes. Don’t panic. Stay right where you are! You don’t have to do a thing except let your mind wander as you scroll through this blog.
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If I had to summarise our year of travel and adventure in three words it would be Germany, Drakensberg and Kgalagadi.
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Many questions are regularly asked when people want to visit Phi Phi Island. Here is my honest insight of this island.
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The memorial site devoid of any beauty has a turbulent cloud of angst hanging over it. The caption on the gate ‘ARBEIT MACHT FREI’ was an ironic barren promise that suggested work would offer freedom.
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The Deutsches Museum being the world’s largest museum of science and technology will take you the better part of a day and more to explore.
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In 2019 the 186th Oktoberfest had approximately 6.3 million visitors. That is a huge number of jovial people to accommodate for a 16 day folk festival in a relatively small area of 300 000 square meters.
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The Bavarian Palace of the Nymphs, one of the largest royal palaces in Europe was built for Henriette Adelaide of Savoy, wife of Elector Ferdinand Maria as a gift after the birth of their long-awaited son Max Emanuel.
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Not everyone wants to spend all their time at the Oktoberfest in Munich. What else has Munich to offer in autumn?
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Who would have thought that a humble towel with the main purpose of rubbing wet droplets off your skin or patting your hair dry would get so much publicity?
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The historic seaport of early Bristol was founded by 1000 and developed between the River Frome and Avon Gorge. It has a rich maritime history that involved early voyages of exploration and trade and is only 190 kilometres west of London.
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After our canal boat cruise on the Kennet and Avon Canal, we had a few hours to spare before we had to catch a train and then our flight from Heathrow airport. A half day trip to Nunney and Frome to explore them both was in order.
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Have you dreamed of going on a tranquil canal boat cruise? Home will be where you moor it for the night, the boat a home base, a floating hotel room, between sightseeing the countryside.
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