Category: UK, Europe, Singapore 2023
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Lessons learned
There are always lessons learned while travelling, many of them are common sense….. which we all know is not all that common! Also, sometimes it doesn’t seem all that obvious at times! For those of you who know me, many of my lessons learned will revolve around the loo….. it’s a hot general topic for…
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Getting off the beaten track in Singapore
On my list of “things to do” in Singapore, was to head out to the Rifle Range Nature Park. Mum presumed this meant that I wanted to head out to some gun range for some shooting. Certainly the Rifle Range Nature Park used to be exactly that, a rifle range, but also a quarry. Fortunately…
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Going from meal to meal in Sing
As I’ve previously mentioned, Mum is most impressed by the breakfasts at the place we are staying in, and in fact, breakfast does usually do us for the rest of the day…. maybe with an ice cream squeezed in the middle of the day somewhere (to cool down of course!). After breakfast, we got lost…
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Slinging in Singapore
After a 24 hour delay, I was finally delivered into Singapore and to a hyperactive waiting Mum. Apparently 24 hours alone was enough and it was time to hit the town! Well, at the very least we walked around to the Gardens By The Bay to catch the light show (which we missed!) and to…
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Frankfurt is not Singapore?
Tell me you’re in Germany without telling me you’re in Germany? Just did! The day started out in Montenegro, with a lovely breakfast with Anya and Ljosha in the back yard….so serene. By 8am I was at the bus station saying so many goodbyes and thank you’s and Ljosha was off to Kindergarten. My bus…
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It’s called Montenegro for a reason
Montenegro, what does it conjure up in your mind? If you said mountains, and lots of them, you’d be right! Traditionally a land locked nation, Montenegro only recently gained a coast line through the Bay of Kotor. Anya and I drove up that crazy set of mountains again to head to the Mausoleum of Petar…
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Split to Kotor, Montenegro, time with friends begins again!
I jumped on a bus in Split to head down to Kotor in Montenegro, to catch up with a good friend of mine, who guided Lesley and I along the Silk Road from Istanbul to Beijing back in 2018. Interesting side fact, I’ve caught up with all the members of that tour in 2023! It…
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Magical Plitvice Lakes
I had heard about the amazing Plitvice Lakes and booked a trip to head out to see them. Another UNESCO site, the lakes are the oldest national park in Croatia. I met my guide (and the rest of the tour) early in the morning in the middle of the Old Town (which is where all…
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Sweating it out in Split
To say landing at Split Harbour in the morning was chaos (organised they tell me!), is an understatement! The boat did indeed start up its engines at 5am…. Which was a bit rude after our farewell dinner the night before in Milna! Most of the weekly tour boats offload and on-load on a Saturday, which…
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Last day of sailing
We chugged up the coast from Hvar to the island of Brač and stopped in the port of Bol. Known for having the Golden Horn of the Adriatic, it’s a white pebble beach in the shape of a horn (roughly) and due to strong currents, it’s never pointing in the same direction. It was clearly…
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