19 July 2017

Its been a couple of months since we set off for Dubrovnik, over first time in that part of the World. We were looking forward to it and it exceeded our expectations. We arrived in the evening and took our forty minute transfer to our hotel, which was located in the Lapad, Babin Kuk area of the city. The Royal Princess was situation on the beautiful peninsula, a 5km walk or bus ride into the

01 May 2017

We set off in late February to do a private guided tour of Vietnam and Cambodia. First stop - Ho Chi Minh City, however, the locals still refer to it from its original name of Saigon. We spent three night there, we have never seen so many motorcycles, they actually take precedence against cars and pedestrians, you take your life in your hands trying to cross the roads. I was not very familiar w

28 November 2016

We travelled to Hong Kong at end of September for eight nights. Not somewhere you would think of for a longer stay. Well, our son moved over there in January to start a new job with Cathay Pacific, the national Airline of Hong Kong. He looks after the safety of the airline. Having been there on a couple of previous visits staying for only two nights, you don't really get to see what Hong Kong a

14 December 2015

We flew out to Barbados for a ten night break last month, we call it our "Winter Warmer" The weather was amazing for the duration of the trip, just a few spots of rain now and again. Our journey from the airport to the new Sandals Barbados took about 20 minutes, which is great when you have been flying for almost nine hours. The hotel was lovely, set in about eleven acres of landscaped gar

08 September 2015

Our journey started in San Francisco. Although we had been there a couple of times before, we had never been over to Alcatraz, so we made it this time, it was a great place to visit and learn all about the history of the island and how it became a prison. Another excursion we wanted to do was cycle over the famous Golden Gate bridge. We hire bikes for the day and took the route along the bay, o

08 August 2014

Our journey took us to Los Angeles in March this year, where we picked up a Mustang convertible, something I had always wanted to do the next time we went to California! We set off with the top down, and headed down part of Highway 1 towards San Diego, passing through the areas of Long, Mission and Huntington Beach. We stayed in a lovely small boutique hotel called The Vyvant, close to the area of

28 October 2013

We headed down to Port Issac in Cornwall last month, where they film scenes from the TV programme "Doc Martin" - this was my first visit to this county. What a beautiful part of the country, we rented a four bedroom house with some friends in a lovely spot with views from the lounge across the bay of Port Issac. There are plenty of restaurants and a couple of pubs in the village. The restaura

25 February 2013

We travelled back to the west coast of Canada in September 2012. We wanted to visit some areas we had not been to before and pop back to some we had seen. We started in Vancouver. As we were only there for one night on this trip, we just had a wander round the city to see if anything has changed since we last went there. We had dinner in the Old Spaghetti Factory in the old Gas Town area, near

17 May 2012

We have just been to Rome and Sorrento to celebrate a special wedding anniversary. We flew from Gatwick to Rome and spent two nights at a lovely boutique hotel called The River Palace, it was very authentic with lots of Italian charm. It is in an excellent location, close to the Piazzo Popolo. We walked for miles, along to the Spanish Steps, Trevi Fountain and the Colesseum (where we did a to

06 July 2011

I went to The Seychelles main island of Mahe about seven years ago, which I thought at the time was wonderful. I thought maybe one day we would go back; as they saying goes, if you bring home some of the local currency it means you will return! Well we did, we travelled out with Qatar Airways via Doha in the Middle East. We were attending a friend's wedding which I had organised for them, I fel

22 January 2011

I thought that I would share the fantastic holiday my husband and I recently experienced in South Africa. We flew out to Cape Town at the end of November, when the UK was having the really bad weather spell with lots of snow. We arrived to lovely blue skies and temperatures in the mid twenties - what a welcome! We spent five nights in the centre of Cape Town which was a great location for e

29 March 2010

I have just returned from a two week voyage on the Sea Princess, which commenced in Barbados. We visited the Caribbean Islands of St. Vincent, home to some of the scenes shot there for the first Pirates of the Caribbean film. We then sailed on to Grenada, Curacao, Bonaire, the latter two being very European in their architecture. After two and a half days at sea, we had to miss Grand Caymen d

29 March 2010

I travelled to the ski resort of Les Arcs 1800 last December. This was a familiarisation trip to resorts in this area. We stayed in Les Arcs 1800 for a week in Les Alpages De Chantal self catering apartments, they were very clean, warm and comfortable. However, for anyone that is not an experienced skier, you would have to catch the shuttle bus down to the resort centre about five minutes dri

01 December 2009

I have recently returned from a trip to the beautiful island of Antigua in the West Indies. It is correct what is said about there being 365 beaches, one for every day of the year. We decided to try two hotels out during our visit, staying at the Jolly Beach Resort on an all-inclusive basis for five nights in the area of Jolly Beach Harbour. This is a great location and you can walk along the

10 September 2009

I travelled to Bali and Singapore in June with my husband. We had a lovely week at the Nusa Dua Beach Resort and Spa. The hotel is situated in the resort of Nusa Dua, which is a purpose built resort designed to very high standards. As you enter the resort you will be bowled over by the wonderful array of flowers, plants and shrubs which adorn the roads leading to the various hotels. There is a ver