Creating memories through travel and adventure
July 5, 2026
Kaeng Krachan is a UNESCO world heritage site and Thailand’s largest national park. It is 170km south of Bangkok and borders Burma on its western edge. Our reason for staying in Kaeng Krachan was to see birds and wildlife. It’s… Continue Reading…
June 15, 2026
We had a 226km, 3-and-a-half-hour drive to get to Ayutthaya on this leg of our Thailand road-trip. This meant we had the afternoon to start exploring the many temples of Ayutthaya. But with only a one night stay in Ayutthaya,… Continue Reading…
May 18, 2026
This is our second holiday to Thailand and we thought….road trip! The response from most has been one of surprise that we’re driving in Thailand….”isn’t that dangerous”, “you’re brave”, “I wouldn’t want to drive there” etc, etc. We drive in… Continue Reading…
August 24, 2025
Verona is in Northern Italy in the Lombardy region and is an absolutely stunning city with tons of history. But to add some “grappa to the caffè” of this amazing city, it sits very linearly, with Lake Garda a mere… Continue Reading…
August 14, 2025
Lovere is yet another of the Borghi piu belli di Italia (The most beautiful towns of Italy). I mean, the photo above would be reason enough to allow Lovere into the club, but there is definitely more. What can I… Continue Reading…
August 5, 2025
Since discovering the “Borghi piu belli d’Italia” when we visited Correno Plinio, we have been very keen to visit more of the 313 villages given the accolade (meaning “the most beautiful villages of Italy”), so we decided on a short… Continue Reading…
August 8, 2024
Torno is in the middle part of Lake Como, the Lariana Triangolo and I had a birthday to celebrate. So what better excuse for a few nights away. I may have mentioned this before, I love food; eating out,… Continue Reading…
July 5, 2024
We’re still working our way down the west of Lake Como and on this side our last explore was of Lenno and the beautiful Villa Balbianello. Moving south takes us to Ossuccio, Sala Comacina and Colonno. It’s possible to travel… Continue Reading…
January 1, 2024
Half Dome in Yosemite. Taken from Mirror Lake. It’s New Year in the UK and as usual we haven’t had a very “Christmassy” looking festive period…i.e. no snow. So for all those lovers of the white stuff who have little… Continue Reading…
