This post is part of our wild adventure to Malaysian Borneo. In case you don’t want to read this sequentially, or you are looking for a specific part of the trip, here are some shortcuts: Getting there <– You are here Sepilok Kinabatangan Lahad Datu Danum Valley Our top priority during our time in […]
We spent a long weekend in Lankgawi as part of our three months in Kuala Lumpur. Langkawi, an enchanting archipelago comprising 99 islands off the western coast of Malaysia, is renowned for its pristine crystal-clear turquoise waters and lush rainforests. Getting to Langkawi We opted for an 80-minute flight with Malaysian Air from Sultan Abdul […]
After the Cameron Highlands, the plan was to spend two days in Penang, exploring Georgetown, Penang’s historic capital city which is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and sampling street food from this renowned foodie paradise. The drive from Cameron Highlands to Penang took about four hours. As we descended from the highlands, we passed […]
This post is part of our epic adventure to the Falklands, South Georgia, and Antarctica. In case you don’t want to read this sequentially, or you are looking for a specific part of the trip, here are some shortcuts: Introduction Departure Day Santiago, Chile Torres del Paine, Chile
In November of 2020, we travelled to South Australia with three objectives: Relax and drink some good wine See a leafy seadragon Swim with wild dolphins This was our first flight, and our first time leaving New South Wales, in nine months #covid. The lounge was empty and the two hour flight to Adelaide passed […]
Long story short, we were planning to be in Lady Elliot in August. A week before we were due to depart, Covid cases in New South Wales skyrocketed (to 10 new cases per day), and Queensland closed their border. So in true 2020 spirit, we had to scrap everything and plan something new in our […]
Is there a better way to break up two back-to-back weeks of work in Perth than with a weekend of sunshine, saltwater, and some very friendly sea lions ? No. Getting to Jurien Bay Jurien Bay is located on the Indian Ocean, an easy 2.5 hour drive north of Perth. It’s a small fishing […]
I can count the number of places we’ve been more than four times on one hand. Mala Mala is one of them. Our first visit was in 2009 (combined with the Okavango Delta), followed by 2011 (combined with Mashatu), and then 2017 (combined with Makgadikgadi Pans), and then 2018 (combined with Sossusvlei). This time we […]
There are few places in the world that we return to again and again. Mala Mala is one of them, and it just gets better and better. After a few days in Soussvlei , and another night at the JNB airport Intercon, we flew to Skukuza and were collected for the road transfer to the lodge. […]
We had two requirements for our Christmas vacation: one, travel to a new country and two, photograph something. This is how we wound up in Uganda. Uganda is a landlocked country in East Africa, bordered by Kenya, South Sudan, the Congo, Rwanda, and Tanzania. It is about the size of Arizona in the United States, […]