Birmingham to Dubai
July 20, 2016 in England ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
First leg of my travels - the adventure begins with my Emirates flight to Dubai
Dubai to Hong Kong
July 21, 2016 in the United Arab Emirates ⋅ 🌙 35 °C
Arrived at 7am into DXB and had a 2 hour stopover before my connecting flight to Hong Kong. Arrival into HKG was 10pm then with over 1 hour wait for bags due to a technical problem I made to to HKRead more
First Full day in Hong Kong
July 22, 2016 in Hong Kong ⋅ 🌙 27 °C
Woke-up to blue skies, 32°C and 76% humidity. After a quick stop at HKFC, Kay and I headed to Stanley for lunch and a browse around the market (which has somewhat declined since Ieft) - then it wasRead more
More from Day 1 Hong Kong
July 22, 2016 in Hong Kong ⋅ 🌙 27 °C
Day 2 Hong Kong
July 23, 2016 in Hong Kong ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C
Look at the view Kay has from her bedroom every morning when she wakes up...First stop today HSBC to close the bank account - more left in than I thought so a quick browse in Shanghai Tang was inRead more
Day 2 continued
July 23, 2016 in Hong Kong ⋅ ☀️ 33 °C
Called for one of the infamous egg tarts and then got some pesos from World Wide House for the trip to Boracay. Then we went to Red Bar at IFC Mall for wine o'clock al fresco overlooking the harnour.
Day 2 Hong Kong
July 23, 2016 in Hong Kong ⋅ ☀️ 33 °C
Next a trip on the star ferry to enjoy the views and see how the skyline has changed in 10 years!
Goodbye Hong Kong
July 24, 2016 in Hong Kong ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
Time to leave HK after my whistle-stop tour, weather has been glorious - next stop Philippines and the beach 😊
Hello Philippines
July 24, 2016 on the Philippines ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C
Hello Manila - arrived in the Philippines and now need to find out where to transfer to get domestic flight to Catlclan for Boracay. After heading to departures we realised we were in the wrongRead more
Still waiting at Manila Airport
July 24, 2016 on the Philippines ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C
The adventure continues - nearly been in all of Manila Airports terminals - plus has to pay for my checked- in luggage as even though they had checked it in no problem in Hong Kong - so £38 later myRead more
Boracay Finally
July 24, 2016 on the Philippines ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
So with the cancellations and delays we got here before dark - just! Getting here from Catliclan airport involved two minibuses and a small boat which looked like it wasn't going to start - Boracay isRead more
The journey to Boracay
July 24, 2016 on the Philippines ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
Good Morning Boracay
July 25, 2016 on the Philippines ⋅ 🌙 28 °C
So - due to jetlag I was wide awake at 5 and knowing Sunrise was at 5:30 - I put on some shorts and made my way to the beach - I wasn't disappointed ...on returning I got back into bed and fell asleepRead more
Exploring Boracay
July 25, 2016 on the Philippines ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
Walked over to the White beach..wow it's so beautiful. Turquoise coloured sea and white sand and Palm trees when you look one way however bars, shops, restaurants and all manner of people try to sellRead more
Relaxing by the ocean
July 25, 2016 on the Philippines ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
So it was time to check out the pool and enjoy the last few rays of sun and share a bottle of Moet with Kay.
Time to relax
July 26, 2016 on the Philippines ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
So today I achieved my objective of getting over the jet-lag - with a lovely relaxing day. Got up at 8 to enjoy the morning rays before it got too warm. Then had lunch at "Munchies" before exploringRead more
Boracay Sunset
July 26, 2016 on the Philippines ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
At 5pm i decided it was time to head back to White beach for the Sunset. So walked through D'Mall again. I was intrigued by the amount of people queing for something called Halo Halo - so we stoppedRead more
Last day in Boracay
July 27, 2016 on the Philippines ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
So it rained last night - and was still wet this morning but this didn't last long. The day started with a swim in the gorgeous ocean - bath water temperature - followed by lots of lounging aroundRead more
Last night in Phil
July 27, 2016 on the Philippines ⋅ 🌧 15 °C
So my relaxation time is nearly over and before getting up a stupid o'clock it was time for a wander, foot pamper and some Filipino food - Pork Adobo - and very tasty it was!
Boracay to Kalibo
July 28, 2016 on the Philippines ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
So up at stupid o'clock - no sunrise due to rain and cloud - left vote at 7am and was transferred to the small jetty for the short ferry to Malay island - then transferred to large bus for the 2 hourRead more
Kalibo to Singapore via Cebu
July 28, 2016 on the Philippines ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C
First leg of the flight only 35 mins - Silk Air are very nice - comfy seats and free food and drink - it was a quick turnaround at Cebu - loo stop and spend last pesos on crisps!!
Arrival in Sin
July 28, 2016 in Singapore ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
Great Silk Air flight with chicken and fried rice meal. Comfy seats and watched a few episodes of The Bridge. Landed at 7:15pm, through immigration and baggage collected in 30 mins . Then took theRead more
Day 1 in Sin
July 29, 2016 in Singapore ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
So now the real work/tour begins - after breakfast at 7:30 in a garage!! Yes - the hotel is renovating so they have their restaurant in a car port!! We set of at 8 for the first of 3 planned visits.Read more
Day 2 Singapore
July 30, 2016 in Singapore ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C
Breafast in the car park and we departed for a short city tour in the morning stopping in Little India first - getting a henna tattoo on my upper arm for S$8. The next stop took us to the ColonialRead more
Arab street by night
July 30, 2016 in Singapore ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
Ruth had mentioned that there was something going on in the Arab Street area so 5 of us decided to investigate - it was a 10 min walk - we saw the Beautiful Sultan Mosque - although we couldn't go inRead more








































































































































