Singapore
After a busy time in NZ it’s R and R in Singapore
New Zealand
A 4 week tour around North and South Islands
Uzbekistan
A journey along the silk route
Budapest to Bucharest
A river cruise heading east from Budapest along the Danube to Bucharest.
War graves and bulb fields.
River cruising to see the war fields and museums
Yellowstone and the Grand Tetons
Road trip to see Mt Rushmore, Yellowstone National Park, Grand Tetons and Jackson Hole
Phinda Forest Lodge
Safari in a south Africa
Yangon to Mandalay
Cruise Itinerary
UPSTREAM ITINERARY
DAY 1 – RANGOON (YANGON)
Embark and sail up the Rangoon River and enter the Twante Canal, which connects the Yangon River with the Irrawaddy Delta. We stop on route at the Twante Town and explore city center.
DAY 2 – MAUBIN AND NYAUNG DON
In morning we walk to visit Maubin bustling market and […]
Myanmar or Burma
Unlike our last trip to the Maldives where we flew with Qatar, this time we used good old Emirates direct from Newcastle. We flew direct to Yangon from Dubai where we had a couple of days before doing a gentle cruise along the Irrawaddy river to Mandalay then back home via Bangkok.  The flights were fine […]
Things to do in Yangon
One thing you must do is visit the Shwedagon Pagoda
1. Shwedagon Pagoda
Without doubt, the Shwedagon Pagoda is one of the most important religious sites in Yangon, and all of Myanmar.
The golden chedi of the pagoda, which reaches a height of 99 meters, is visible throughout the city, and it shimmers in the sun with its incredibly golden surface. […]
Helengelli daily diving
Daily diving Helengeli in the Maldives
Helengelli local diving
Local diving in Helengeli
Helengeli Snorkelling
Snorkelling Oblu by Atmosphere at Helengeli
Whilst Helengeli was known as an island for divers before it was taken over by Atmosphere it also has fantastic house reefs on both the north and south sides of the island. As both of these reefs are in channels that lead from the open sea to the inside of […]
Helengeli diving
Diving Helengeli in the Maldives
Helengeli Island has a wonderful reputation worldwide, for its incomparably exotic house-reef & superb Channel Diving, just meters from the shoreline.
The island has a unique location at a primary entrance to Male‘ Atoll, in the middle of a Channel (channel on both sides of the island) and is also one of […]
Maldives – Oblu by Atmosphere at Helengeli
Oblu by Atmosphere on Helengeli Island in the Maldives
We decided upon a recommendation to fly with Qatar rather than Emirates, this involved an extra flight but still was quicker getting back to the UK. Qatar were fantastic and the flight had a superb bar which surprisingly was deserted. The airport in Qatar, as are all […]
Diving Kanifushi
Diving Kanifushi in the Maldives
There are many dive sites in the atoll but generally the ones dived are the ones closest to Kanifushi and the gallery below shows them. The ones Paul dived were as follows:
Medu Faru
Kani corner
3 Rocks
Kani West
Kani Medu Kandu
Kani Caves
Veyvah Kandu
Medu Faru Kandu
The Shipyard
Although there is a Manta cleaning station, there were very […]
Maldives Kanifushi
Kanifushi in the Maldives
After a couple of flights and transfer through Dubai we arrived at Male in the Maldives and were taken to a lounge to await our seaplane transfer to Kanifushi. After boarding the plane the pilot couldn’t get it started and although the mechanic, armed only with WD40, managed to start the plane, […]
Dubai
This is the city to rival Las vegas without being tacky, its motto should be biggest is best.
We were so lucky to see the fountains at sunset as they were not due on until after dark but we think that they were making a promotional video and caught them at 5.00 as the sun […]
Lisbon
// Benfica v NUFC
04 March 2013 at Estadio da Luz
And the “toon army” marches on…….
Benfica 04 March at the Estadio da Luz and I guess everyone has now heard that the toon will have played more European games at the Stadium of Light than Sunderland have!
One cracking goal to begin with from NUFC then silly […]
Tromso
We went to Tromso with main intention of seeing the Northern Lights but also did several other things at the same time.
We got a shock at some of the prices:
Beer £12 per pint, check out the receipt in Krona!
Piza £23
Slice of cake £20
Steak – no chips £45
Kebab £9
Lucky our […]
Moscow
NUFC v FC Anzhi 7th March
Having beaten FC Kharkiv at the Metallist Stadium in Kharkiv Ukraine, Newcastle were drawn away to FC Anzhi Makhachkala, who due to civil unrest in their home area have been forced to play all of their home matches in Moscow at the Luzhniki Stadium.
The Grand Sports Arena of the […]
Kharkiv
Kharkiv v Newcastle United
21 February at the Metallist Stadium
And the “Toon Army” marches on….
Tremendous result – Moscow next, cold but friendly place and so cheap, £50 lasted for three days, I don’t think that will happen in Moscow somehow?
