Diamonds Atharuga Maldives
A Maldivian gem
A Maldivian gem
Mantas and large pelagics
Dive sites in S Ari Atoll
A week in Barbados then cruise around the islands.
A week in Barbados then cruise around the islands.
Diving from Sandals for a week
A weeks chill and retail therapy
A trip to see Seville and Cordoba
A weeks R&R on a greek island
Carlisle to Settle railway on the Northern Belle
Mekong cruise from Siem Reap to Ho Chi Minh.
Hanifaru Bay - UNESCO site
Hanifaru Bay - UNESCO site
Two weeks chilling and diving in Maldives
A 2 week tour of Oman
Serengetti and Ngorongoro
Serengetti and Ngorongoro
Rwanda gorillas and golden monkeys
Facts about gorillas and trekking
A weeks R&R on a greek island
War fields and museums
Midland Pullman to Aviemore
Diving in the Maldives
Covid permitting we’re off for a couple of weeks R and R in the Maldives
For Lynns birthday we headed to "Bonny Scotland" for a couple of days in Edinburgh as tourists.
Our first trip since Covid hit was to Malaga in Spain to celebrate out wedding anniversary
After a busy time in NZ it’s R and R in Singapore
A 4 week tour around North and South Islands
A journey along the silk route
A river cruise heading east from Budapest along the Danube to Bucharest.
A tour of Japan at blossom time
Safari in South Africa
Sunset Faru This is a shallow inside reef wall with a wreck at the bottom. Holiday Beru This is just of Holiday Island where whale sharks are fairly common but on the first dive we missed the Whale Sharks only to come to the surface and watch everyone [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
What better way to see the sights in Burma than getting on and off a luxury boat? We booked to go on a new boat called the RV Princess Panhwar and were lucky enough to get the Princess suite right at the front so hopefully will just lie in bed and watch the world go [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Some of the best things to do in Dubai Whilst in Dubai there are somethings that you shouldn't miss. Below is a map showing the location of some of the major attractions and below that are some pictures and descriptions. [rev_slider Dubai] Burj Khalifa [...]
Although both of us have travelled quite a lot in Italy over the years, neither of us have been to Tuscany. So courtesy of Jet 2 we flew directly to Pisa, picked up a car and drove to San Gimignano where we had a lovely apartment and from here visited Pisa, Sienna, Florence, etc. Below [...]
The Dales Way is an 84-mile (135 km) Long Distance Footpath in Northern England, from (south east to north west) Ilkley, West Yorkshire to Bowness-on-Windermere, Cumbria. The Dales Way passes through two National Parks: the Yorkshire Dales National Park and the Lake District National Park. The first half of the walk follows the River Wharfe upstream to the main watershed of northern England at Ribblehead. The second half follows several river valleys [...]
When we went to pick up our hire car they tried to give us a Camaro Convertible saying it was better than a Mustang, but Paul put his foot down and demanded a Mustang. If you're going to go topless in the USA it has to be a Mustang plus Bruce Springsteen stole the gal [...]
Rottnest Island is an easy ferry ride from Perth or Fremantle. From Fremantle it’s only 25 minutes, but if you do it from Perth, you get a bonus cruise on the Swan River.
The Pinnacles tour is north of Perth and so vastly different from the Margaret River area. The desert scapes are stunning and we just loved the wildness. Pinnacles Tour
Margaret River Tour
The Pinnacles and Margaret River tours are a great introduction to the stunning coastal vistas, vineyards and fabulous food that WA has to offer. Bad Piper
Desert Awakenings
Kata Tjuta
Pics from Helicopter flight over Ayers Rock and The Olgas. Helicopter Flight.
Pioneer Outback Barbeque Pioneer Outback Barbeque [tube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIylQiOd9jI&feature=youtu.be[/tube] Pioneer Outback Barbeque
I know that these are iconic landmarks but that is no excuse for the amount of pictures we took. We'll edit them later! Harbour Bridge View
Kangaroos in the wild
Blue Mountains - highlights Cultural
Indigenous Street Music Shark Spotting from Helicopter
Duckbilled Platypus Koalas Kangaroos Wallabies
Noosa Riverside
Fraser Island Hummer Tour
Tiger Moth Flight - acrobatics later!
Snorkelling Lessons! Whitehaven Express Snorkelling
Illusion - snorkelling with turtles Day Dream Island Big Mama Sailing
Agincourt Reef Agincourt Reef - Cuttlefish Agincourt Reef - Stingray Yongala - Dive 1 The 110m S.S. Yongala, which was built at Newcastle upon Tyne in England at cost of £102,000 in 1903, sank during a [...]
Aussie drive-through Aussie bird in trouble Wallabies
The Seven Ancient Wonders were: Great Pyramid of Giza Hanging Gardens of Babylon Statue of Zeus at Olympia Temple of Artemis at Ephesus Mausoleum at Halicarnassus Colossus of Rhodes Lighthouse of Alexandria The Seven New Wonders are: Great Wall of China Petra Christ the Redeemer Machu Picchu Chichen Itza Colosseum Taj Mahal The Seven Natural [...]