TAKING THE SLOW BOAT THROUGH LAOS We’re on a boat, travelling down the Mekong River through Laos, and it’s amazing. We had some trepidations about this 2 day journey from Chiang Khong in Northern Thailand to the Laotian town of Luang Prabang, and yet it’s turning out to […]
CRUISING THE DUORO RIVER One of the things we were told we HAD to do whilst in this Northern part of Portugal is take a cruise along the Duoro River, so today we set out to do exactly that! It was one of the laziest days we’ve had […]
THE CALANQUES OF CASSIS For our final day in the French Riviera we decided to leave the crowds and glamour of places like Nice, St Tropez, Cannes, and Monaco behind and headed for Cassis. Sitting below impossibly high cliffs, this small resort town still has a relaxed, unpretentious vibe […]
ALL THE WAY ROUND LAKE ANNECY The cool, cloudy weather has persisted, but we didn’t let that stop us from getting out to see more of Lake Annecy today. We started the day with a leisurely cruise that took us about three quarters of the way around the […]
WE DINANT KNOW BELGIUM COULD BE SO PRETTY! Keen to explore more of the Ardennes around Namur we set out this morning to see Dinant, one of the regions most widely praised little towns for anyone that likes castles, churches, and river cruises. Throw in a Belgian waffle […]