by Florence Murphy | Mar 29, 2017 | Blog, Thailand, Tips, Tours
The elephant looked jaded, old, and uncared for. He walked towards us and, like most elephants; he looked to be a gentle giant as he glided ever so gracefully along the concrete road. A small Thai man walked right beside him with a long wooden stick that was...
by Florence Murphy | Apr 28, 2016 | Blog, Tours, Turkey
On February 23rd 2016, we went on the Istanbul Troy 15-day tour with RSD travel, and I’m writing this RSD Travel review to give other travellers my honest opinion on this tour agency. Warning: there’s a lot of ranting below! Have you ever seen something and thought,...Tags: Istanbul, rsd travel, tour review, tour reviews, travel tips, Turkey
by Florence Murphy | Feb 29, 2016 | Bulgaria, Europe, Tours
We met Pascal, Carlo’s college friend whom he hadn’t seen in 10 years, in an upmarket Asian restaurant in Sofia for dinner. Just as I was scraping up the last fork full of my beef chow mein, Pascal, who’s been living in Bulgaria for close to 10 years, suggested that...Tags: bulgaria, europe, husky sledding, Sofia, tours
by Florence Murphy | Feb 14, 2016 | Blog, Europe, Romania, Tips, Tours, Travel Photos
Our quest to explore some more of Europe is well and truly underway. Having kicked things off by flying into Bucharest, Romania at the end of January, we’re now enjoying some time in the Transylvanian province of the country and we just got around to visiting the...Tags: bran, bran castle, brasov, dracula, romania, tours
by Florence Murphy | Mar 8, 2015 | Blog, Bolivia, South America, Tours
***Video clip at the end of the post*** Salar de Uyuni (which is Spanish for Salt Flat Uyuni) is by far the world’s largest salt flat, measuring in at a mind-boggling 10,582 square kilometers or 4,086 square miles. Formed as a result of transformations between several...Tags: bolivia, landscape, salt flats, south america, uyuni
by Florence Murphy | Feb 23, 2015 | Blog, Peru, Reviews, South America, Tours
*****Video montage of the trip is at the bottom of the post***** Hailed as the number one must see attraction in the whole of South America, Machu Picchu was somewhere that we both were super excited about visiting. For those of you that are not too familiar with...Tags: culture, cusco, landscape, machu picchu, Peru, trekking
