Beijing to Xi’an We were leaving Beijing to travel to Xi’an which is the home to the Terracotta Warriors. This is certainly up there with The Great Wall when it comes to ticking off another ‘must do’ during our travels. Xi’an is one of the oldest cities in China and was the starting point of […]
The Great Wall of China We were very excited about our day’s activities today as we were finally going to be visiting The Great Wall at Badaling. You will often hear that people have The Great Wall on their Bucket List. I’m always reluctant to have a Bucket List as such but let’s just say […]
Why a Tour? After spending our first two nights on our own in Beijing, our tour was a welcome relief. Just not to have the exhausting hassle of trying work out how and where to go. When travelling long term, the mear effort needed to plan your next move takes a lot of research and […]
Exploring Beijing Beijing was our first stop in our month-long stay in China. It was going to be the start of our tour with Travel China Guide. We wanted to get a feel for Beijing on our own so arrived a couple of days before the tour was to start. This would also give us […]
Travel Survival in China Preparing for China is no easy task. No amount of preparing though would get us ‘China Smart’. Some of the hurdles we came up against could only have been learned with ‘on the job training’. Beijing was to be our first ‘Port of Call’ on our month-long stay in China. Our […]
Kampot to Phnom Penh With our stay coming to an end in Kampot, it was time to travel to Phnom Penh. Once again we booked with Giant Ibis. This is the same bus company we used to get from Siam Reap to Kampot overnight. It cost us $16us/$21nz for two of us. The trip was […]
Relaxed Riverside Town of Kampot Kampot as a destination caught our attention when looking for our next place to visit. Kampot’s main attraction is its relaxing riverside setting. Their economy is based on salt and pepper production, fishing and fruit growing (particularly Durian). They even have a Durian monument sitting loud and proud in the […]
Siem Reap to Kampot Because of our limited time in Cambodia we decided that our next destination would be Kampot in the south. Kampot is located in the far south east of Cambodia, close to the border with Vietnam. To get there we decided to take the overnight sleeper bus which would take us to […]
First Year Anniversary Our first year anniversary has ticked over. It is so hard to believe that a year ago we made the biggest move of our lives. Life as we knew it had changed forever. With no home and all our worldly belongings packed away in a 7×3 metre storage unit we set off […]
First Stop Siem Reap This was our first time visiting Cambodia and Siem Reap was our first ‘port of call’. As we were on a limited timeframe to visit the highlights of Cambodia, we decided to fly from Bangkok, rather than take the bus. Our flights cost us $280nz for the two of us and […]