My worse flight was with KLM from Karachi to Amsterdam. I had a bad case of food poisoning before I got on the plane. It was a horrific flight where the staff with the exception of one stewardess were horrible.…
A Pelloponnese adventure ending with a mugging
A Pelloponnese adventure ending with a mugging In 2010 we decided to return to Greece and explore the Peloponnese peninsula. We married in Greece a few years earlier and love exploring this beautiful country. After leaving Athens airport with our…
Yippee my passport has arrived
Today the postman bought my new Dutch passport that is valid for 10 years. I can now make some plans on getting visas. I was lucky I did not have to go to London to get my passport renewed as…
Koala cuddling in Brisbane?
One thing that Debbie was keen to tick off her bucket list in Australia was a photo with a koala. What is on your bucket list to accomplish on a visit to Australia? On our next trip in 2015 we…
Where to stay and what to see in Malaysia?
I am curious and welcome any suggestions from people for places to see, stay and foods to try in Malaysia. We are staying on the mainland of Malaysia. The current plan is to arrive in Singapore in March 2015 and…
Food poisoning while travelling and how to avoid it
Have you ever been travelling and a few hours after eating you get that nauseous feeling. Depending on the virulence of the poisoning it can develop over a few hours or up to 3 days later after eating contaminated food…
In search of Hobbits Part 2: A journey around the North Island
In search of Hobbits Part 2: A journey around the North Island Factoid: New Zealand is geographically around the same side as the United Kingdom without the 65 million people. We left the South Island and its 1.5 million people…
Our big fat Greek Wedding
Our big fat Greek Wedding Debbie and I were married in May 2006 on the island of Zante in Greece. It was nearly a very short marriage and this is the story about our big fat greek wedding and how…
In search of Hobbits: Part 1 A journey around the South Island of New Zealand
It was nice to arrive back in New Zealand in November 2010 although a bit odd that my Canadian in-laws, Joe and Inga, met us at Christchurch airport. I’m a kiwi and it should have been the other way around…
Little Oasis at Hua Hin and the Phraya Nakhon cave
We were lucky enough to spend 10 days here in 2009. It is a couple of hours from Bangkok by car or you could take the train. There are several trains a day leaving from Bangkok’s Hua Lamphong Station. The…