Posts by Elisabeth Sowerbutts
Langkawi Cable Car, Malaysia
Its pretty unusual seeing women wearing head scarfs getting into a cable car. Its even more unusual to be doing it your self it shorts and sweating! The locals had their cardigans and jackets though – because at the top of the Langkawi cable car – its actually surprisingly cool – over 700m above sealevel…
Read MoreRail Cruising: Self Drive Railway in Rotorua
Well this is cool – New Zealanders are quite good at inventing new ways to make money from tourists – the bungy jump is of course the most famous one. But this is the newest: self-drive on a railway with a petrol-hybrid smart car! The rail cruiser was designed to run on a disused stretch…
Read MoreWaitomo Caves: Returning After 28 Years
”They” say its not a good idea to return to a place of happy memories. My memories of Waitomo’s Caves were vaguely happy, they may indeed have been very happy, but thanks to a rather large amount of alcohol that was consumed on that trip, the details are fuzzy. Twenty-eight years later I figured it…
Read MoreTricks The Airlines Play! Bundling Connecting Flights Isn’t Always Cheaper!
Although I will happily travel to see snow – I hate the cold and wet winters of New Zealand. So time to book a holiday to the tropics – and Samoa is our most likely destination this year. Now Samoa is a destination growing in popularity with New Zealanders so I’ve been keeping an eye…
Read MorePhuket International Airport: Arrivals, Transfers, Departures – All You Need To Know
Content last updated – November 2016 – please contact me if you have an update! Phuket International Airport (code: HKT) is Thailand’s second busiest airport. I was surprised at that fact because having flown through the airport a couple of times – its fairly small, and feels like a medium-sized domestic airport, rather than one…
Read MorePhoto of the Day: Melbourne Skyline From the Tasmanian Ferry
I took this photos as the ferry to Tasmania pulled out of Melbourne. Its unusual – not only was the morning completely calm, but most of the ferry’s sailings are overnight. I really liked how the just rising sun managed to highlight the older buildings along St Kilda Road on the waterfront, while the more…
Read MorePhoto of the Day: Bell Gorge Western Australia
The smile says it all! I was sooo looking forward to this swim. Bell Gorge is a camping site on station on the Gibb River Road, Western Australia. We’d driven all day on dusty, rutted roads, knowing that somewhere near the camp site was a crocodile free swimming hole! We arrived about an hour before…
Read MoreKindle 2011: Why I’m Buying Another Kindle for International Travel
I’m already sold on my Kindle for travel. I bought what is now known as a Kindle Keyboard, earlier this year. The device is great, and I’ll tell you why in a moment. But the thing is, I need to buy another one. My partner has high-jacked my Kindle! He won’t give it back. He’s a voracious…
Read MoreTraveling the World – How To Travel Around the World
That’s where it starts you know. I just wanted to travel for a year and “get it out of my system”, settle down, get a job, build a career… Well there is some good and bad news – the good news is that taking the year off to travel is not that hard. The bad…
Read MoreCheap Flights to Koh Samui: Do Cheap Samui Flights Exist?
Content last updated – November 2016 – please contact me if you have an update! So you are little frustrated about the prices you’ve found for flights to Ko Samui? I’m not surprised, the route has very little competition on it, and until recently the ONLY airline that flew the route was Bangkok Airways -…
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