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Ahoy from Coron, The high speed ferry from Coron had Wi-Fi, A/C, a snack counter and we got great seats. Phewww, Redemption feels good in 20 degree controlled climate! The two hour trek was a piece o’ piss, we deferried, (oh yeah when you leave a plane in the Philippines the hostesses announce that you will “deplane”) grabbed a trike to the other pier and 10 minutes later we were on a private boat to Discovery Resort on Discovery Island. Jen-Jen booked this epic place that is

Some days, the bus is empty and the open road sets you free. Some days, the bus is packed and you suffocate. Some days (and nights) you’re chained to the porcelain bus… ( B.J.S. 2026) Mabuhay from El Nido, After leaving our wonderful hosts in Port Barton, we got the obligatory trike to the bus stop, ready for our 3 - 4 hour journey to El Nido. Now, Jen-Jen has booked mostly everything on this trip, but I stepped up and booked the bus to El Nido. No worries, except that it was

Hail up Well the last few days have seen us do not much at all, dear readers. Jen-Jen has recovered, I’ve swum and had some good meals around the beach and we even had a night out in the Escape Bar where we RULED as kings of the pool table for an hour or so. Interesting side note: if you foul a ball, there is no two-shot rule. Instead, your opponent places the ball anywhere on the table for their next shot. Great rule, and one that we embraced whole-heartedly! Anyway, we sett

Aloha From Alona Good afternoon, dear readers, Well after the chaos of the canyoneering adventure, we had a very relaxing day and night at Seascape until Jen woke up in the middle of the night with massive ear pain. The next day, we were due to check out, but in the morning, she asked me to take her to the doctors to get a script for a severe ear infection. I’d purchased some ear drops from the pharmacy in Moalboal two days before, but they were not cutting the mustard - so

…the author sits in front of his computer and with shaking hand raises whiskey to mouth. The single malt soothes as it goes down, The wife skols half a can of premixed goodness and lets out a sigh. Their wide-eyes meet and after a few more sips, the horrors of the day seem to lessen… Ever heard of canyoneering? I’ve heard of the Canyaneero on The Simpsons, but canyoneering. No sir, I have not. Well, I hadn’t before a few weeks ago until I watched a YouTube video of two 18 ye

Good afternoon readers and welcome to our 2026 travel blog! For those of you who don’t know, my name is Brett, and my wife, Jen and I are both teachers from Australia who are taking the year off and travelling around the world. We have rented our house out, have said goodbye to the family, packed our (numerous) bags and then headed off to Sydney. We then jumped on the Cebu Pacific flight on Friday 6th Feb 2026. 8 hours later we landed in the Philippines, and after getting mig

Kalimera from the largest of the Greek islands, the mighty Crete. Yes, that's right folks, the land of the Minotaur and birthplace of many Cretan legends. Our flight to Chania - pronounced Hania - was easy, and we got a 2.5 Euro bus ticket to the old town. A beautiful stroll past shops, restaurants and cafes, and we came around the corner to the 700 year old Venetian Harbour of Chania, to find our new place, Hotel Lucia was front row! The hotel was old - the elevator was bui

Kalispera Malakas - we's in SAN TOE REE KNEE! The ferry from Naxos took two easy hours before we disembarked at Fira pier. We'd been to Santorini 10 years ago, and I remembered the road from the pier to the town. We jumped on the coach, and then I closed my eyes as we went up the numerous switchbacks to the top of the island. A bus change, a 5-minute walk and we were on top of the island - literally - and looking at the first of a hundred staircases at Andromeda Villas. A qui

Kalimera from Naxos, After a rather pleasant ferry ride, our host Nikos picked us up from the dock and drove us to the very cool Nikos Verikokos in the Old Town of Naxos. This was actually only about a 10-minute walk from the dock, but with suitcases and cobblestones, it was much easier for us to get picked up. Nikos drove us around town and gave us a mini-tour because Jen wanted to know where to buy good wine. Most places were shut because it was Sunday - and then he told us

Kalispera Malakas from Paros (and Anti-Paros) So the day after I hit the Big 5-0, we set sail (on the ferry) for the 5-hour easy as ride to the island of Paros. We arrived in the port town of Perikia at 8.30 pm, and the first thing we noticed as the big ferry drawbridge descended was a beautiful old town square of grey marble, resplendent with trees and obligatory statues. Or hotel - Hotel Kontes was right at the port and within minutes we were into our new rooms and explori

Kalispera from Pollonia on the NE tip of Milos. We bid Maria adieu and jumped in the Corsa for the 20-minute windy road trip to Pollonia. The old town on the beach at Pollonia was just fishing villages, but are all now villas. We stayed right in the heart of the restaurant district above a café that served breaky to us in the morning. Our host, George, was a hospitable young dude and helped me carry our bags from the public carpark a few hundred metres away to our room. He to

Kalimera from the island of Milos in Greece, After the epic “Festival of Sedge” i.e. my 50 th birthday celebrations, we packed up the house, packed off the stragglers, packed the car and drove to Sarah’s in Newcastle. A quiet night ensured before we embarked on some epic travel. · Newcastle to Sydney – 4 hours – including check-in · Sydney to Singapore – 8.5 hours · Singapore layover – 6 hours · Singapore to Athens – 11.5 hours · Athens layover

Sawasdee Kahp from Koh Samui. Well, the time it took to get here was fucking ridiculous. We got the tram in Bergen at 7.15 am. Flew from Bergan to Copenhagen 10.00 - 11.00am We hung around the airport until we got on the 2.30pm flight from Copenhagen to Bangkok (10.5 hours) We then got to Bangkok at 7.00am - Thai time. We then stored ALL of our winter and wedding gear at Suvarnabhumi airport before we got the 10am flight (45 mins) to Koh Samui. We arrived at Chaweng Beach Gar

We had a buffet breakfast at the Marina and relaxed as we had an 11.30am checkout. We walked slowly through the morning sun - oh yeah the sun came back on the day that we AREN”T riding down muddy mountain goat tracks - to the train station and took some pics before chilling in the sun. We grabbed our bags from the storage and jumped on the world-famous Flamsbarna train. This train went back up to Mordor, I mean Myrdal and took an hour to climb the 865 metres over 20 km of tra

Heya, We got up early, rolled the 40 keg suitcases over the cobblestones and had breaky at the train station. We found our spacious, plush seats on the train, and we were on the four-hour ride from Oslo to Myrdal station. This train ride goes all the way to Bergen, and the 7-hour ride in its entirety is considered to be one of the most picturesque in all of the world. We were breaking up the ride by stopping at Myrdal, riding bikes to Flam for the night, and getting the train

Up at sparrow’s - taxi to BSI - Skybus to Airport - 2.5 hour flight to Oslo - cramped seats but we slept for most of it. - no passport...

We slept in, packed our bags and Nanna (Siggy’s misso) drove us into town. We put some fuel in the car and she dropped us off right in...

Day 3 was an easy chill day. I got up at 6am and listened to the Knights scrape a win against the Raiders in Golden Point by a penalty…...

Instead of navigating the Suby for a 5 hour round trip we booked in on a bus trip to circumnavigate the famous “Golden Circle” of...

Up at sparrows (half 3) Airlink to Airport - Edi to Std (easy -peasy) 4 hour wait at Stansted. Recharged devices, ate, hung around....