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  • Thailand Revisited

    We have spent the past seven weeks in Thailand. During the first three weeks we caught up with a friend from Brisbane. We stayed at the Ibis Bangkok Sukhumvit 4 for five nights (AU$86.92 per night). For the second time this year, we went on the Hidden Bangkok Boat Tour – a two hour cruise

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  • 2025 Travel Highlights

    It’s been an incredible first year of full-time travel and we’ve had an absolute blast! We hope you’ve enjoyed following our travel journey so far. Make sure you scroll to the end of this post to see our travel stats for 2025. But for now, here is our ‘Best Of’ list for 2025: Best Experience,

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  • Malaysia

    On the 30th of October we flew Malaysia Airlines from Chennai, India to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. On arrival, we caught a taxi to our hotel which was about an hour from the airport. We were staying at the recently renovated Grand Mercure Kuala Lumpur Bukit Bintang (AU$129.25 per night). Unfortunately, they didn’t have a license

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  • India

    We arrived in Mumbai, India after an overnight flight from Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. It took a long time to get through border control, but we eventually made it to our taxi and on to our hotel in Colaba. We were staying at Apollo Guest House for three nights (AU$77.32 per night). It is located

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  • Zanzibar

    We spent four days in Madrid for some much needed R&R (full-time travel can be tiring 🫩) and CVT (cerveza, vino and tapas 🥳). Our hotel was Diezmadrid Hostal (AU$210.80 per night) which was perfectly located directly across the road from Matador, a great little tapas bar which we frequented daily. After sufficient rest, we

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  • Mount Toubkal

    On Sunday the 14th of Sepember, I left Bernii in Casablanca and caught the train back to Marrakech to be ready for my trip to Imlil the following morning. The driver picked me up from my hotel at 9:00AM and drove to Aroumd, a small village just outside of Imlil. We walked a short distance

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  • On the 26th of August we flew from Barcelona to Porto. We loved our time in Portugal so much that we wanted to go back. We spent five nights in Porto, staying at the same hotel we previously stayed at, the Ibis Porto Centro Mercado Do Bolhão. During our stay we returned to some of

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  • This update comes to you from the Carlsberg beer garden at the Barcelona airport. There’s been a bit of a delay in getting this blog posted. No excuses, it is what it is. I joined Bernii in London on Thurday 24th of July. We were staying at the Ibis London City Shoreditch (AU$311 per night).

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  • On Saturday 28th of June I flew from Bangkok to Islamabad in Pakistan to trek to K2 Base Camp and cross Gondogoro La with Epic Expeditions. This trek was going to be the most challenging trek that I have undertaken. Although the maximum altitude is lower than the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro (5650m vs 5895m),

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  • Khao Lak and Bangkok

    We reunited in Bangkok on the 17th of May where we spent three nights staying at the Ibis Bangkok Sukhumvit 4. We have stayed there regularly as it is a great location and meets our needs: a comfortable bed, cold air conditioning and a hot shower. Bernii has also reached platinum status in the Accor

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