On the way to Lake St Clair It was an 1 hour and 45 min drive from Maydena to Lake St Clair Lodge where we stayed one night. The distance travelled was only a mere 141 km and yet we…
Day 5 & 6: Mount Field
New Norfolk New Norfolk was midpoint on our way to Mount Field National Park. The drive took only 30 minutes. Our destination was “Dervent Cliff Walk” which overlooked River Dervent. We parked our car at a carpark by the river…
Myanmar Summed Up
A Lovely Myanmar Trip We had a wonderful “eight-day-seven-night” time in Myanmar. This trip was much above our expectations. We engaged “One Stop Travel & Tours, Myanmar” to take care of all our travelling needs and had a wonderful time…

Day 6 & 7: Mandalay
Summary of our 2 day in Mandalay Mandalay was the last of our four cities trip. We had two days for Mandalay which was pretty sufficient. In Mandalay our most memorable attraction was U-Bein Bridge and watching sunset over the…

Day 2 & 3: Lake Inle
Summary We had two days at Inle Lake and had a great time visiting temples, local craft workshops and village markets. We flew into Heho International Airport which was about 27 km from the lake and stayed in a resort…

Hawaii Summed Up
Was four weeks enough? The Hawaii Archipelago had 137 islands stretching over 2400km. At the southern end of the archipelago were eight main islands known the Main Hawaiian Islands. Six were habitable (visitable), one was a private island for farming…

Week 4: Big Island
Summary Big Island was the fourth and last Hawaiian island in our 4-week Hawaii DIY trip. Unlike the other three islands (Oahu, Kauai and Maui), Big Island was much bigger so it was only practical for us to stay in…

Week 3: Maui
Summary Our best experience in Maui was on Mount Haleakala Summit. We were practically “standing” on clouds. The sunset experience above the clouds was also a lifetime wish came true. We also had our first encounter with Hawaiian green sea…

Week 2: Kauai
Summary We arrived in Kauai on the 4th of August just after 12 noon and left on the 11th of August very early in the morning. We had about 7.5 days to explore the island which was sufficient enough for…

Week 1: Oahu
Summary Week 1 in Hawaii was spent on Oahu Island. We had 7 full days to explore this lovely island. The island was not very big so 7 days was enough for us. Our accommodations were all located near Waikiki…

Day 52 & 53: Going Home
Summary We were on the final leg of our road trip. Wow! It was 53 days ago when we first picked up our Citroen car at Tolouse and soon it was about time to return the car to the same…

Day 51: Montserrat
Summary Our last destination in Spain was Montserrat (saw tooth mountain) and the famous abbey that sat on it. It was a short drive from Barcelona to the mountain. We stayed for a night in a hotel next to the…

Day 46 & 47: Valencia
Summary We had two days to explore Valencia. It was a lovely place and one of the places in our itinerary we were looking forward to visit was the “grand old market”, which was not the typical modern supermarket. “The…

Day 45: Monasterio de Piedra Natural Park
Summary We drove a long way to visit Monasterio de Piedra Natural Park. It was a tedious 3 hour 15 minute drive over 266 km. This Natural Park was so out of way and we were not sure how to…

Day 44: El Escorial & Segovia
Summary We drove from Madrid to San Lorenzo El Escorial and stopped there to visit its famous Monastery. It was a monastery that looked more like a fortress and a palace. After visiting the monastery we drove to Segovia where…

Day 42 & 43: Madrid
Summary We had two nights in Madrid and we stayed in an apartment in Madrid Centro. From Toledo to Madrid was an hour drive. We knew that Madrid Centro had restricted entry non-resident cars so we were very carefull not…

Day 40: Consuegra
Summary We drove from Cordoba to Daimiel Tablas wetland, unfortunately the weather was horribly hot so we did not get out of our air-conditioned car to explore the wetland. We drove on to Consuegra to see the amazing windmills. The…

Day 39: Cordoba
Summary We went from Granada to Cordoba. At Cordoba our main focus was Mezquita-Catedral de Cordoba (Mosque Cathedral of Cordoba), this building looked magnificent from the outside but it was its interior that took our breath away. It was so…

Day 38: Granada
Summary We had one night in Granada. We started our journey from Colomares Castle and drove 187 km to Granada. Midway we stop at Frigiliana a beautiful white Spanish Village for coffee break. We reached Granada at about 3 pm…

Day 37: Caminito Del Rey & Colomares Castle
Summary We drove north east to visit Caminito de Rey and then south east to Colomare Monument. At Caminito de Rey we joined a 8 km guided walk through an incredible beautiful gorge of the Desfiladero de los Gaitanes, where…

Day 33 & 34: Seville
Summary We had two nights in Seville, on the first evening we went to a local tavern to see the “Flamenco” (spanish dance). After the dance we visited Las Setasvisited de Sevilla a magnificent modern architecture. The next day was…

Day 32 & 33: Algarve
Summary We left Arrifana at about about noon driving towards the western tip of Algarve. We decided not to stop at Bordeira’s beach as it would be similar to Arrifana beach we drove ahead to the “Lighthouse of Cabo de…

Day 31: Lisbon to Algarve
Summary We had two and a half days for Algarve which was a southern most region of Portugal. The first day was focused on getting to Algarve. We drove about 250 km from Lisbon to a small town on the…

Day 26, 27 & 28: Lisboa
Summary We stayed in Lisbon for two nights. We left Sintra and arrived in Lishon in the late afternoon. We drove directly to our first destination, Tower of Belem. After the tower, we were off to our “stay” located in…

Day 25 & 26: Berlengas & Sintra
Summary In the morning we drove to Peniche, a major fishing port on the west side of Portugal. From there we took a boat ride to Berlenga islands which was about 16 km west of Peniche. We spent the entire…

Day 23 & 24: Serra da Estrela Natural Park
Summary Our next destination in Portugal was Serra da Estrela Natural Park. On the first day we explored Necropole de Sao Gens, Cabeca do Velho and Senhora da bao Estrela and along the way we stopped at two reservoirs/dams. We…

Day 20 & 21: Porto
Summary From Folgosa (Douro River) we drove east to Porto (old town) which was about 161 km away. On the way we made a detour to explore “Shrine of Our Lady of Remedies”. In many ways this cathedral was similar…

Day 16 & 17: Roman Bridge, Granaries Soajo & Geres National Park
Summary Finally we drove into Portugal after already 15 days in Spain (northern). We had allocated 17 days for Portugal and would be travelling north to south and then would cross into Southern Spain before going north again via the…