Category: Travel
#29 Gaarawé: Eco Utopia?
A straw poll between the whopping 4 us revealed that we were happier amongst people and doing something purposeful. The last 2 volunteering gigs had been a hit with the kids, despite the animal sanctu... Read More
#28 Thailand
Someone was smiling down on us. We had tried everything to get to Bali and Lombok, but our plans were futile and it didn’t work out. On arriving in Thailand we heard the terrible news of the ear... Read More
#27 Crossroads: Malaysia to where?
We left the Cat sanctuary with heavy hearts – due to the emotion invested in our four legged friends, but once we were on the bus to Kuantan, a town only 70kms away, a wave of relief came over u... Read More
#26 Pekan: The animal shelter
After 3 hours on the bus from KL, we arrived in Pekan. Having only had communication via Facebook we were a tad nervous that we wouldn’t get picked up from the bus stop on arrival. I managed t... Read More
#25 “Football’s coming home..?”
After a magnificent two weeks on Tioman island it was time to get back to reality…whatever that is, or maybe we were going from reality into some other place?? We said our goodbyes to our new family... Read More
#24 Tioman Island: JTP Part 2
Island life really suited us. We awoke each day buzzing with what the day had in store. Breakfast and lunch were provided by JTP and all the volunteers ate together, so there was always lots of chat a... Read More
#23 Tioman Island: Juara Turtle Project Part 1
An integral part of this journey was always going to be getting involved in volunteering project work, preferably with animals, and even before leaving Cape Town, we had earmarked a turtle conservatio... Read More
#22 Kuala Lumpur: Reconnecting
After the fiasco of finding a bed for the night, an apartment had to be found for the proceeding 6 days. Thankfully the internet connection was closer to first world than in the Philippines, so we w... Read More
#21 Palawan to Kuala Lumpur
It was just the four of us again (plus the infinite amount of mosquitos) and the rain: buckets of it; so we were penned in and alternated between the bedroom, veranda and the communal dinning room. Th... Read More
#20 Philippines: Buena Vista to El Nido
Laura and Mark’s fear was that the wound could be infected due to the primitive conditions at the small clinic at Buena Vista, and unfortunately they were proved correct. Zack’s stitches had to be... Read More
#19 Philippines: The Accident
The weather turned in our favour and the kids had great fun, swimming in the sea and building houses for the tiny crabs at the waters edge. Mark went for a long swim and I was quite far out in the w... Read More- 3 of 4
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