Holiday Lodge

A trip to Brisbane Australia to start the holiday. desination after some travel to Port Douglas and the Silky Oaks lodge on the edge of the Daintree Rain Forest ...

... about a milion words to write and about 300photos to upload. I will do I - I promisse! for now I am in Thala Beach Lodge. It is a five star holiday resort with its own beach. I got my own fancy bungalow. However it is a bit like a golden cage as it is ...

After crossing the International Dateline, we arrived in Tonga on the afternoon of Tuesday, August 23rd – more than two days after we originally left San Francisco. We were met at the airport and traveled, along with another couple from England, to ...

... ; We were lucky to get seats though and reached Jo’burg in plenty of time for our flight home. This has been the most fantastic holiday and has given us the 'memories to last a lifetime’ that we so wanted.  We hope to be able to tell you ...

... day... We had to get up for a 6am start this day, with much grumbling on my part as this was meant to be my holiday! After a short boat ride, we walked for about 3 hours to the "Lost Lake". The guide stopped us about every 200 metres to look at ...

... , and a rhino just lay down in a dry river bed for a nap.  The wildlife, scenery, and experiences from this holiday could not have been more incredible.  Africa, despite its many problems, must be one of the most worthy travel destinations in ...

... amazing mini holiday to the Gold Coast, I returned back to Melbourne, but not quite back to the Lords Lodge just yet. My friend Sophie's housemate had gone on holiday for two weeks, so I moved in and lived in comparative luxury for 9 days, for free. The ...

Although it seems a contradiction in terms to call the six days spent on the coast of Lake Malawi a "holiday", it felt like one, and it is one that I needed. Given the distance I want to cover in my four months in Africa I have had to always keep moving, ...

... in the light of day that we realised quite what a treat we were in for! You couldn't have put a better view on a glossy holiday brochure than the one that greeted us as we crossed the road and hit the beach!....flat, turquoise sea stretching out as far ...

... visions it induces, it also results in intense vomiting and diarrohea. I was reminded of the quote in the book I was reading on holiday at the moment ("The Gringo Trail" by Mark Mann), where the author tried the concoction - "I felt a stabbing gut-ache ...

... to a chocolate company. Our group consisted of the two of us, a Kiwi lady from Auckland and a nice Welsh couple who were on a holiday in NZ before they went home to work for about a week and then both go into retirement. I really enjoyed talking with ...

... from Europe. It was our first time ever to visit Coron and we experienced something that is truly incomparable from our other holiday trips. From Manila we took a flight to Busuanga (Coron airport) via Zest Air. Aboard the craft as we looked outside the ...

... that we drive past which is on the map and realise we are nowhere near where we asked to be taken. He pulls into a place called 'Coconut Lodge'. "This isn't our hostel" we say "Yes, yes it is." "No it's not" we tell him, "it has a different name and is ...

... Andes Lodge website at www.andeslodge.com On our trip back to Rancangua we stayed one night at Puerto Varras, another popular holiday place in the Lagos region. On the same large lake Llanquiue we went through Frutillar, famous for its annual classical ...

... covered the two of us, but our feet came out the bottom. So yeah, it was basically a large towel. Picture that. The lodge itself was like a lot of Siem Reap and very colonial looking with nicely designed balconies and edging, plus some good old pastel ...

... not operating in environments that are at all familiar and therefore predictable. The stress levels certainly are higher than an average holiday and the constant pressure to make sure we are keeping up with school work or making sure we keep the ...

... all looking in the same direction and therefore were not looking at one another which is conducive to having a conversation! Back to the lodge again for a much-needed beer and finally 2 more games of much more even scrabble, and we each won one each. ...

OUR BLOG Today is a bank holiday so expect things to be fairly quiet. Slept really well last night. Good air conditioning and ceiling fan at Sails Lodge. Great breakfast of fruit and toast. Locally grown pineapples and watermelons tasted divine and had so ...

... Courthouse & Iron Bar.........they seem to be the only places to go really. It is a very pretty town but it is 100% a holiday resort for the well-off.........not really my scene. Had 1 day where we went on a day's diving trip out to the Agincourt ...

... the stay, but I don't think anyone was expecting the kind of luxury with which we were greeted, on our arrival at Moivaro Lodge. Being a typical cash strapped backpacker, it is the kind of place I can only dream about. It was absolute heaven!! There were ...