Wearing sunscreen to the bathroom

Wearing sunscreen to the bathroom

You know you are in an exotic location like the Gili Islands when you have an outdoor bathroom. There is just something about it that screams HOLIDAY! Add to that the fact that the bar at the beach club had swing seats. So. Impressed. We had arrived on Gili Air, one...
Back in Bali

Back in Bali

There is something about Asia that gets me every time. The smells, the noise, the beautiful chaos. I love it! Landing in Bali, even though I was ridiculously tired, I was so happy to sit back and watch it all whizzing past my car window.   Waking up in Ubud was...
Remembering the ANZACS

Remembering the ANZACS

Gallipoli is always a destination high on the list for Australian travellers and now I can say that I am lucky enough to have been.   The Gallipoli peninsula is a (long!) day trip from Istanbul, but it was time well spent. To see it with my own eyes was really...
Istanbul not Constantinople…

Istanbul not Constantinople…

Does anyone even remember that song?? Istanbul is blowing my mind. It’s been a long time since a city did that. Why am I here? A girl called Laura and a bike called Doris cycled 4,300+ km’s across Europe and so we decided to celebrate with a week in...
Absorbing the beauty of Koh Tachai

Absorbing the beauty of Koh Tachai

Getting up in the dark at 6am isn’t always a fun start to the day, but it does make you feel like you are on holidays. Today’s destination, Koh Tachai.Living so close to such a beautiful part of the world would make you think that I should go more often....
When things become….’normal’

When things become….’normal’

There comes a time in every expat’s life when you realise that what’s ‘normal’ has changed. This recently happened to me when I discovered the following….experiences…had become routine.Taking your shoes offIn Asia, when entering a...