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Colombo: Top 10 Things to do
We spent two days in Colombo, starting and finishing our week visit to Sri Lanka in the capital city. We spent the first day exploring the Fort area and the second with a stroll along Galle Face Green and around Beira Lake. Here is my pick of the top 10 things to do on a…
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Colombo in 2 Days
We spent two days in Colombo, starting and finishing our week visit to Sri Lanka in the capital city. We spent the first day exploring the Fort area and the second with a stroll along Galle Face Green and around Beira Lake. Note: Colombo is hot, with an average daily high of 31 °C (88…
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Bled: Top 10 Things to do
We spent two days in Slovenia on our Balkan road trip; one in the capital, Ljubljana and one at the country’s top tourist attraction; the spectacular Lake Bled. Here is my pick of the top 10 things to do on a visit to Lake Bled. How to get to Bled The pretty little town of…
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Bled in 1 Day
We spent two days in Slovenia on our Balkan road trip; one exploring the capital, Ljubljana and one at the country’s top tourist attraction; the spectacular Lake Bled. How to get to Bled The pretty little town of Bled, famed for its picturesque lake is just 33 miles from the capital, Ljubljana; a quick blat…
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Ljubljana: Top 10 Things to do
We spent two days in Slovenia on our Balkan road trip; starting with a day exploring the country’s capital, Ljubljana. With a population of just 300,000, it’s unlike many capital cities. However, Ljubljana has an pleasant old town which run along the banks of the Ljubljanica River, scattered with parks and squares. All dominated by…
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Ljubljana in 1 Day
We spent two days in Slovenia on our Balkan road trip; starting with a day exploring the country’s capital, Ljubljana. With a population of just 300,000, it’s unlike many capital cities. However, Ljubljana has an pleasant old town which run along the banks of the Ljubljanica River, scattered with parks and squares. All dominated by…
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Singapore: Top 10 Things to do
We planned a brief layover in Singapore primarily to break up our journey home from New Zealand to London. However, Singapore turned out to be one of my all time favourite countries; The Garden City was a revelation. There are flowers on traffic islands, flowers on bridges, flowers on buildings, flowers everywhere. And no rubbish…
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Niš in 1 Day
We spent 4 days in Serbia during our Balkan Road Trip, arriving from Croatia in the north west and continuing to North Macedonia in the south east. Our route took us through Serbia’s three largest cities; Novi Sad, Belgrade and Niš, which we spent 24 hours exploring. How to get to Niš We drove to…
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Novi Sad in 1 Day
We spent 4 days in Serbia during our Balkan Road Trip, arriving from Croatia in the north west and continuing to North Macedonia in the south east. Our route took us through Serbia’s three largest cities; Novi Sad, Belgrade and Niš. We had one day to explore the country’s second biggest city, Novi Sad. Most…
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Belgrade: Top 10 Things to do
We spent two days exploring the Serbian capital, Belgrade during our Balkan Road Trip. Things I knew about Belgrade before we visited; (1) it was the capital of Yugoslavia, (2) former President Tito is buried here – you can visit his mausoleum and (3) you can visit Nikola Tesla’s remains in a golden casket in…
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