Self-Catering in Australia
How to save money by self-catering in Australia When I was first estimating the likely costs of our Australia trip I allowed AU$50 per day for food for the 2 More… →
Category Archives: On the road
Flight sites – Why I book direct with the airline
A while ago I tested some of the many flight search sites that are on the internet. Some were dire and some useful, but none was great to the extent More… →
Renting short term accommodation in Asia
Renting holiday apartments and cottages in Asia When you’re travelling long term, hotels, guesthouses and restaurants pall after a while. I may not be the world’s greatest culinary enthusiast, but More… →
Flight search sites compared
Flight search sites – how good are they? I don’t know how many websites there are out there that claim to find you a flight at a good price – More… →
Lessons learned from our Bali burglary
We were burgled while staying in a rented cottage just outside Ubud in Bali. We lost all our laptops and tablets, a substantial amount of cash, our driving licences and More… →
Monkey trouble
I don’t claim to be any kind of expert on animal behaviour, but this was our experience of living in a monkey infested area just outside Ubud in Bali. First off More… →
Recipes for the Road
From time we rent an apartment for a few weeks and settle down to live somewhere. It’s nice not to have to eat in restaurants all the time, and we More… →
Accommodation
It used to be so easy. A few select hotels and guesthouses would be listed in a guidebook and you’d choose one, mostly based on price. Now, virtually every doss More… →
Staying healthy
Advice for avoiding traveller’s diarrhoea is all over the internet so I won’t repeat it here. By and large we stick to it, except we do sometimes have salads; avoiding More… →
Living Quarters
Half way into our stay, I still can hardly believe our luck in getting this apartment. Before we left Chennai I had fired off emails to the owners of every More… →