A Beautiful Beach Wedding, Koh Samui

A Beautiful Beach Wedding, Koh Samui

My sister recently got married. It was the most beautiful beach wedding in Koh Samui, Thailand. Family and friends traveled from all corners of the world, reuniting in the gorgeous Banyan Tree Resort. The resort is an ideal, luxurious setting for a wedding. We were treated to large, private villas nestled amongst jungle cliffs that look over […]

The Perfect Beach – Boracay, Philippines

The Perfect Beach – Boracay, Philippines

I admit it, I’m kind of a beach snob. The ocean’s shade of blue, it’s clarity, the sand’s softness and grain size.. it all matters when you’re on the hunt for the perfect beach. If, like me, you’re determined to sink your feet into warm sand of the world’s best beaches, then I can happily tell you […]

Shipwreck Diving in Coron Bay, Palawan

Shipwreck Diving in Coron Bay, Palawan

Shipwreck diving in Coron Bay, Philippines is world famous for a reason. It’s more spectacular and epic than you could imagine. Our time here was world’s apart from island hopping in El Nido or Boracay! After reading about the many WW2 Japanese ships that were attacked by US forces on September 24th 1944, and how you […]

Coron Town, Philippines

Coron Town, Philippines

After an incredible time on El Nido, our next stop was Coron Town on the island of Busuanga (also in the province of Palawan). Coron is the main town on the island for diving the world famous WW2 ship wrecks (read all about my Shipwreck diving in Coron Bay). Not to get confused, there’s also […]

Island Hopping in El Nido, Philippines

Island Hopping in El Nido, Philippines

Arriving in El Nido was an island dream come true. With the long journey to get there and the fact that it is still relatively untraveled, it really felt like a special kind of paradise. As I mentioned in my last El Nido post, the true beauty of this protected area is when you reach […]

Paradise in El Nido, Philippines

Paradise in El Nido, Philippines

Spending a month in the Philippines was one of the best vacations I’ve ever been on. It was my boyfriend and I’s first big travel trip together, so that definitely added to the excitement. We wanted a more unusual beach destination, in SE Asia, with world-class dive sites (since we’re both keen divers). Also so we […]

The Best of Playa del Carmen

The Best of Playa del Carmen

I absolutely love planning a vacation. Reading blogs on the top things to do, best hotels to stay at and restaurants to dine in, and then going there to make my own little reviews. After reading up about Cancun and learning that it doesn’t really portray the ‘real’ Mexico, plus the fact that it’s mostly […]

Top 5 Things To Do In Egypt

Top 5 Things To Do In Egypt

My sister has just left Egypt. She was living there with her fiance for 2 years, so it became my ‘home’ for a while. I used to visit her all the time in the non-stop, wonderfully chaotic city of Cairo. It’s pretty ‘centrally’ located (from the UK and Europe) so flights to Egypt can be found at […]

The Red Sea – An Underwater Paradise

The Red Sea has given me that wow feeling countless times. It’s no surprise that this crystal-clear, underwater paradise is one of the 7 wonders of the underwater world. It boasts over 1100 species of fish to feast your eyes on and a rainbow of gorgeous coloured coral. I’ve just come back from my second trip there. As […]

Sunrise at Sea

One of my favourite routines on the boat is getting out on the helideck each morning to take a photo of the gorgeous sunrise. Each day a different colour splashed unpredictably across the sky. The slow, surfacing sun creeping delicately over the horizon, casting a shining path across the deep blue ocean.  It really is […]