Merida is an incredible city in Mexico to visit. Nestled on the Yucatan Peninsular, around 3-4 hours west of Cancun, Merida is gorgeous, with heaps of restaurants, historic buildings and stunning neighbourhoods to visit. Honestly, there are heaps of the best things to do in Merida that will fill any trip to the city. However, … Continue Reading
As beautiful as Mexico can be, one of the biggest concerns before visiting is about ‘general safety’. Understandably so too as there’s also no uniformity on this. Safety tends to be tied to certain specific pockets so you could find one area is quite fine but the surrounding areas aren’t. Anyway, thanks to this, when … Continue Reading
If you want to know the best things to do in Merida in Mexico, this is the post for you because the very next day, i.e. on our second day in Merida (after our first evening at La Negrita) we started the day poring over our plans to visit the city as we had breakfast. … Continue Reading
So after our day spent exploring some of the best things to do in Merida in Mexico, our next day was spent exploring the best things to do outside of Merida. A big one for us was visiting the ancient Mayan temple of Uxmal, venturing to some local Haciendas (which are like these really old … Continue Reading
By our fourth day in Merida in Mexico, it felt like we’d pretty much seen most of the major sites to see in Merida (especially on this day and then on this day for the incredible cenotes and Mayan ruins just outside of Merida) but there was one place that we still hadn’t covered yet … Continue Reading
England is an incredible country to explore, with a surprising amount of diversity, culture and charm for a relatively small island. Not only that, there are heaps of the best places for a staycation in Britain dotted all across the island. From the beautiful coastline of Pembrokeshire in Wales, driving the NC500 in the Scottish … Continue Reading
Perched within the colossal Pyrenees Mountains of Europe, Andorra is a relatively small country to visit in Europe. However, don’t be fooled by its size, there are heaps of the best things to do in Andorra dotted all across the country. One of the great things about visiting Andorra is that you get to have … Continue Reading
If you’re visiting the Big Apple, then you’ll want to make sure you see one of the current Broadway shows in New York. It’s the perfect way to spend an evening in New York or even an afternoon while visiting Manhattan. Whenever we visit New York, we always book at least one Broadway performance for … Continue Reading
No trip to New York is complete without a Broadway show. It’s easily one of the top things to do in New York, with people coming from all over the world to see the shows and some being booked out months in advance. This all means it’s really important to plan and book your tickets … Continue Reading
New York City is an incredible city to visit, with so many places to see and things to do all across the city. New York is also home to world-class art, culture and of course, Broadway theatre. All around the Theatre District, some of the world’s best shows are being performed, and it can be … Continue Reading
For the longest time, I’ve wanted to travel to Greenland. It’s been up there, and I’ve visited other far-flung destinations like Antarctica and Nepal. Finally, after many years of planning, we made this a reality; we booked a tour that would have us visiting Greenland on an expedition. Okay, rewind. We had this trip planned … Continue Reading
After our sailing through Prince Christian Sound, we woke bright and early to the most insatiable views of Greenland, just north of Nanortalik. After a little briefing, we heard we would be making landfall in Greenland, anchoring off-shore and taking to the coast via the onboard zodiacs. I was so excited, especially as there was … Continue Reading
After our day in the Greenlandic Hot Springs of Uunartoq and a good night’s sleep onboard Ocean Albatros, we finally made it to Qassiarsuk (Brattahlíð). This is one of the first settlements of Erik The Red, who was banished from Iceland centuries ago. In fact, it was the first permanent settlement by European settlers that … Continue Reading
After our trip to Qassiarsuk, we made our way to the Greenlandic city of Nuuk, which is, in many ways, the cultural hub of Greenland. It’s by far the largest city (around eighteen thousand residents), which feels super big when you’re here. It’s well worth visiting Nuuk in Greenland for at least a long afternoon. … Continue Reading
