Our Holidays

Traveling the world since 2005

With 150 people to get on 2 flights and all their baggage and all their extra baggage as a number had bought souvenirs, this was not going to be an easy operation. However our travel company was up for the challenge and the bus which was full, did not have enough space in boot, and …

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Kuching, the cat city had lots of great things to go and see during our day off… There was the Orchid Garden, the State Legislature, Fort Margherita, the Cat Museum, and the layer cake shop. So after a leisurely breakfast and some quick organisation to send some clothes to the laundry we set off with …

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The day as ever with these IPS conferences started early with breakfast and then the bus ride to our first visit of the day, Semmengoh Wildlife Sanctuary. Which has well as having a great collection of palm trees also had a number or resident orangutans. They were fantastic to see, but as will all these …

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A 30 minute bus ride through the rush-hour of Kuching took us to the boat jetty for our trip to Bako National Park. We were soon loaded into boats and on our way to the park proper. The boat trip down the river to the sea and then round a couple of headlands to the …

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Waking up early in the morning we had time for a quick dip in the wonderful pool at the Crowne Plaza, before we headed to breakfast, and the inevitable repack before heading back to the terminal and check in for the next flight. The water was crystal clear and refreshing without being cold. While we …

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Arriving on time we soon left the plane and were on our way to the East Transfer area to go through Thai security and head to the Lounge of Singapore Airlines. Because the trip had been booked over two different tickets with multiple airlines I had allowed us a very generous 6 hour transfer in …

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Why is it when you absolutely must be somewhere or do something something comes alone which make what should be simple and straight forward, difficult… Such was the case today when I had to be a the station for 11:30 for the train to the airport, and in the office at 11:00 the phone rang …

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