Transit to Singapore

Guam to Nagoya After crashing at my Guam AirBNB, I had to get up bright and early for the last series of my flights to Singapore before settling for a few days. I was excited for this element of my trip as my business class flights on my itinerary would start today. The first of which would be a United flight from Guam to Nagoya. Because the United staff had a bit of trouble dealing with my...

Planning: Singapore, Australia, New Zealand & Taiwan

Singapore, Australia, New Zealand and Taiwan In about a weeks time, I'll be embarking on a fairly large and complex trip to the other side of the world. I'll end up visiting Singapore, Australia, New Zealand and Taiwan on this trip. The initial plan is to head south to Australia and attend Physio's wedding! You may remember back in 2017 when Photos and I visited Physio Down Under! This time, I'll...

Looking back at Travelling Minion’s 2018

It feels like 2018 has flown by! While I didn't go on as many trips this year, they were still pretty memorable and special ones! As the year draws to a close, I thought it'd be great to look back at some of the awesome adventures I was able to have this year! Korea and the Olympics I took my first trip of 2018 in February to South Korea. My main reason for the trip, was to visit the 2018 Winter...

Reflecting on Turkey & Croatia – Gimpy!

Last but not least is Gimpy wrapping up with her thoughts on our Turkey and Croatia Trip.  I sent her a list of questions so she could share with us! If you're interested in reading Vino's thoughts click here. For my wrap up, click here. And if you want to read through the whole trip from beginning to end, please click here. My top 3 highlights of the trip Highlight #1: Hot air balloon ride!...

Gallipoli & Our last day with G Adventures

Crossing the Dardanelles to Gallipoli We had to get an early start since we had a ferry to catch across the Dardanelles to Gallipoli. While the sun had already risen by the time the ferry departed, the view of both sides of the water was still incredible. ANZAC Landings Upon arriving on the other side, we drove to our first stop on the Peninsula, the first ANZAC landing site. I first heard of the...

Ayvalik

Ayvalik The name of the game today would be to chill and we would be doing that in Ayvalik. After a quick breakfast in our Selcuk hotel, we got back on our bus for the drive to Ayvalik. It was an uneventful drive and after a few hours we entered Ayvalik. Our bus dropped us off a few blocks from where we would stay for the evening. Because of the way the streets are structured, it would have been...