“Tragedy” at Milford Sound :)

Milford Sound Today Gimpy and I are heading to Milford Sound as it is considered a must see part of New Zealand! We originally planned to drive ourselves up to Milford since the drive is suppose to be as beautiful if not more beautiful than the sound itself. Unfortunately, heavy rains in the area meant a highway closure for us. The repairs only allow for tour buses to go up in specific convoys....

Heading to the South Island

Today is a bittersweet day. Sadly, we have to say farewell to Suzy as he flies home, but Gimpy and I continue our trip as we head to the South Island. Suzy and I had to wake up fairly early so that I could drive him to the airport to catch his flight. In the early morning hours, traffic is extremely light and within 15 minutes we were saying our good byes at the International terminal of...

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...

Wrapping up Turkey and Croatia

With my Turkey and Croatia trip fully blogged now, its time to think back and appreciate the journey! Thank you for coming along with me to this very interesting part of the world and I hope you enjoyed reading as much as I enjoyed writing about it! I had the idea of doing separate wrap ups for Turkey and Croatia. But I already asked Gimpy and Vino to do it for both, so it wasn't that fair if I...

Plitvice National Park

Plitvice National Park We were up early today in order to get to Plitvice National Park and beat some of the crowds. Our original plan was to do tour program C, starting with the great waterfall then head towards the upper lakes. However when we were checking out, our airbnb host suggested that we do the H program. He explained that we would start high and only have to walk downhill the rest of...