The Armchair Traveller

One morning recently I was on my way to work and I came across an Elephant in the middle of a London street. Yes, that is correct, I said an elephant. I then looked a little bit harder and noticed that there were a lot of elephants all over the place, the elephants were on [...]

Today Rachel and I ventured out on our own. We were up early again and headed towards the nearest MTR (Mass Transit Railway) station on Jordan Road where we experienced the Hong Kong underground railway system. It was amazing! The trains were really regular, changing from one train to another couldn’t have been easier because [...]

Sunday we had an early start, we were picked up for today’s tour at 8am! We went through the same process of stickers, other pickups, and bus swapping, then with Kimmi as our guide (she told us all about the man shortage in Hong Kong and how women such as herself have a hard time [...]

On the second day of our trip to Hong Kong Rachel and I decided to make the most of an afternoon tour by catching up on some much needed sleep and sleeping in late that Saturday morning. The tour began at 1pm with us waiting in the Hotel lobby with stickers on our tops (as [...]

After a crazy farewell at Wellington airport yes my family were ALL there and it was a good thing, no real time for tears because there were so many to hug and so much going on it was all a bit of a blur.  Arrived at Auckland airport to be greeted by more family and [...]

Konichiwa, today we will take a trip to the exotic city of Kobe in Japan. Kobe is located on the island of Honshū, to the west of Osaka, and is the capital of Hyōgo Prefecture. It is one of Japan’s ten largest cities and is considered to be one of its most attractive cities.   Kobe [...]