by timshazz | Jul 3, 2021 | Backpacking, Destinations
Watermelon pink walls – Ouch! The overnight train trip to Shymkent, Kazakhstan’s third-largest city, was fairly uneventful and almost comfortable if it wasn’t for the fact the Air-Con only worked when the train was moving rapidly and that wasn’t all...
by timshazz | Jul 3, 2021 | Backpacking, Destinations
Green Market – Almaty As much as we would have probably liked to sleep till midday, we had lots of things to do in Almaty (AKA Alma – Ata) before we could start to enjoy ourselves. After our somewhat traumatic 23 hour crossing from China, I was totally...
by timshazz | Apr 9, 2019 | Destinations, Travel Tips and Advice
The brand-spanking new airport in Muscat was a fine sight indeed for the two weary travellers. We’d been on the go for the last day, having departed Maafushi in the Maldives in a speedboat and then onto 3 different planes from Mali, Colombo and then Dubai. We...
by timshazz | Apr 9, 2019 | Destinations, Travel Tips and Advice
Amazing sunset on Negombo Beach After our little “Roadside” bus excursion the other day, we decided to fork out for a van to return from Trincomalee to Negombo to pick up our friend Teresa and so that Sharyn could take her plane back to Australia for her...
by timshazz | Apr 9, 2019 | Destinations, Travel Tips and Advice
Uppuveli Beach, Trincomalee Over breakfast, and after some study of the bus timetables, we decided to link a couple of buses up from Anuradhapura rather than wait till 11.50am for the express bus to Trincomalee. Buses depart more often for the small junction town of...
by timshazz | Apr 9, 2019 | Destinations, Travel Tips and Advice
At breakfast Poala and Bruno gave us their address and contact details back home in Italy (we’d given our card earlier). It’d certainly be worthwhile catching up with them as they aren’t that far from our rellies in the north either. Travel is great!...
