Just outside of Sydney are breathtaking mountain views and along the way you can pet some koalas​ During your visit to Australia make sure you include a trip to the Blue Mountains with a stop off at Featherdale Wildlife Park. We booked a day tour that included Featherdale Wildlife Park in the western suburbs of Sydney. It is a 7-acre sanc...

An easy travel decision when the price is right ​ Our Hong Kong trip began as a result of Jet Star offering round trip tickets from Tokyo for only $200. We booked the trip in early fall when the heat and humidity is somewhat manageable. The flight time is around four hours and for a low cost carrier the seats were comfortable. Upon arrival we ...

This city country is a must stop on your Southeast Asia trip.  It is clean, safe, with great transportation system, and the food is excellent.   We began our SE Asia trip in Singapore and ended it there. It is  a great place to visit. The people were very friendly and polite. There are many correlations to Japan, with clean...

Take it slow and enjoy the attractions.   When it is warm, it always is, stop and enjoy a cool sticky rice mango treat. ​ (Lead image : www.bangcock.com) This was our first trip to Thailand and I really did not know what to expect. We had been traveling  South East Asia for ten days and decided to spend three ...

​Penang, a UNESCO World Heritage Site Penang In Penang \we were met by a distant cousin of Evelyn's, Hong. She escorted us to the famous Snake Temple filled with viper snakes.  I had my picture taken with a python wrapped around me, and then a private tour of a snake farm, where the guide brought a King Cobra out of it's box and let ...

Kuala Lumpur - Food - Sites - Food Kuala Lumpur Our purpose in visiting Malaysia was to meet up with former Buford, Georgia neighbor Evelyn.  We use to do our morning walks together and grew very fond of her and husband Freddy.  She visits her family in Malaysia every two years and invited us to meet up on this trip. My only impressi...