Want to combine Bangkok with a beach holiday? In that case think about the Gulf of Thailand islands and try Ko Samet. The drive from Bangkok to Ko Samet only takes three hours, in which time you will enter a different world. We spent lazy days on Ko Samet’s white powder beaches, and active days on the island’s jungle paths. ...
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If you are wondering what to do in Dubai why not make a day trip and see a bit more? Take the bus from Dubai to Abu Dhabi and see the Grand Mosque. Buses from Dubai to Abu Dhabi are modern and air-conditioned and they leave every thirty minutes at Al Ghubaiba bus station in Bur Dubai. A bus trip to Abu ...
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Once in Las Palmas, take a short bus or taxi ride away from the tourist zone and you will enter a different world: Las Palmas Old Town, Vegueta. Quiet cobbled streets, old stone quarters and coloured homes clinging to the hills give this oldest part of Las Palmas a very special flavour. With this post we will let you discover ...
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We rented a car and drove to inland of the Gran Canaria east coast to check out what the region offers for tourists. On our drive from Las Palmas to Aguimes we saw historic Guanche caves, a volcano crater with a farmhouse and an finally a striped terracotta canyon. On the way down we also found a botanical garden – ...
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This post will take you on a Las Palmas mountain trip through the scenic north of Gran Canaria. We will cross the lush, green northern mountains, a fertile region with pretty villages and gingerbread houses. The highest point on the road is Vega de San Mateo at 1 100 m, after which it’s all the way down to the island’s ...
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Dubai offers amazing things to see, both in the old quarters of Deira and Bur Dubai and in modern high-rise areas. This post shows you that sightseeing in Dubai on local transport is a good alternative if you want to explore the area. Using public transport in Dubai is easy and cheap. Dubai has an efficient metro transport network. This is a view from Burj ...
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In this post we will show you the Gran Canaria mountains south of the highest peaks. We will invite you to join our scenic mountain drive starting from the south coast, for which purpose we rented a car. What are the southern mountains like? Stunning scenery, lakes and ravines, palms and pine forests. And a lot of Canarian history: archaeological ...
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