Birding Holidays – Bempton Cliffs

Finally the reason for the trip to this ulu place. Bempton Cliffs. We woke up bright and early and after breakfast drove straight there. It wasn’t as far as we expected and so we reached before the official opening time. We were not the first though. Many other visitors had already arrived. There was supposed…

Birding Holidays – Bridlington, East Yorkshire, England

had seen seals before on previous trips to the UK but never this close. Even though we were on top of the cliff while they were like about 50 metres below – this was awesome. I went as close as I dare closer t the edge, the wind was raging here, and with my zoom lens managed to zoom in and get some details.

Birding – Broadwood Loch, Scotland

In the past, we have seen Roe Deer, foxes and of course different birds although mainly the water fowl – usually the Mute Swan, seagulls, Mallard and a small family of Great Cormorants. Occasionally we see the Great crested Grebe and Tuft Ducks and that’s about it.

Roman Holidays – Rome part 2

We spent 2 and a half day in Rome and Rome was surprisingly walkable. Except for the trip from the train station and to the airport where we took taxi, we walked everywhere else.

Roman Holidays – Rome

From Sorrento to Rome and it rained 3/4 of the time we were there! Still we managed to visit the 2 most visited places in Italy – the Colosseum and Vatican City. We did not get a walking tour for the Colosseum but instead just bought tickets in advance. That supposingly allow us to sort…

Roman Holidays – Sorrento

After dull Naples, Sorrento was a sight for sore eyes. It was bright, clean and fun – all the things a tourist destination should be with the sun, the sea and beautiful view. In fact, Sorrento is 100% a tourist town and nothing else with everything obviously designed to attract tourists. Even the streets are…

Roman Holidays – Pompeii & Mt Vesuvius

Like all good tourists visiting Italy, we have to visit Pompeii. To get there, we decided that it was more practical to sign up for a guided tour rather than go there ourselves even though it was much more expensive. The place was packed with visitors even though it was supposed to be off peak.…

Roman Holidays – Naples

First holiday for 2024 and its a Roman holiday! It nearly didn’t turn out to be as the original destination was Greece but the cost of the air tickets there was terrible. So it was Italy in the end and we started with Italy, Naples or Napoli whichever way you call it. Before the trip,…

Good Food in London

Other than the usual fish and chips and Italian food, I didn’t really know what was good and inexpensive. But hailing from Singapore, a lot of people had told me about this place Burger and Lobster and so we dutifully found our way to out of its outlet one day. Everyone was raving about this…

London

After a long haul in Scotland, we finally made it to London, the last stop before we fly back to Singapore. By then, I was tired and the glam of London wasn’t really my thing. I wanted to go Stonehenge, Kew Garden but the schedule we had didn’t permit us to go that far and…