First trip to India
Business travel! Lots of airports, planes, hotel rooms and meetings. Very little seeing of a country but plenty of currency and language confusion, passport stamps and airmiles. I don’t begrudge it – I have visited some amazing places over the years (although I have to say that I have been to the USA…
View PostBritish Airways Boeing 787 LHR-HYD
Imagine my excitement when I discovered the British Airways London-Hyderabad route is served by a 787! I was excited about the flight on my business trip to India before I even got to the airport (rare these days!)! A great friend of ours flies these beauties and I have been wanting a ride…
View PostThe Chedi Muscat
The Chedi Muscat had sat on my bucket list for a long time, well before this little blog and we treated ourselves to a visit a few years back! Happily the whole experience was as good, if not better, than the reviews said! It is an iconic hotel – not least this view. It is…
View PostFlashback Friday Travel Photo Memories 25 – Honeymoon in St Lucia
The final leg of our South African tour took us over to the east coast of the country, up near to the Mozambique border – to a small town call St Lucia. We had toyed with going on to the Maldives, but it felt like a bit of a cliché, so instead we…
View PostFlashback Friday Travel Photo Memories 24 – Honeymoon Safari!
Our next honeymoon stop was a spot of safari! We had a few days at Isibindi Eco Reserve. Strangely some might think, I didn’t opt for big 5 safari, instead picking a small reserve where it was going to be more about the experience than what we saw. It was also en route…
View PostFlashback Friday Travel Photo Memories 23 – Honeymoon in Lesotho
Having already enjoyed Stellenbosch and Cape Town, the next stop on our mini-tour of South Africa was to the Drakensberg. I found us somewhere to stay that was so unique that I couldn’t believe it was as good as it was! I’ve already written a review for A Southern Gypsy which I won’t repeat…
View PostFlashback Friday Travel Photo Memories 22 – Honeymoon in Cape Town
After a peaceful week relaxing and enjoying wine in Stellenbosch we joined our friends! Many would think it strange to share a honeymoon with others, but it was a great part of our trip! And there is no better way of seeing the best a city has to offer than with locals! Two…
View PostFlashback Friday Travel Photo Memories 21 – Honeymoon in Stellenbosch
As private garden spaces go, this verdant spot at a Boutique winery in Cape Town is pretty damn perfect! This was the garden outside our cottage at Camberley Wines. As you can see the cottage comes with a lovely labrador (the owner’s, but he seemed to like the sunny terrace and the view…
View PostLiving the #spglife in the US!
In the UK there aren’t many Starwood properties, but on a recent business trip to the States I was hard pushed to find anything but. Value wise they also sit surprisingly well, compared to other business-style hotels. Given I was on the move pretty much every day on my trip, this meant I…
View PostAmerican Airlines Business Class – LHR to MIA
I’m very loyal to British Airways, but for a recent business trip the flight time on a BA code share with American Airline’s to Miami was much more amenable and so I took the brave step. This step was buoyed along by the fact that the flight was on one of AA’s brand new…
View PostUPDATED Washington Dulles BA Lounge & the BA216 A380 home
Just a couple of weeks ago, British Airways opened its new Galleries lounge at Washington Dulles Airport, coinciding with the new BA A380 route between IAD and London Heathrow. As chance would have it last week I was flying British Airways business class to and from Washington and so was able to visit! Not…
View PostFlashback Friday Travel Photo Memories 10 – Morocco
Morocco was a fam trip that my husband was invited on where I was able to go to – perfect result, and a great long weekend away in somewhere I hadn’t before considered. Ever since – I’ve been trying to get back there, but we just haven’t managed it so far sadly. We…
View PostFlashback Friday Travel Photo Memories 7 – Barbados
On the same trip we were in Antigua, we also hopped up to Barbados for another week in the sunshine. This is the place that Dian Bay showed up, nice as it was! We stayed at Almond Beach on this occasion – there were 2 resorts on the island, we went for the…
View PostFlashback Friday Travel Photo Memories 6 – Antigua
We have this photo on a canvas print over our bed – I loved the view from our room and I still love looking at it! This was my first time in the Caribbean and it was a wonderful trip. Mr P was enjoying the perks of working in the travel industry and…
View PostFlashback Friday Travel Photo Memories – 3 – South Africa
This picture always makes me sigh happily! What bliss! We drove straight to this spot from the airport, got changed into summer clothes by the side of the road and headed straight for a paddle – with a view of Table Mountain and a view across to Robben Island the view really is…
View PostUpper class or club class
I make no secret of how much I enjoy flying and to be honest I don’t mind what class I fly in, so long as I’m going somewhere nice! But both Mr P and me are proud of the amassed airmiles collections we have and always look forward to going on holiday in…
View PostAn Arabian Adventure
The year before last we went to Oman and loved the climate, the culture, the people and the hotels! We had the taste for this part of the world and this year visited Abu Dhabi and Dubai, not just for the dates, which are in plentiful supply!…. Neither my husband nor I would consider choosing…
View PostMissing South Africa
It has been nearly 4 years since my last trip to South Africa…. Feel like a revisit needs planning!! Many great memories
View PostJamaica in pictures
A stunning time in Jamaica this April, in pictures And now to to put the words to the pictures…. BA fly from Gatwick to the Caribbean. We’ve avoided Gatwick for years, T5 has become a bit of a safe haven and is 20mins from my parents house. However we were pleasantly surprised with…
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