Pip Andrews
11. And relax ….
My final two days of holiday proper have been one long relaxation. In preparation for my return home, I took a giant bag of laundry to be...
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ADVENTURES ON LAND AND UNDER THE SEA
Tales of a travelling mermaid …
Join me on my adventures as I travel - inexpertly and with far too much rammed into my case - to where the sea is warm and the water is (hopefully!) clear. I hope to explore some of the cultures and lands that I am lucky enough to visit, scuba dive my way around the other world under the sea and ensure I get plenty of stops for delicious cups of tea along the way!
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10. Tea on the beach!
For my final stop, I am at the beach in a place called El Nido. It’s quite a tourist hotspot but still pretty chilled. The town is on the...
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9. I’ve decided I’d like to be the next ‘Mumma Ranger’!
Oh yes! What. A. Week! It’s always a bit of an unknown when you board a boat for the week, not knowing anyone and hoping there are nice...
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8. A big boat from a little island to a big island to drive to the airport to fly a bigger island!
Having done terribly well at being a traveller to get there, I went full privileged tourist and paid for a full private transfer directly...
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7. If it’s green or iced, it’s not tea! Aside from that, top marks for this stop!
Another proper review time ... sort of .... Accommodation: Evolution beach and dive resort Location: Malapascua Island, Philippines...
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6. Sharks, no sharks, a human clown and recovery time!
It’s been a couple of days of combinations between high adrenaline and absolute relaxation! Two days of dive trips - the first was to...
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5. The road to Malapascua
It was a lengthy, 6 hour drive on windy, bumpy roads. I’d packed my bag up with everything - not that carefully because it’s a road/boat...
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4. A proper traveller’s review …..?
I’ve noticed that my ‘travel blog’ is perhaps not the most useful as a blog - it’s essentially me either waffling about what I’ve done or...
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3. Trike Trip to see The Falls
I’ve been having some more adventures … and lots more resting and diving, of course. A couple more excellent dives yesterday with my...
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2. Diving with the jelly clones and snorkelers that can’t swim!
After two days of diving, I have obviously deserved a rest day so spent the morning drinking tea, reading my book and waiting out the...
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March 2024. 1: Philippa in the Philippines!
And I’m off on another adventure, this time to the Philippines, a country made of many islands situated in the western Pacific Ocean in...
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6. Bangkok: Trains, bicycles, a boat and some tuk-tuks and modern-day dinosaurs!
Well what a change of pace, atmosphere, crowdedness, climate and safety hazards Bangkok is compared to the beach! Not unexpected but a...
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5. Safety first & following the rules in Thailand!
Not only did my airport transfer arrive on time, it was slightly early (but that was ok as I was already there waiting, sitting on the...
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4. On the Beach with all the sites and ultimate relaxation - for most of us!
Three full and extremely relaxing days at Kamala beach, on the island of Phuket (I somewhat ignorantly hadn’t realised that it’s actually...
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3. Living aboard Motor Vessel Pawara and surviving the ‘green monsters’!
5 days and 4 nights aboard MV Pawara; 20 divers, 5 dive guides, 10 boat staff & and 14 dives on offer around the Similan Islands and...
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2. A tuc-tuc tour of beauty and a little bit of sadness (and my strong opinions that accompany it!)
I wasn’t quite sure what today would bring as it could have been a bit of a ‘waiting around day’ since I had to check out of my hotel at...
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1. Let the Thai travels commence: a lengthy journey ending in the Old Town…
After writing many lists - often with the same things on but in varying format, I’ve tidied and cleaned my little house, packed up and...
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5: Awe-Inspiring Ancient v. Modern Mayhem
The day of ‘the trip’ finally arrived - we were downstairs, waiting at our pick up point at 3am in the morning ready to head to Cairo....
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4. Just a little bit stranded … with Egypt’s kindest taxi driver!
Dad, it’s ends ok - horribly expensively but ok - in the end! Once we’d packed up and had breakfast, our transfers back to Hurghada...
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3. Red Sea Safari: sharks, pirates and the odd bruise!
Wednesday 30/8 Back on a dive boat, bare foot with shoes handed in for the week and back into the routine … sleep, dive, eat, nap, and so...
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