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A blog of our various trips across the world and anything else we feel like writing about.
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Emma Duckworth
Jun 30, 20244 min read
Glastonbury
DDR: Our final stop. Glasto remains the best place in the world. We’re getting married! What better way to end our trip then with our...
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Nikhil Shah
Jun 22, 20248 min read
Mexico III - Oaxaca, Puerto Escondido & Valladolid
Emma was still in Mexico City continuing her Spanish language course so I decided to squeeze some more solo travel in Oaxaca. I booked...
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Emma Duckworth
Jun 14, 20245 min read
Mexico II - Mexico City
DDR: Mexico City lives up to the hype of sensational food, beautiful art and architecture. 5 days of focus and it did wonders for my...
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Nikhil Shah
Jun 6, 20246 min read
Mexico I - Chichen Itza, Merida & Bacalar
We made a spontaneous decision to head to Mexico whilst down a few drinks in Ibiza. The best travel decisions have always been the...
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Nikhil Shah
May 30, 20245 min read
Ibiza - C&M's Wedding + Time With Friends
The flight to Ibiza was the rowdiest flight we’d seen across all our travels. The plane ride was a feast for the senses. Amongst the...
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Emma Duckworth
May 23, 20246 min read
Eurotrip - Sofia, Skopje, Belgrade, Budapest & Bratislava
For the next chapter we had 8 nights to fill between Ikos and Ibiza. There was a very long shortlist, and we went back and forth over how...
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Nikhil Shah
May 15, 20245 min read
Family Time - Cotswolds, Athens & Ikos
After our 4 month stint in Asia & Oceania it was finally time to come home for a short week and celebrate Emma’s mums and brother’s joint...
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Emma Duckworth
Apr 30, 20248 min read
Sri Lanka - Kandy, Ella, Hiriketiya, Ahangama & Galle
DDR: Sri Lanka is up there as one of the most beautifully lush and green countries with incredibly friendly and chilled out people, great...
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Nikhil Shah
Apr 14, 202410 min read
Japan II - Hakone, Kyoto & Osaka (Nara & Hiroshima)
It wasn't a great start to the second week of Japan. I was ill again. Perhaps the intensity of finally skiing/boarding again and the...
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Emma Duckworth
Apr 8, 20247 min read
Japan I - Okishiga & Tokyo
7eleven greeted us like and old friend when we arrived late in Tokyo. We enjoyed a sumptuous dinner and had a relaxing early evening,...
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Nikhil Shah
Mar 30, 202411 min read
Vietnam II - Sapa, Hanoi & Halong bay
Sapa We don't really plan too much in advance. Aside from flights, once we're in a country we only book things a couple of days at time....
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Emma Duckworth
Mar 23, 20248 min read
Vietnam I - Ho Chi Minh & Hoi An
Friends! It was so exciting to land in Ho Chi Minh as we would be spending the next 2 weeks with some of our best friends. Domi and...
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Nikhil Shah
Mar 19, 20246 min read
Taiwain II - Alishan Mountains & Kaohsiung City
Taipei had felt like a home away from home. An extended weekend in the London of East Asia. So next up was Alishan, an area in the...
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Emma Duckworth
Mar 13, 20246 min read
Taiwan I - Taipei 101
DDR: Taipei is a beautiful, chilled out city with amazing food, cool people and lots of art and culture. We had a great time, bar some...
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Nikhil Shah
Mar 7, 202411 min read
Philippines II: Tao & The Lost Boys
TLDR: Island hopping in the Philippines is fun. The Tao Philippines expedition was a birthday present from Emma. Many of our friends...
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Emma Duckworth
Mar 2, 20248 min read
Philippines I: Palawan
DDR: Palawan is a tropical paradise island where you can eat great food, snorkel, dive, surf, drive scooters, enjoy beach bars and get...
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Nikhil Shah
Feb 24, 20248 min read
New Zealand III - South island (Part 2)
Queenstown (17th - 19th Feb ) After the amazing scenery of Milford Sounds and tranquility of the surrounding areas, Emma and I were happy...
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Emma Duckworth
Feb 17, 20245 min read
New Zealand II - South Island (Part 1)
DDR: South Island is epic. Incredible nature, great wine, more glow worms, even more beautiful lakes, whales, seals and a little bit of...
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Nikhil Shah
Feb 11, 20248 min read
New Zealand I - North Island
Day 1 - Auckland With 1 hour for us to disembark our flight from Singapore, clear Australian immigration, collect bags, check in, bag...
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Emma Duckworth
Jan 31, 20246 min read
48 hours in Singapore
To combat the long journey and (hopefully) mitigate jet lag in New Zeland, we added a mini-visit to Singapore. In just 2 days we had a...
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Nikhil Shah
Jan 28, 20245 min read
Mumbai
This time I figured out how to opt for a fancier night bus (labelled primo on the makemytrip app) and was ready for my final sleep before...
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Nikhil Shah
Jan 25, 20245 min read
Goa
I had spent a few days solo in Hampi and was now looking forward to interact with actual people at a social hostel I had booked,...
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Emma Duckworth
Jan 25, 20245 min read
Rishikesh V
For our 3rd week in Rishikesh we had a new schedule. Philosophy, anatomy and meditation all finished and we had a few new classes. These...
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Nikhil Shah
Jan 21, 20245 min read
Wayanad, Mysore & Hampi
Struggling to decide where to go on my next stop, I was on the phone to my cousin Naman, who had mentioned Wayanad as another potential...
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Nikhil Shah
Jan 16, 20245 min read
Munnar
Journeys in India are as much of an adventure as the destination.. sometimes more. This time rather than get a (relatively) expensive...
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Emma Duckworth
Jan 15, 20243 min read
Rishikesh IV
By the end of week 2, we'd found a nice rhythm. Our final class of the day is meditation, and our meditation teacher, Ram, joins us for...
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Emma Duckworth
Jan 11, 20244 min read
Rishikesh III
For my day off, I headed to Dehradun, to meet Dr Singh, aka my boss's mum. She is a wonderful lady, and I had a great time meeting her...
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Nikhil Shah
Jan 9, 20244 min read
Varkala
I managed to pool together with 3 others I had met on the backwaters trip and share a taxi to Varkala. The journey was in a rickety old...
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Emma Duckworth
Jan 6, 20243 min read
Rishikesh II
I have made it to the end of week 1! Today was kicked off with cleansing, Jal Neti, specifically cleansing of the nostrils by pouring a...
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Nikhil Shah
Jan 6, 20244 min read
Kochi & Alleppey
I went straight from the airport to the accommodation I was staying at in Fort Kochi. The place was very simple and had a nice and...
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Emma Duckworth
Jan 3, 20244 min read
Rishikesh I
After a slightly less eventful flight to Delhi (upgrade, thank you BA!) I landed in Delhi and made my way to the rather terrifying Smart...
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Nikhil Shah
Jan 2, 20242 min read
The Flight to India
Now, normally I wouldn’t have written about the flight but this was a classic Air India comedy of errors. Having previously had a...
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