Cool doors of Helsinki
Helsinki has lots of cool doors. I like them. Here are some. There were lots more 😁.
B Byrd
Finland
Suomenlinna Military Museum
While A was visiting the Toy Museum, the boys and I spent a few hours at the military museum. Our tickets (free for the boys) got us into the main museum, the "artillery" museum (no actual artillery, that was in the main museum) and a submarine... great value
Finland
A visit to Suomenlinna (Sveaborg) Sea Fortress
On Saturday we availed ourselves again of the excellent Helsinki transit system (HSL... the system is great, the app/website has some issues if you're not from Helsinki). Trams and ferries this time, to visit the Suomenlinna Sea Fortress. The fortress was initially built in 1748 and has
Finland
A little walk around
After we checked into our hostel on Friday, I went for a little walk around the local area (Katajanokka). It's a lovely spot (technically an island I think) and includes the Viking Lines ferry terminal (not the one we're taking to Estonia on Monday). Despite the
Malaysia
Forest City... in the swamp?
Mimi took us on another adventure on Wednesday, which, among other things, included a flying visit to Forest City. This is a fairly new, major planned development (seeming mostly aimed at Chinese investors) that is... kinda in the middle of nowhere (i.e. in a swamp... I mean forest... hence
Singapore
A visit to the swankier side of Singapore
And by swankier side, I mean about a block and a half from our backpackers in Bugis. As part of our wanderings around town on Saturday, we paid our obligatory visit to the famous (and very swanky) Raffles Hotel. And by visit, I mean a walk around the environs, because
Singapore
The rest of Gardens by the Bay
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Singapore
Cloud Forest Dome at Gardens by the Bay
At Gardens by the Bay on Friday, we visited the Cloud Forest Dome — home to one of the world's tallest indoor waterfalls, pouring from a lush mountain clad with plants from around the world. Inside the mountain there were viewing platforms, theatres, art installations, etc. We loved it!
Singapore
Day 1 rose and thorn
We made it to Singapore!!! Sometimes at dinner we do "a rose and a thorn", which involves each person sharing a highlight and lowlight of their day. Given that it's after 11pm on a massive day of travel (Brisbane to Sydney to Singapore) and we'
Flights
Seven kilos each... done!
After some (very) late night re-shuffles, early morning substitutions, hard decisions on socks and undies, many re-weighs and way too much mental maths for that time of day... all of our bags weigh exactly 7kg. What these photos don't show are my bulging cargo-pants pockets and the large
Itinerary
Our itinerary
Hello, family and friends, and welcome to our travel blog! The four of us – B (dad), A (mum), F (11) and J (8) – are about to embark on a five-month round-the-world trip, and this site is where we'll share our adventures with you. We'll be away