The 5th of November marked three consecutive months of our round the world honeymoon. Just a month ago we were in Nepal, since we’ve traveled to India, Maldives, Greece, France and Turkey. Over the last month we’ve stayed in 15 different hotels, spent one night in the airport and one night on a train. The 15 different hotels range from the best of the best to the worst of the worst. We went from an outdoor rain shower to an indoor bucket shower and back again. This month has definitely been the busiest for us, we’ve seen so much in such a short amount of time that it’s hard even finding time to write about the stuff.
Lessons Learned from Month #3
Make sure you have enough sunblock when traveling to the Maldives. If
not, expect to pay a very high price for sunblock at whichever resort
you stay at. We ran out and had to spend quite a bit on a less than
good bottle.
Be very careful when handing over money while traveling. Within 20
minutes of arriving into India the Tourist Police of all people took
us for 900 rupees (20 usd) using the old switcheroo technique.
Where double-seemed pants when walking through the jungle. Leeches can
and will get through the seems of your single seemed pants to get to
your tasty blood.
If you wear contact lenses then make sure you have a good pair of
backup glasses. I (DW) have needed to wear my glasses off and on and
my backup glasses (which I never wore for any length of time) gave me
a lot of problems. Holiday pics don't look so good with a band-aid
over your nose.
Be sure to pack your own towell if staying in budget accommadation.
Even if a towell is provided it often isn't clean and could have the
texture of sandpaper. Our large pack towell dries fast and doesn't
have the texture of gravel.
Make sure you have enough sunblock when traveling to the Maldives. If
not, expect to pay a very high price for sunblock at whichever resort
you stay at. We ran out and had to spend quite a bit on a less than
good bottle.
Be very careful when handing over money while traveling. Within 20
minutes of arriving into India the Tourist Police of all people took
us for 900 rupees (20 usd) using the old switcheroo technique.
Where double-seemed pants when walking through the jungle. Leeches can
and will get through the seems of your single seemed pants to get to
your tasty blood.
If you wear contact lenses then make sure you have a good pair of
backup glasses. I (DW) have needed to wear my glasses off and on and
my backup glasses (which I never wore for any length of time) gave me
a lot of problems. Holiday pics don't look so good with a band-aid
over your nose.
Be sure to pack your own towell if staying in budget accommadation.
Even if a towell is provided it often isn't clean and could have the
texture of sandpaper. Our large pack towell dries fast and doesn't
have the texture of gravel.
Highlights from Month #3 and Why
Pamela - Definitely the week in the Maldives. I loved it so much, it was a dream honeymoon.
Dave - Maldives. Pamela and I got to spend some good relaxing time together. So much of our trip has been go-go-go that we haven’t had much time to stop-stop-stop
Lowlights from Month #3 and Why
Pamela – Indian Railways. I didn’t have a good time on the trains in India. From gag-inducing smells and sights at the stations, to trash lining the floors of the cars, it just wasn’t a pleasant experience. If doing it again I’d definitely spring for 1st class tickets…but next time I’ll try my hardest to fly.
Dave – Catching a cold and eye infection and not in that order. I didn’t like being sick while traveling through India and I’m definitely sick of wearing my glasses. I should have listened to Pamela earlier and gone to the Doctors sooner vs later. Just don’t tell her I said that.
Where are We Now
We’re currently traveling through Turkey by bus and having a great time doing it. We love Turkey….the food, the people, the sights, everything has been great. Yesterday we visited St. John’s Basilica in Selcuk and today we visited the travertines of Pamukkale.
Pamela - Definitely the week in the Maldives. I loved it so much, it was a dream honeymoon.
Dave - Maldives. Pamela and I got to spend some good relaxing time together. So much of our trip has been go-go-go that we haven’t had much time to stop-stop-stop
Lowlights from Month #3 and Why
Pamela – Indian Railways. I didn’t have a good time on the trains in India. From gag-inducing smells and sights at the stations, to trash lining the floors of the cars, it just wasn’t a pleasant experience. If doing it again I’d definitely spring for 1st class tickets…but next time I’ll try my hardest to fly.
Dave – Catching a cold and eye infection and not in that order. I didn’t like being sick while traveling through India and I’m definitely sick of wearing my glasses. I should have listened to Pamela earlier and gone to the Doctors sooner vs later. Just don’t tell her I said that.
Where are We Now
We’re currently traveling through Turkey by bus and having a great time doing it. We love Turkey….the food, the people, the sights, everything has been great. Yesterday we visited St. John’s Basilica in Selcuk and today we visited the travertines of Pamukkale.
New Website Info
I can’t believe we’ve had almost 9000 hits on our website in just over three months. That’s more than I thought we’d get on our whole trip. Thanks again to everyone for checking out the site. Recently we added a little gadget that posts our last Twitter updates from our account @FrqtFlyr and we also have a little gadget that lists where we are and how far we’ve travelled.
That’s it for Month #3 update. Month four will be here before you know it….especially since I’m a little late with this one J
Cheers for Now -
Pamela and Dave
I can’t believe we’ve had almost 9000 hits on our website in just over three months. That’s more than I thought we’d get on our whole trip. Thanks again to everyone for checking out the site. Recently we added a little gadget that posts our last Twitter updates from our account @FrqtFlyr and we also have a little gadget that lists where we are and how far we’ve travelled.
That’s it for Month #3 update. Month four will be here before you know it….especially since I’m a little late with this one J
Cheers for Now -
Pamela and Dave
Love ya miss ya both!! Xxx
ReplyDelete"I should have listened to Pamela earlier and gone to the Doctors sooner vs later. Just don’t tell her I said that."
ReplyDeleteHilarious. oh she would be gloating totes if u told her that! Ash x