Geo: 52.3738, 4.89095 On our arrival to Amsterdam airport, we took the train to the centraal station which took about 15 Min's which was v straight forward avoiding the traffic. From the station our hotel, the Renaissance hotel was only 5 mins walk, we chose this hotel for its central location. To avoid the queues and save time, we bought the museum tickets and the 48 hours transport pass from tourist office opposite the station. After the check in at the hotel we headed straight to Rijksmuseum by tram. The Rijksmuseum is an amazing museum and has some masterpieces by Rembrandt and Vermeer. There are also lot of artefacts which are charms from the Dutch shipping and trade, glory days. It was wonderful to see this beautiful collection and you can easily spend few hours here ... read more

Geo: 31.6334, -7.9996 Next day at 5:00am I was awoken by the Islamic call to prayer echoing throughout Marrakech, and then there was another one at six when I was just able to doze off again but towards the end of my trip, I got used to the prayer calls. The breakfast was delicious with pasties, bread, eggs to order, yoghurts and assortment of condiments such as homemade strawberry jam, marmalade and honey all presented beautifully. There were two mains water filters on the ground floor of the Riad and we had free water during our stay there: Dominique even offered to give us chilled bag to take the water bottle with us but we declined and she also gave us a phone to call them in case we got lost. We walked the alley which ... read more

Geo: 14.0583, 108.277 We got picked up early in morning and we reached Ha long Bay before midday. We decided to go with the Signature cruise for 2 nights and 3 days which goes to Bai tu long bay which has less tourists. The Signature cruise was fantastic and they catered for vegetarian meals for us which were excellent. We had Senior Suite cabin which is located in the middle deck and had a private balcony. The suite with balcony was beautiful and the bathroom had a hot tub from where you could see the views of the Ha long Bay. The first day we visited Vung Vieng fishing village in Bai Tu Long bay, later there was a cooking demonstration and night squid fishing. The second day there was Tai Chi session in early morning, ... read more

Geo: 53.9577, -1.08229 I was relaxed, refreshed and full of energy after my around the world trip and now I was looking forward to my day trip to York. I had booked the York train tickets in advance from the Kings Cross, the train was pretty full, but we had reserved seats. York is totally unique in Britain offering examples of Roman, Dark Age, Viking, and Medieval ages; York also happens to be one of my favourite cities in England. When we reached York it was dry but it had already rained heavily earlier and unfortunately; we were expecting more rain according to the weather forecast so we headed straight for York Minister passing the River Bridge and beautiful coloured Barges on the river. The Magnificent York Minster has a very wide decorated Gothic high a ... read more

Geo: 21.914, 95.9562 To apply for the Myanmar visas you can do it through post and pay extra for postage, or you can apply at the London Embassy personally. You can download the visa form from myanmarembassylondon.com/…20Visa To apply for visas In Person or Representative which takes 3-5 working days 1) Download the Visa form, print and fill it. I wrote the name of my hotel for the reference.2) Two recent Photos3) £14 cash I went to Myanmar Embassy in London to apply for the visas in the morning of Thursday (10 am to 12 am). There is a ticket system and I waited in the waiting room. The waiting room has writing desks in case you have not downloaded or filled the form. I ... read more