Author: Travelling Minion

Let’s start with the Island Hopper

ByTravelling Minion March 2, 2020 1 Comment
Getting to the Island Hopper When I first started telling people about this trip, a common question was "Why are you flying the wrong way?" Due to some of the rules that surround an Aeroplan mini RTW (round the world) booking. I needed to start my trip in Toronto and make Perth my destination in order to give me the maximum available distances to achieve the routing I wanted. I also needed to get...

Planning: Singapore, Australia, New Zealand & Taiwan

ByTravelling Minion February 6, 2020 0 Comments
Singapore, Australia, New Zealand and Taiwan In about a weeks time, I'll be embarking on a fairly large and complex trip to the other side of the world. I'll end up visiting Singapore, Australia, New Zealand and Taiwan on this trip. The initial plan is to head south to Australia and attend Physio's wedding! You may remember back in 2017 when Photos and I visited Physio Down Under! This time, I'll...

Last few days in Honolulu

ByTravelling Minion February 3, 2020 0 Comments
Diamond Head Another day in Honolulu! After waking up and getting ready we made our way to Diamond head. While the plan was to wake up earlier and try to get to the top to see sunrise, we took our time getting ready and only arrived to start our ascent. The problem with arriving at this time is it starts to get busy and temperatures start to rise. We started our ascent and stopping for photos...

Travelling Minion in 2019

ByTravelling Minion January 21, 2020 1 Comment
Wow, I'm a little ashamed to be writing this in the middle of January. I was so on the ball last year, that I feel the need to start this off with an apology! While I did get to travel a good amount in 2019, I was very suspect in posting about it. As can be evidenced by the fact I'm still writing about Hawaii in May! I'm not entirely sure why, all I can say is that life got really busy for me in...

Transitioning to Waikiki

ByTravelling Minion January 17, 2020 0 Comments
Haleiwa Bowls Our transition to Waikiki happens today. In the morning we began packing and getting ready for the trip down to the city. After packing, we stopped at a Acai bowl shop called Haleiwa Bowls to get our Acai fix before heading onward to Waikiki. Alicia's Market The drive down to Honolulu was quick and easy. On the way we found a suggestion for a poke place called Alicia's Market. Since...

Shark Diving and Dole Plantation

ByTravelling Minion December 9, 2019 1 Comment
Shark Diving Rather than jump out of a plane today we booked a morning excursion out to sea. FunkyCat wanted to try shark diving in a cage. So along with Lebron and Cactoose the four of us set out early in the morning to Haleiwa's marina to meet the staff of North Shore Shark Adventures. We met a few fellow shark divers as well. Once everyone was accounted for, we boarded the boat and head to...