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Turkey and Croatia

ByMinion-Chris September 21, 2018 0 Comments

Its September and I'm travelling again! This time I'll be travelling to Turkey and Croatia! This trip was an idea all the way back when Gimpy, Muscles and I were travelling through Africa in 2016. On one of the long bus rides we had in Egypt. Gimpy had mentioned one of her travel bucket lists was to ride in a hot air balloon in Turkey. One of my own travel goals had been to do an Aeroplan...

Continental Minion! Checking all the Continents off the bucket list

ByMinion-Chris April 30, 2017 1 Comment

Visiting all Seven Continents With the completion of my recent trip to Australia, not only did I check Australia off the "visit list", but also hitting all seven continents from my bucket list as well. For as long as I can remember, stepping foot on all seven continents had always been at the top of my bucket list. And for the past several years, there was a focused effort to make that dream a...

Wrapping up our Africa trip and GALLERIES!!

ByMinion-Chris July 23, 2016 0 Comments

This will be my last post about our travels in Africa. Firstly off, I want to thank you for following me on this journey through Africa. While it was often a "chore" to write about what we did each day, I have truly enjoyed documenting my travels in this way and am hoping to do more of this in the future! I have also updated every post with a gallery of photos so for those into pictures,...

Reflecting on Africa – Muscles!

ByMinion-Chris July 18, 2016 0 Comments

Last week, Gimpy gave us her thoughts on our African Adventure. This week Muscles gives us his reflections on this trip! 1. What were your top 3 highlights of the trip? Highlight #1: The pyramids! Seeing them in person, posing in front of them, touching them, climbing them, entering them, and marvelling at the magnitude of how they were all constructed by hand. Highlight #2: Seeing the beauty...

Reflecting on Africa – Gimpy!

ByMinion-Chris July 9, 2016 1 Comment

Now that we've had a little over a week to to settle back at home, I thought it would be great to give my travelling companions an opportunity to share some of their thoughts on this great adventure we've been on. I sent them a list of questions for them to talk about and so without further adieu here' Gimpy's take on this amazing trip! Gimpy will be the first so give us her take on this...

Return to Cairo, Travel to London, and an ENGAGEMENT!

ByMinion-Chris June 29, 2016 3 Comments

I woke up in the sleeper train refreshed about an hour outside of Cairo and I was greeted with the attendant giving me a tray for breakfast. I got changed and enjoyed four different servings of bread (It seems like this is the standard breakfast when it comes to Egypt!). We arrived a little late into Cairo due to another train on our track having some issues and having to switch tracks, so...