Langkawi was the first stop on our trip and we picked to stay at the Tanjung Rhu Resort mainly for the location and price. When researching Langkawi, we have always found it to be one of the more expensive destinations in Asia with a number of luxury resorts in the area and if I am…
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Hi! We are Sam and Rob and we are the travelling Holts. Teacher and Coach during term time and wannabe travellers during the holidays. Read about our travel stories as we attempt to become more adventurous and more cultured. We hope you enjoy :)
3 Nights in Kuala Lumpur
OUR 3 NIGHT STAY AT KL JOURNAL HOTEL After our trip to Langkawi we decided to have a 3 night stop over in Kuala Lumpur. I chose to stay in the reasonably priced boutique hotel The KL Journal Hotel which is centrally based in the Bukit Bintang area. The rooms are all spacious and decorated…
Sengakuji Temple
Sengakuji Temple is rarely on the top 10 places to visit in Tokyo but it is not somewhere that should be so quickly overlooked. If you like your Japanese history, then you will be very interested to know that it is the burial home of the 47 Ronin. The story goes, in summary, that there…
Fiji: 3 Days at the Hilton Fiji Beach Resort
On our way back to Tokyo from New Zealand, we had a 3 day layover in Fiji. We decided with such a short layover that we would base ourselves on the main island of Vitu Levu staying at the Hilton Fiji Beach Resort on Denarau island a mere 25 minutes from Nadi airport. It cost…
Whale Watching in Kaikoura
We booked our whale watching cruise before we started our holiday, it was one of only two things we had pre-booked. We chose to book with whalewatch.co.nz direct who I would highly recommend even if our cruise ended in disaster. They have such a good sighting success rate that they offer an 80% refund if…
10 days in New Zealand
For a long time New Zealand was on our bucket list but it was always one of those ‘out of reach’ places. Especially from the UK but one of the most amazing things about living in Japan is that we had been opened up to the world and as each year went by we became…
2018 Review
It’s that time of year again and so it is time for my annual summary of the year as 2019 draws in. So how was 2018? It started with our trip to Karuizawa in February enjoying the snow, star gazing and onsens to get us through the winter months. It felt like luxury and a…
TeamLab Borderless
When you are in the full flow of work, it is easy to find yourself in a rut where each weekend becomes a carbon copy of the one before. Sleep, eat and a short walk to somewhere local for a stock up. However every now and again you plan something interesting to break the routine…
Hoshinoya Karuizawa
Hoshinoya Karuizawa is a luxury hotel just 90mins outside Tokyo. 2018 has been quite the travel year so far. The summer was a huge step for us but in all the excitement and planning I forgot to write about the little side trip we went on at the start of the year. February was the…
Tam Coc, Ninh Binh
On the morning of our departure to Ninh Binh I woke up feeling ill. The dreaded travelling tummy problems had finally got me and to put it bluntly… I didn’t think I could make the 2 hour journey to the our next stop gracefully. Ninh Binh has rapidly become a top tourist attraction, offering the…
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