Travelling Lore

In  October 2016  we took the trip of a lifetime to Australia, Bali (Indonesia), Singapore, and the Philippines.  Because I am the slowest travel blogger ever, I am just now putting all of the photos together and revisiting old/recent memories and travels.  Since Australia was our shortest segment of the trip, we hired a guide to drive us around the Great Ocean Road, which was fantastic because it also included some wildlife viewing both in natural, wild surroundings and on a nature preserve, all in a day's worth of fun. My husband, who does a lot of the research for our big trips, booked our tour with Oceania Tours   ( this tour , specifically) after combing through reviews.  Our very amiable driver, whose name I unfortunately can't remember (because, as mentioned above, I am the slowest travel blogger ever, which leads to forgetfulness of details) picked us up at our hotel in downtown Melbourne.  And so we began our drive to the Great Ocean Road...

Yesterday we returned from a two week vacation exploring Australia, Bali (Indonesia), Singapore, and the Philippines with my husband's family.  I had previously never been to this side of the world, so it was thrilling to finally see parts of Asia, simply put.  We were supposed to return Sunday morning, but unfortunately we were grounded in the Philippines by typhoon Sarika, which postponed our travel back to the U.S. for a couple of days.  I suppose you could say we had a couple of extra days in paradise (albeit with rain and the stress of re-booking flights ;) )!  Though I still have my California honeymoon to finish recapping, here's an Instagram roundup of our vacation. Twelve Apostles off the Great Ocean Road in Australia. Our resort, Warwick Ibah, in Ubud, Bali. The Campuhan Ridge Walk next to our resort in Ubud, Bali. A rice terrace in Bali. Enjoying a Singapore Sling at Raffles, where it was invented in Singapore. The Helix bri...