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Review: Protea Balalaika Sandton Johannesburg

On our trip to South Africa, M and I stayed in multiple Protea hotels like the unique Protea Kruger Gate. After its acquisition by Marriott in 2013, Marriott’s footprint in the African continent significantly increased. Travellers to the gold city…

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Review: Conrad Maldives Rengali Island

The Maldives has always been one of the places on our bucket list. Pristine overwater villas on top of the clear turquoise waters are sights that we’ve seen countless on social media. These are places that seem out of reach…

Four Points by Sheraton Singapore front entrance

Review: Four Points by Sheraton Singapore

After a couple of months travelling across the Americas, M and I are back in Singapore for the lunar holidays. It has been some time since we’ve last did a staycation in the city and so we’ve decided to find…

Review: The Waterfront Beach Resort, a Hilton Hotel at Huntington Beach

Towards the last legs of our multi-month trip to the US and Mexico, M and I were in California to camp out 14 days to qualify for our Vaccinated Travel Lane (VTL) flights back home to Singapore. As Mexico where…

Front entrance of the Intercontinental Presidente Puebla

Review: Intercontinental Presidente Puebla Mexico

Over the Christmas weekend, we’ve decided to take a short trip 2 hour trip from Mexico City (CDMX) over to Puebla to see its magical colonial architecture. As we’ve already spent 3 weeks in CDMX, we wanted to explore somewhere…

Review: Residence Inn Cancun Hotel Zone

As part of our Riveria Maya week-long vacation in the winter of 2021, we stayed and explored Cancun for 3 days. During our time here, we split our stays between Cancun downtown and the Cancun Hotel Zone. Other than Cancun,…

Review: Hilton Playa del Carmen All-Inclusive Resort

We were in Cancun, Mexico for our long-awaited vacation. After being in the US for a couple of months, we thought the best place for us to relax and escape the cold would be the Riviera Maya. During our week…

Review: Hampton Inn Front Royal Hotel

Following a series of out of town trips, we are now down south in the state of Virginia! We were there to visit the Shenandoah National Park, one of the only National Parks on the east coast. I’ve always wanted…

Review: Quality Inn Lake George Hotel

We were in upstate New York for an early November weekend getaway. There are many great outdoor hiking spots within the great Adirondacks wilderness. For our 3 day trip, we decided to visit Lake George town and Lake Placid town…

Entrance to the Lake House at High Peaks Resort in Lake Placid.

Review: Lake House at High Peaks Resort, Lake Placid

We were in Upstate New York for a quick weekend getaway from the city. The Adirondacks stood out to us as it was reasonably remote yet not too far away. Even within the Adirondacks, there were many towns and places…