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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…

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…

Review: Protea by Marriott Kruger Gate

Protea Kruger Gate – Booking We used 40,000 Marriott Bonvoy Points for this 5-night booking. We used the 5th-night free benefit that Bonvoy members enjoy when booking their stay with points. A night in the standard room here typically goes…

Singapore Airlines A350-900 Business Class Configuration

Review: Singapore Airlines A350-900 Business Class

The Singapore Airlines flight from Singapore to Cape Town, South Africa is famously one of the best miles redemption. This 13 hour 55 minutes flight includes an hour’s stopover at Johannesberg. There are no affordable flight options between Singapore and…

Review: Silverkris Lounge Changi Airport Terminal 3

After a couple of months back in Singapore, M and I are ready for our next trip to South Africa! This is a trip we’ve been looking forward to and will be a brand new continent for both of us.…

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…

Review: United Club Lounge Newark Airport

Over the Thanksgiving weekend, M and I were travelling from New York to Cancun for our week long Mexican vacation! Our flight was through the Newark Airport as we managed to snag relatively cheap United flights. Anyone familiar with flying…

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,…