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After our first night of utter amazement of our surroundings, see here, we happily got into the slow vibe of Puri Ganesha. Our days started in a calm and serene manor and pretty much continued that way until we retired to bed. We had many an idea every morning to do this and see that […]
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Every now and then if you are lucky, you come across a place that is so unbelievably magic you want to keep it only for yourself, safely locked away in your memory, filed under irreplaceable. This is how I feel about the 3 days and 3 nights we spent at the Puri Ganesha Villas, but […]
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There is a photograph of me circa 1990 aged around 13 in a Gingham shirt, white jeans and what can only be described as a full on teenage strop (obviously at the time things were different) We were on a family holiday somewhere in South Devon and ever since the return of Gingham print I […]
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After a blissful three days at The Temple Lodge we were excited to head out to the islands. As this was our second trip to Bali we were eager to see and explore new things, having not quite made it to the Gili Islands back in 2008, they were definitely on our tick list. However, […]
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Even at 1am I knew we had a found something very special on arrival at The Temple Lodge. Although I cannot take credit for the find, Anna Chittenden, the curator of the Lost Guides, an essential to anyone travelling through and around Bali, takes full credit for highlighting this place. The scent, warmth, colour and […]
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Sometimes I am not sure why I take so many clothes away with me, when inevitably I just end up throwing on the same thing. Actually I’m pretty good, I do a little planning so my luggage doesn’t cost me more than the flight but usually I keep reaching for the same piece of clothing. […]
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It doesn’t matter where we are jet setting off to on our holiday my travel essentials have pretty much stayed the same for a good few years now, maybe perhaps even a decade! Not great with change in everyday life as it is, I seem to have just allowed this quality of mine to seep […]
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Sometimes I just get fed up of wearing jeans. Don’t get me wrong I love jeans, skinny, boyfriend, straight leg the list is endless but sometimes especially this time of year when the sun starts to shine her face, the grass is green and the smell of summer is in the air, the need to […]
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So I am momentarily and rather maniacally trying to get myself organised for next week’s adventure to Indonesia which basically involves ordering and sending back and reordering clothes upon clothes for our trip. You should see the state of my spare room! Everything is being done at the speed of lightening leading me to an […]
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It has been a pretty hectic few months and one thing that has kept me pushing forward is our trip to Bali ,which I can happily say is getting closer and closer. In three weeks time, I will be lying on Bingin Beach, sipping from a fresh coconut with a book and a Wes…. A […]
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Promise To Carry The Cases 