Global Nomads

12/02/2025

Check out our latest video. Today we tackle James’s case. And I may have a few items in there also.

Packing Video after 2 months of full time travel with carry on only

In this video we check out what we packed when we started full time travel with carry on only.James CaseMonos carry on plus: https://monos.com/products/carry...

12/02/2025

Ready for the next adventure! Home on NCL Dawn for the next 17 nights for a Middle East and Africa cruise!

11/02/2025

Well it was supposed to be a sunset Dhow cruise but our 15 min journey there took 90, with 2 very questionable drivers and unroadworthy cars, and our 60 min cruise turned in to 40! Oh well we saw the skyline! Yeah and booked our own car back to the hotel not the tour guides!

11/02/2025

Took a visit to “the pearl” area of the city which is home to an italian inspired area complete with piazzas and a Rialto bridge! Great views of the creaxent building tho which is home to the Fairmont and Raffles hotels. Then on to the old port area home to a Mediterranean inspired village complete with various wall art, a container park and the old fish market. Also had a great chat with a lovely and very friendly Qatari lady!

Doha is definitely a mixed city of old and new and seemingly trying to find an identity as a western tourist destination. We visited a huge mall the other day (I needed some new clothes due to my weight loss) and they are a mix of American eateries, UK and American stores with some local ones thrown in! Architecture is also mixed with mosques nestled between skyscrapers. Will be interesting to see how things develop here.

11/02/2025

Welcome to Doha and the Doha Cruise Port

09/02/2025

Took a stroll around Souq Waqif, whose original buildings date back to the 19th century, selling spices, traditional clothing, birds of prey, home goods and more recently quite a selection of souvenirs, restaurants and shish bars and made for an enjoyable few hours getting lost in the narrow walkways. James found the World Cup trophy from 2022 before we walked a little further from the Souk to explore the Dhow harbor, filled with the traditional wooden boats, and the pearl statue juxtaposed by the modern city skyline behind.

09/02/2025

I finally get my hands on the World Cup.

09/02/2025

We have a kitchen and laundry (hear the laundry angels sing) 👼!!!!!! So went grocery shopping at Carrefour where theres an assortment of Arabic, US and British goods! Treated ourselves to a couple of things, see the Heinz baked beans and Digestives, but we can eat in for a few days! Had to buy some bigger items than we really need but so be it….roast chicken, potatoes and broccoli for dinner tonight! For reference this cost about $134 US

08/02/2025

A new day and a new country! Welcome to Qatar!

08/02/2025

Here is the 2nd episode of our 5 weeks in the UAE includes a visit to the Dubai Mall and the Museum of the Future and afternoon tea at the Burj Al Arab and Burj Khalifa.

5 Weeks in the UAE Episode 2. Dubai Mall, Burj Al Arab v Burj Khalifa Tea and Museum of the Future

5 Weeks in the UAE Episode 2. In this Episode we expore Dubai visiting the Dubai Mall from our hotel the Grand Hyatt Dubai from Episode 1. We then have After...

05/02/2025

Here is how Helen packs carry on only after 2 months of full time travel

Packing Video after 2 months of full time travel with carry on only.

This is our first packing video after 2 months of full time travel. In this episode we review everything we travel with including what cases we travel with.H...

05/02/2025

So those of you that know me know how much I love elephants and my elephant collection back in storage in Florida. We may just have bought the coolest one to date tho! She has a map of Sri Lanka showing all the places we visited and also the Maldives. They are produced by a charity based in Thailand that donate proceeds towards elephant conservation efforts worldwide and each elephant is designed and hand painted by an artisan and made in limited numbers. I have a few of their other pieces but I absolutely LOVE her! 😍

05/02/2025

In the Emirates lounge ready to head to the next adventure!

04/02/2025

We left Yala today to head back to Colombo for our flight tomorrow…on the way we made a stop at one of the beautiful southern beaches and Galle fort, originally constructed by the Portuguese, and now a tourist hot spot. Beautiful views and finally some sunny weather after a lot of rain and clouds the past month! I also am still sporting the boot so thought I’d practice my best Captain Morgan pose just for laughs! Many thanks to Saman for his careful driving and endless help and support during our stay in SL. Until next time……

04/02/2025

A really lovely last night here in Yala as the hotel kindly gifted us dinner on the beach! We enjoyed a Sri Lankan feast of various curries, rice and vegetables and finished with some traditional dessert samplings. It was so peaceful as we did some star gazing and caught sight of the herds of deer on the way back to our room.

04/02/2025

Thought I’d share where we’ve called “home” for the last 20 nights. One of the best Hiltons we have ever stayed at! Such kind and welcoming staff, nothing was too much trouble, they even glued James flip flop that broke! We were in a beautiful luxury stand alone villa close to the bio pond with crocodiles and many birds and even a wild hog that visited. The executive chef on site talks to all guests and offers to make any item they can that is not on the menu, we enjoyed soups, beef Wellington and even lasagne especially made for us. What can I say you crave weird things when you haven’t had them for a while! We apparently hold the title of being their longest stay guest (yes we paid with points!) and we loved the location actually being in the national park and surrounded by wildlife.

04/02/2025

We did another day and a half safaris to a different area of the national park that was much quieter and were lucky enough to see another leopard! Not many jeeps near by and he walked right out in to the open. Another Jackal, so many monkeys, birds, raptors, deer.......THIS is what makes me happy! Some cheeky elephants out on the road want to stop passers by for some bananas too! I could feel his breath when we drove past as he tried to put his trunk in he jeep!

01/02/2025

Check out our latest video in our 5 weeks in the UAE series. This is Episode 1

5 Weeks in the UAE Episode 1 Rome to Dubai

In episode 1 of our 5 part series we travel from Odyssey of the Seas which docks in Civicettia and take Emirates First Class on an A380 including the famous...