Global Nomads

23/03/2025

Today was full health screening day! We arrived at 8am and had a raft or bloodwork (CBC and a raft of other markers for cancer, tumors, inflammarion, RA…..), urinalysis, chest x ray, organ and abdomen ultrasound, EKG, heart stress test, bones density, body analysis, smear and mammogram for me, eye test, hearing test and then met with a doc to go over the results and presented with a full report with all findings and X-rays. We both need follow up on a couple of things but no surprises (ie Rheumatologist for me although looks like my ankle was indeed fractured). All tests took 4 hours and we were given a voucher to buy lunch before we met with the doc. For my American friends the total cost of all this was $830 for us BOTH. All done in less than one day in one place. Booked all follow up appointments for the same day and will all be done in one day next Monday!

21/03/2025

Home sweet home for the next 2 months!!!! Our apartment in KL, centrally located in the city, we were able to walk to a grocery store today and it has the holy grail an in unit washer/dryer! As well as a bath and amazing views of the Petronas towers and KL Tower.

20/03/2025

Our last flight for a while with Emirates so we did all the things! Got our Jammie’s on and headed to the onboard bar, got the complimentary souvenir Polaroid they offer and now about to have dinner!

20/03/2025

In the lounge before heading to our next destination, Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia, where we will be for 2 whole months!

20/03/2025

Arrived very late after our flight from Mauritius and were upgraded to a suite thanks to our Diamond status. Huge living room, seperate bedroom and bathroom with walk in closet, access to the executive lounge and best of all fabulous sunset views from our balcony overlooking the Palm and the Marina!

13/03/2025

A life size Emirates A380 plane, a Smurf garden, elephants, magical castles, princesses and a genie that look vaguely familiar from another theme park, can all be seen here and all made of and surrounded by flowers and plants! We took A LOT of selfies here! 😂

Opening on Valentine’s Day in 2013 and encompassing 72,000 square meters or 780,000 square feet, it’s the largest flower garden in the world.

12/03/2025

Ain. Dubai is the largest observation wheel in the world at 820ft

Ain Dubai the largest Observation Wheel in the World reopened. We took a ride at the attraction in Dubai at the Bluewater Complex.

12/03/2025

Finally took a trip on Ain Dubai today! Standing 250 meters or 820 feet tall its the largest in the world. If you’ve been on the London eye it’s almost double the height or 275 feet taller than the Vegas flyer.

We booked the premium package, for a little more than the basic ride, as the pod had seats but we also got 2 drinks included. As it’s still fairly quiet we had an entire pod, bar and bar server to ourselves!

Stunning views of downtown and the Palm Jumeirah it was a great experience!

09/03/2025

En route to Dubai! Some moderate turbulence, flight attendants had to take their seats and James spilled all his wine in a particularly more significant “bump”. I mean I thought we’d avoid turbulence in first class! 😂 I am being sarcastic, ironic, funny! I know we are lucky to be sitting here!

06/03/2025

Waterfalls, panoramas and Giant Tortoise! Yesterday we visited the south of the island and first headed to Trou aux Cerfs, the site of a dormant volcano. Next up was Grand Bassin Hindu temple home to the 108 ft tall Lord Shiva statue. A tour of the waterfalls and geologically created 23 colored earth park offered a multitude of thrill seeking opportunities, James walked a little of the huge suspension bridge spanning the 200 meter (660 feet) gorge below, giant tortoise and stunning views of the east coast folowed. We then took in yet more panoramic views of the Black River Gorges National Park before finally heading to the spectacular Chamarel waterfall and seven colored earth Geopark. A very long 10 hour day but a beautiful island!

04/03/2025

We took a tour of the north of the island and visited the capital city Port Louis, famous for its citadel, built by the French and completed by the British, offering spectacular panoramic views of the city. We walked around the port area and did some shopping in the umbrella lined street and headed to the busy central market where locals are selling their produce and souvenirs and the odd knock off watch! To slow things down we then went to the botanical garden complete with giant tortoise and deer and if you look closely on the giant water lily image you’ll see a pretty large bat 🦇 fly overhead too! Our final stop was at the French catholic red roof church at right on the beach. After a long and VERY hot and humid day we had some relaxation time and about 3 liters of water each!

01/03/2025

Our latest video just hit. It’s a beautiful hotel in Dubai

5 Weeks in the UAE Episode 5. The Address Dubai Mall

This is Episode 5 of our 5 part series on the UAE. This episode we stay at the Address Dubai Mall, formerly The Address Fountain View. We tour the hotel room...

27/02/2025

Our second stop yesterday in Madagascar, as Tanzania was cancelled, was to the north of the island. After a drive through the town we headed to Amber Mountain National Park. We hired a driver and guide with a 4x4 as many of the roads here are unpaved, rocky and muddy. After about an hour to travel the approximately 25 miles we reached the park and one of the most beautiful waterfalls we’ve ever seen. Along the walk, yes minus the boot and my ankle is not thanking me today, we admired the 400 year old towering trees, found a frog, the worlds smallest species of chameleon, saw a pretty decently sized 5ft snake, another baby tree Boa snake, saw wild mushroom varieties and ate wild growing raspberries.

We then made a stop at Sugar Loaf, a coastal viewpoint, before heading to see the famous Boabab trees and were welcomed back to the port by some local dancers.

This is an exceptionally economically deprived country, as you can see from the pics on the road to the park, exacerbated by numerous civil wars but people in the main were very friendly with kids in the villages all waving at the jeeps and many we spoke to are keen to encourage more tourism to the country and were keen for us to share pictures and videos.

25/02/2025

So today was Madagascar and of course that meant Lemurs! These guys are free to roam in a private sanctuary and they were all up in the trees until we gave them bananas! There are 6 different species of Lemurs and we saw them all along with karma karma karma chameleons and they did indeed come and go. There were also indigenous types of tortoise, including giant ones, and 5 other types some that live to be 200 years old.

Nosy Be is the largest island off the coast of mainland Madagascar, where we will be headed tomorrow, and despite the NCL chaos of a tender port and our booked guide not showing so we had to find someone else, we managed to see the market, the old port and some areas of town in this former French colony. We had a lovely guide but the Lemurs were the highlight of the day!

23/02/2025

So today was a little crazy…..we had 11 hours in port and did a 9 hour tour and I have spent the last week worrying we’d miss the ship! We drove 3 hours to get to the national park and 3 hours in the park and a 3 hour drive back. We saw tons of elephants, herds of zebra, baboons, gazelle, oryx, antelopes, emu and a plethora of birds and raptors. Was it rushed, was it cloudy and horrible light for photography yes absolutely. Was it one of the best days we’ve ever had…..yes absolutely.

We have plans to do a “real” safari in the future but couldn’t resist a taster today and nothing beats seeing wildlife in the wild!

Will be editing and posting some pics from my nikon tomorrow maybe but for now some grainy iPhone pics!

23/02/2025

Ready to see some lions! Keep your fingers crossed!

22/02/2025

Here is our latest video when we stayed at the Hilton Yas Marina on points, of course and went to the Abu Dhabi Formula 1 Grand Prix Finale.

5 WEEKS IN THE UAE EPISODE 4. Staying at the Hilton YAS Island and the 2024 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

In Episode 4 we travel from Al Maha to stay at the Hilton Yas Island for 5 nights on points. We get upgraded to an ambassador suite so we review the ambassad...

19/02/2025

We visited the largest of the 115 islands that make up the Seychelles today 🇸🇨. From the endless stunning beaches to lush rainforest in the granite mountains, the friendly people it made for a great day. We visited a local market, saw the Queen Victoria clock tower, local schools, some giant tortoises (a couple of which were getting jiggy with it) tea plantations, a local catholic church, 65% of the population are Catholic, and Hindu temple.

A packed day on a beautiful island!