One Day Travel Blog: Portugal

Hey guys,

This past week I have been in Portugal doing some fun stuff with my family. I had literally only got back from my travels a week ago and I headed off again. I just wanted to write some of the stuff I have been doing and share some pieces.

One really fun thing we did was go and play golf. I have 3 younger sisters and our close family friends have 2 kids so the dads took us all to play golf. This was so fun because all of us were so bad hahahaha. We played at the golf course Vale Do Milho in case anyone wants to go. It is family friendly but a full on 9 hole golf course. In the heat it did get incredibly exhausting.

Another fun thing that we did was go on a speed boat around some of the caves in Portugal. I think I'm going to upload this to my You Tube channel because some of the pictures don't really show how awesome this trip was. The only downside was that I had food poisoning so about 10 seconds after I got off the boat I was throwing up. wooooo for me. I really don't regret doing it though, thats how good it was. And the beach that it was at was so pretty.

Finally, another great thing, a MUST if you go to Portugal is Slide n Splash. We've been here like a million times before but every time it's just as fun. Definitely go if you are going to Portugal soon, it's great for the whole family.

Well, I just wanted to let you know some of the fun things I have been doing since going travelling. I've actually got another holiday planned for 2 weeks time so I'll do another blog post on it.

Speak soon xo

Travel with Me: My You Tube

Hi guys, my videos are now up on You Tube (most of them). Take a look if you want to see more of what we did whilst I was travelling.

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Travel with Me: Home Time

Well everyone, I am writing this from the comfort of my own bed. I got home this morning at about 11AM UK time. I am so tired because we had an 18 hour journey. I know, so tiring.

I wanted to tell you about our last day because it was kind of stressful but also the most perfect day. So, our flight was not until midnight and we had to be out of the hotel at 10am. So we had no idea how we were going to spend the time in between.

At first we went to get some breakfast and we ended up to going to one of the trendy places called The Library. The BLT was to die for, so good. We tried to stay in there as long as possible but we obviously got quite bored. After that we decided that I should get my nails done lol. We thought this would take longer than it actually did, I just got a manicure, I should've got a pedicure too.

Once we had wondered around Seminyak a bit we decided to find the beach to get lunch there. After walking for probably an hour and arguing continuously about where the beach was we finally found it and it did not disappoint. The waves are so giant I can't even explain to you how big they are, its actually crazy.

We sat at a little bar and had some food and later realised that they had those bean bags and umbrellas that you always see in pictures so obviously we stayed here to watch the sunset. Again this was such a great decision.

Once done here we headed back to Seminyak for some dinner then went to the airport early. Tbh the wait for our flight really wasn't as bad as we expected and it was better than just sitting in the hotel lobby.

I'm so sad to be home. I want to go back again so badly. Hopefully my blogs have been fun, even though I am going to blog other places that I go...

ps. don't feel like you have to take a backpack travelling because my biggest regret over the past month is taking a backpack, I wish I had a suitcase.

Travel with Me: Day 28

Again, sorry I haven't been posting much, we'e mainly just been chilling. We did move hotels again so we are now in Seminyak. This is a lot more busy than Ubud and has a lot of trendy restaurants so the past few days we've been eating some really good food. Although, most of it has been American like burgers and stuff. ooooppsss.

The hotel we are in now is perhaps the best. We have our own private pool. I know. Amazing. You'll have to check out my You Tube to see the tour of our room because I don't think pictures do it justice.    Today it rained for the first time since we begun our adventure so we went out to dance int the rain. That's also on my You Tube. It looked so gloomy but still so pretty so I thought I'd show you guys.

I can't believe our travels are almost over. It's honestly making me sooo sad. At first I was so nervous to come but now I don't want to leave :((((

I think the next blog will probably be the last one from my travels but I of course will keep blogging! xoxo

Travel with Me: Day 25

So as you may have noticed a few days have gone past since I last wrote a blog. That's only because we've literally just hung around the pool the last few days and theres no point telling you guys about that.

I really wanted to go to the Monkey Sanctuary whilst we were here in Ubud but I'm too scared because we didn't have enough time to get the rabies vaccine. So I think we will give it a miss. Today we drove down to a different hotel. This one is better than the last. Wait for it....

Honestly the view is spectacular, I mean, look at the rice fields. Its so beautiful.

Once we had unpacked our bags we went for a massage. I've only ever been to two different places for massaged in my life, one of which being my Grandma (she's a masseuse). My point is, this massage was so different to anything I've ever experienced. They were so rough but I guess not in a painful way because it was good. I'd recommend getting the traditional Balinese massage.

For dinner we just stayed at the hotel because there isn't much near this hotel. Tomorrow we're going to go into town to eat. Goodnight xo

Travel with Me: Day 22

So it's been 3 weeks since we got here. And we only have a week left here in Bali. I really wish that we had decided to stay longer at some of these places but hopefully we can do this again one day. I really don't want to go home!!!!!

Right so let me show you our hotel. Btw, the hotels in Bali are a bit nicer than the ones we had been staying in as it is cheaper and also I wanted to treat myself. Anyway look how incredible this is

I really feel like I'm in paradise right now. It is so nice and calm here and the people are so lovely. I definitely want to come back. Tonight I chose somewhere special to go out for dinner. I chose this place because I knew the they had a traditional dance to watch whilst you eat which sounded amazing. The dance was nothing like I've seen before (check out my YouTube to see it). The outfits, the actual dance moves, the people were all so incredible. The first night here in Bali has been amazing. 

Travel with Me: Day 21

Today was a bit of a sad day as we visited the War Remnants Museum. Which obviously is about the Vietnam war and was incredibly sad seeing some of the things that we saw. Obviously I didn't take any pictures here as even though your allowed, this seems fairly disrespectful.

We went out for drinks at the hotel sky bar which was beautiful to see Saigon from up above. Its actually crazy how busy it gets here and how many motorbikes there are!!! I hope I never see one again!!! Lol who am I kidding I bet there will still be some in Bali.

Sorry this post is so short. I did have a good day despite going somewhere so sad. Even though you learn and see things that put a bit of a sombre mood on the day I would still recommend going here. It does educate you on what happened and I think its good to know these things. We're off to Bali tomorrow so I'll 100% be a lot more cheery then. xox

Travel with Me: Day 20

Look how beautiful this Pagoda is.

So yeah, this is what we did today. We visited the Vinh Trang Pagoda. This Pagoda is so beautiful, as you can see. There is actually so much to see here. There is a reclining buddha and a happy buddha. The architecture here is incredible and if you are in Saigon and want to see something beautiful and get away from the busy streets you MUST come here. You won't regret it.

I also wanted to share with you the toilet that I had to use today. Yeah this is it. This is the first time since we've been here I've seen a toilet like this. It was actually harder to pee than you'd expect. But I managed it. Lol tmi. 

We went out for dinner tonight to a place called TnT BBQ. It was really great. As the name states it was BBQ food which was incredible. It's run by an American guy which means they have DR PEPPER, one of my favourite drinks. Clearly I got this even though it was slightly more expensive. Yet again would recommend going here. My tummy is full and I am happy. xox

Travel with Me: Day 19

We've had such a great day. As I said in my last post we went on a tour to the Mekong Delta River. Firstly we stopped to see the people of the Mekong Delta. We saw how they kept bees to make honey and they let us try a special tea of theirs. It was really delicious actually, might get the ingredients to make it at home.  They also sang us a song and gave us their CD (this will all be on my You Tube, don't worry).

As we were walking through to get onto our boats we saw the strangest thing ever which I just wanted to share with the world.

Yep, thats two goats in a bag. Like, what. You wouldn't see that in England.

Anywhoooos, we got on our boat and we got to wear a non lá, you know, one of those traditional Vietnamese hats. I literally was so excited about this because I thought they were so cool. Plus I wanted a touristy picture of me in one. 

The view down the river was so extraordinary. It was actually beautiful, as you can see. It was so peaceful such a contrast from the busy streets in Saigon. 

After this we headed to a place where they made coconut candy. Ok guys, I HATE coconut but, these sweets were so yummy. If you get the chance to try these and you don't like coconut, just try them anyway. They are so good, especially when they have just been made. You can get them in different flavours as well which does't make sense to me but yeah. 

Finally we went to have lunch. Now as you know I'm extremely fussy. So when I saw what it was for lunch I kind of freaked out. Yeah, its that fish. Luckily it was served with rice which I just ate a lot of or I would have gone hungry. I am fussy but I also HATE fish so seeing this was like my absolute worst nightmare.

Anyway, today was such a fun day. We saw some beautiful things and had some great food (excluding the fish). Tomorrow we are going to pagoda which will be interesting. 

Travel with Me: Day 18

We've arrived in Ho Chi Minh City or Saigon. There were a few issues at the airport so it took us ages to find our taxi and get to our hotel. So far Saigon seems exactly like Hanoi but I'm sure that I'll have an explore and realise that it's not.

As we got here quite late we just went out to get food. You will be so disappointed to hear we went to.....Burger King. Lol really taking advantage of the Vietnamese culture. Seriously though, we only went here because it was right next to our hotel and we were starving. It was good to be fair.

We're having a boring night again tonight as tomorrow we are going on a tour to the Mekong Delta. I'll keep you updated. Night.

Travel with Me: Day 17

I'm just going to start off with a picture of what we did today. 

Yep, we had mud baths. I had planned to do this since I knew we were travelling as it is something that I think is soooo cool and anything thats good for my skin I'll do. Being in the mud was actually so cool. Like as long as you are up for it, it is such a good experience. I can't explain it probably but in mud you can properly float and its such a strange sensation. 

The process went like this: 

-First you must have a five minute shower. I guess to clean yourself since you are going to be getting into communal mud baths

- Then you get into the mud bath and sit there for 30 minutes I think it was. Whilst we were in ours we met a guy from California and chatted to him about where he had traveled. 

- Then you get out and stand in the sun- to let it dry. So the mud basically becomes like a mask. 

- Then you shower it off once it is all dry. 

- After this you go in some special hot water for 30 minutes and then you are done. 

We also got to go in some man made waterfall things that they have there and swim in the pool. This was such a funny experience and I'd deffo recommend doing this if you are going to Nha Trang. 

As today was our last night we decided to go out for a few drinks after we ate. Luckily I found a place where we could do both at the same time, Louisanne Brewhouse. This place was really great. The service was slightly slow but they are so incredibly busy you can't blame them. They had all different types and sizes of beer. I tried strawberry beer which personally I was not a fan of but you have to try these things. The food there was really great too. The atmosphere was really friendly as everyone was drunk. wooooooo. 

Travel with Me: Day 16

Today we went to the beach which was actually the most disappointing thing ever. The water looks so nice and beautiful until you get right up to it and see the amount of rubbish that is in it. You honestly would not want to swim in this water its disgusting. It really put me off staying at the beach. We did though and had a good day- I got a tan.

Since the beach was kind of upsetting us at how gross it was we did go home earlier than we wanted but we had planned to go out for dinner kind of earlier tonight since we haven't really been eating properly since we've been here. By that I mean we haven't exactly been eating breakfast and lunch like we should be.

The place we went for dinner was incredibly pricey but it was so beautiful. It was right on the beach so the view was amazing. The food was great too. I got spaghetti bolognese. So typical right? Just in case you want to visit this restaurant is called Ana Beach House and Bar.

Although we haven't done much it has been a good day. We're doing something kind of strange but fun tomorrow so stay tuned.

Travel with Me: Day 15

Just realised that its been two weeks already since we left home. I want it to slow down. At first I thought I would hate being away from home but now I don't want to leave this beautiful place.

We arrived here in Nha Trang this morning and oh my goodness we had to fly on the smallest plane ever. There was seriously probably about less than 50 people on this plane and only one air hostess. The steps literally folded out from the back of the door. I was genuinely so scared but luckily the journey wasn't long and it wasn't too bumpy.

Nha Trang is a lot busier than Da Nang so we are back to the hectic life, having trouble crossing the road yet again. At least this time we had been given some tips: just go. Because we only got here this afternoon we have only had time to go out for dinner and look around a little bit. Oh and I now understand why people call it little Russia. It's literally full of Russian people, people keep speaking to us in Russian and we haven't even been here 24 hours. 

The restaurant we went to was a pizza restaurant  After going out of my comfort zone last night I wanted to have a homey meal tonight. It was really good and now I'm feeling so full and tired. 

Tomorrow we are off to the beach I think. xoxo

Travel with Me: Day 14

Well... today is our last day here and we didn't really have much to do. We decided to head down to the beach which was good until it started raining. So we had to head back to the hotel.

Its really difficult to describe how quiet it is here. Hanoi was soooooo busy and this is like deserted. Theres barely any thing to do. I guess thats why we only decided to stay here for two nights.

Tonight I went out of my comfort zone a bit and we went to have some Vietnamese food. As I've mentioned before I'm probably the biggest fussy eater there is. So this was a huge step for me. We went to a restaurant called Sofia. I had some spring rolls which were so delicious. I've never really liked them until now. I also got some chicken noodles which were really good too. Maybe I'll try some different food now.

Anyway tomorrow we are going to Nha Trang. Not sure what I'll think of this as I'd heard it being referred to as 'little Russia.' We will see.