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Contiki Egypt & The Nile – Day 5: The Temple of Horus & Luxor
We woke up the following morning & were docked in Edfu for a morning visit to the Temple of Horus. I boarded a cart pulled by a donkey...

Mike McHugh
Jul 25, 20174 min read


Contiki Egypt & The Nile: Day 3 – Aswan
The third day of our tour around Egypt began when we woke up on our overnight train at about 7:45 AM all rested. I slept like a baby on...

Mike McHugh
Jul 25, 20174 min read


Big Indochina Adventure – Days 15 & 16: Mekong Delta, Vietnam
We left our hotel at about 8:20 AM and boarded a bus for the Mekong Delta. We saw the Mekong River in every country we’ve been to so far...

Mike McHugh
Feb 27, 20174 min read


Contiki Big Indochina Adventure: Day 6 – Mekong River to Pakbeng, Laos
Hello from Laid Back Laos. This is a communist country, due to the extreme poverty, but that doesn’t affect the beauty or how amazing the...

Mike McHugh
Feb 20, 20172 min read


Day 8: China Adventure – Yangshuo
We left our hotel at 6:00 AM and headed straight to the airport. Our flight was only delayed an hour this time and we landed in Guilin...

Mike McHugh
May 16, 20152 min read


The City of Dante
Ciao Tutti, The past two days in Florence have been very busy. Yesterday, I arrived to my hostel, Plus Florence, at noon and checked...

Mike McHugh
Jun 3, 20124 min read


Dublin in a Day
Today, I took on Dublin by myself. Without the language barrier I have in most other countries, I felt like my bus tour yesterday gave me...

Mike McHugh
May 11, 20123 min read
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