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The Long Journey |YYZ-YUL-PEK-HND (also our un-glowing review of Air China.)

November 23, 2019 by hollyGS

We left for the airport at 8:30am, Mom my picked us up and I drove her car to YYZ (Toronto Airport). We arrived at 9:55am. Our flight was at 1:00pm. The night before, we had trouble checking into our flight because our first of three flights was with Air Canada (even though we booked the whole ticket through Air China), whilst the second and third flights were with Air China. I had to go to the library to print our […]

Categories: Asia, Canada, China • Tags: air canada, airlines, Asia, boarding, budget, budget travel, buying tickets, Canada, cheap travel, China, china air, china visa, flying, layover, montreal, short stop over, stop over, toronto, transit visa, travel day

Chinese Transit VISA on Arrival | Beijing China

November 20, 2019 by hollyGS

In March 2019 we travelled to Japan with our friend Gaby. The flight from Canada to Tokyo Japan had a 15 hour stop over in Beijing China, so we decided to try and get a transit VISA on arrival, and leave the Beijing airport to see what we could do in this time frame. Firstly, before we left I did a lot of research about other people’s experience getting the 24 hour transit VISA on arrival in Beijing, and I […]

Categories: Asia, China • Tags: air canada, Asia, backpackers, backpacking, beijing, beijing airport, beijing travel, budget, budget travel, cheap travel, China, chinese, do it yourself, entry, forbidden city, how to, night market, see the world, tian anmen square, transit, travel, travel vlog, visa, visa free, what to see what to do

PENANG, Malaysia | Top 9 Things to See and Do

November 16, 2019 by hollyGS

Here is a video we made about the Top 9 things to see and do in Penang Malaysia. For our Self Guided Walking Tour of Penang : https://bumblingtourist.com/2019/03/10/self-guided-walking-tour-penang-malaysia/ #1- Little India The sights and sounds and smells are intense! You will find lots of authentic Indian food and the Sri Mariamman Temple. The are is only about four blocks, but a lot is packed into these four blocks! #2- Street Art Everywhere you look is Georgetown, you will see street […]

Categories: Asia, Malaysia • Tags: backpacker, backpacking, budget travel, cheap travel, chew jetty, clan houses, durian, georgetown, kapitan keling mosque, kek lok si, little india, Malaysia, malaysian food, monkey beach, monkeys, penang, penang hill, penang hill funicular, south east asia, street art, temple, what to do, what to see

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KUALA LUMPUR | Top 10 things to See and Do

November 13, 2019 by hollyGS

Here is a video we made about our top 10 things to see and do in Kuala Lumpur (FOR A SELF GUIDED WALKING TOUR MAP go to: https://bumblingtourist.com/2019/01/08/kuala-lumpur-self-guided-walking-tour/ ) #1- KL Forest Eco park Here you can climb up a winding staircase, and walk amoungst the treees and the city. It is free to do. The jungle-y walk is a great reprieve from the busy city. #2- Beer on a plastic Stool (we recommend Chinatown) One of our favourite things […]

Categories: Asia, Malaysia • Tags: Asia, backpacker, backpacking, batu caves, Beer, bukit bintang, central market, chinatown, henna, indian food, jalan alor, KL, KL Forest ecopark, KLCC park, kuala lumpur, little india, Malaysia, malaysian food, masjid jamek mosque, petronas towers, south east asia, sri mahamariamman temple, vegetarian food

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London, England |Self Guided Walking Tour (Downtown)

October 10, 2019 by hollyGS

Here is the link to the self guided walking tour I made. Below you will find a step by step guide and information about each stop on the tour. Stop 1: Tower of London Stop one is the Tower of London. We decided to take the metro to the Tower of London stop, and then walked to the site. The entrance price is £21.50 for an adult. We just admired the building from the outside, because I had been inside […]

Categories: england, Europe, united kingdom • Tags: backpackers, backpacking, big ben, buckingham palace, budget, budget travel, cheap travel, cheap UK, england, houses of parliament, kingsman shop, london, piccadilly circus, self guided, self guided walking tour, tower bridge, tower of london, trafalgar square, travel blog, travel vlog, uk, vlog, walking tour, westminster abbey

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Getting From Conwy Wales to London England

October 5, 2019 by hollyGS

Here is an in depth video I made about the whole ordeal, but if you prefer the written version… I will outline that below! To start off, we did not intend on going to London on this trip, because accommodation and food can be so expensive!! We originally booked a round trip flight in and out of Dublin, Ireland with Airtransit, but about a month before the trip, Airtransit cancelled the return flight and said that there were no longer […]

Categories: england, Europe, united kingdom, Wales • Tags: air coach, backpacker, backpacking, birmingham, budget, budget travel, bus travel, cheap, cheap travel, cheap UK, conwy, conwy to london, england, how to, liverpoool, london, train travel, trainline, travel blog, travel vlog, vlog, Wales, welsh coast

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Conwy, Wales| Gwledd Conwy Feast

October 3, 2019 by hollyGS

Here is a video we made about the festivities at the 2018 Gwledd Conwy Feast, the video really does give you a better feel for the event then this post does. The highlight for use was the hot mulled wine and hot Welsh rum! Gwledd Conwy Feast is a yearly festival held in Conwy, Northern Wales. The festival celebrates the harvest and eating all the bounties of the land. The event includes food trucks, craft sales, local trades people, entertainment […]

Categories: Europe, united kingdom, Wales • Tags: Beer, beer festival, budget, budget travel, cheap travel, cheap UK, conwy, craft beer, feastival, gwledd conwy feast, harvest feast, harvest fest, hot mulled wine, live music, northern wales, street feastival, street food, travel blog, travel england, travel vlog, vlog, Wales, welsh drink, welsh food

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Conwy Wales: Self Guided Walking Tour

September 14, 2019 by hollyGS

Here is the link to the Self Guided Walking Tour Of Conwy Wales I created: https://embed.alpacamaps.com/journey/a982bfe2-cc44-11e9-96fe-067ec0c7e8f4/default We loved Conwy, Wales. It’s an amazing and compact city in Northern Wales, close to the British border. You can honestly just wander the city and get lost amoung the fisherman’s cottages OR you can follow this handy self guided walking tour we’ve created. You are going to love this city!!!!!! 1- City Walls Entrance Firstly, we recommend that you start at the north/eastern […]

Categories: Europe, united kingdom, Wales • Tags: backpackers, backpacking, budget travel, buying tickets, castles, cheap travel, cheap UK, city walls, conwy, conwy castle, conwy river, Europe, great britain, guide, medieval, medieval castle, medieval city, northern wales, self guided walking tour, smallest house in Great Britain, snowdonia, train, uk, undiscovered europe, united kingdom, Wales, walking tour, walsh, welsh, what to do, what to see, winter travel

Chester to Conwy WALES (by train)!!!

September 7, 2019 by hollyGS

It was sad to leave the beautiful city of Chester, although we were not sad to leave our accommodation (which we explain in this post). We decided that we would splash out a little bit of extra money and take the train all the way into Conwy, Wales. We booked our tickets ahead of time online through a website called trainline. They made me download the app to access my ticket. However, boarding the train was super easy, we just […]

Categories: england, Europe, united kingdom, Wales • Tags: backpacker, backpackers, budget travel, chester, city walls, conwy, conwy castle, england, Europe, explore wales, llandudno junction, medieval, medieval castle, medieval city, see wales, train travel, travel wales, united kingdom, Wales, what to do, what to see

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Author Archives: hollyGS

The Long Journey |YYZ-YUL-PEK-HND (also our un-glowing review of Air China.)

Chinese Transit VISA on Arrival | Beijing China

PENANG, Malaysia | Top 9 Things to See and Do

KUALA LUMPUR | Top 10 things to See and Do

London, England |Self Guided Walking Tour (Downtown)

Getting From Conwy Wales to London England

Conwy, Wales| Gwledd Conwy Feast

Conwy Wales: Self Guided Walking Tour

Chester to Conwy WALES (by train)!!!