SandSpice

Into tropical beaches 🌴 & spicy 🦐 food? Here are practical ideas, realistic budgets & actual costs πŸ₯­

SandSpicesandspice
2025-02-05

Buy your own fully-equipped Panamanian Island 🏝️ with 2-bedroom house

It costs less than a posh city apartment, but is owning a Panamanian island going to offer you the kind of lifestyle-change you imagine?

sandspice.com/buy-panamanian-i

sandspice.com/buy-panamanian-i

SandSpicesandspice
2025-02-04

Loro Parque Tenerife 🦜 More than just a zoo in Puerto de la Cruz

While visiting the park someone stole my alarm clock, my parrot, my bedside lamp & my coffee ...I don't know how they sleep at night.

sandspice.com/loro-parque-tene

sandspice.com/loro-parque-tene

SandSpicesandspice
2025-02-03

Ubud Bali Activities? Just chill out and soak up the atmosphere 🐡

Attempting all possible Ubud activities is not necessarily the best way to appreciate & enjoy this traditional & cultural town.

sandspice.com/ubud-bali-activi

sandspice.com/ubud-bali-activi

SandSpicesandspice
2025-02-02

Sandbank Affaire, Makunudu Maldives πŸŒ΄πŸŒ…πŸ½οΈ Dinner on your Private Island

The Sandbank Affaire is a private evening dinner excursion to a distant mini-island, devised by the Makunudu management.

sandspice.com/sandbank-affaire

sandspice.com/sandbank-affaire

SandSpicesandspice
2025-02-01

Windswept Cliffs of Varkala, Kerala πŸŒ…πŸŒŠ Good food, Great Beaches

The North Cliffs of Varkala in India comprise an 800-meter strip perched along a narrow path traversing the cliff edge. Watch your step!

sandspice.com/cliffs-of-varkal

sandspice.com/cliffs-of-varkal

SandSpicesandspice
2025-01-31

Palm Paradise Cabanas Tangalle 🌴 Solid, stylish and comfortable

Palm Paradise Cabanas Tangalle: Close to the picturesque beach - and loud disco music. Get a cabin towards the back if you want to sleep.

sandspice.com/palm-paradise-ca

sandspice.com/palm-paradise-ca

SandSpicesandspice
2025-01-30

Cambodia's Unofficial Shooting Ranges πŸ’₯ Vietnam-era Weapons

Ever fancied trying out an AK-47? How about an M16 for that matter, or an M60 machine gun? At Cambodia's shooting ranges, no qualifications are necessary...

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sandspice.com/cambodias-unoffi

SandSpicesandspice
2025-01-29

Colorful Filipino Currency πŸ’΅ Best keep a stash of lower denomination notes

Check out the colorful Filipino currency. Newer notes are brightly colored like Euros - though the equivalent amount goes a lot further...

sandspice.com/colorful-filipin

sandspice.com/colorful-filipin

SandSpicesandspice
2025-01-28

Jepara ATM woes πŸ€• Down & out in the suburbs of Indonesia

Lying dazed in a gutter in the backstreets of Jepara, with blood oozing from slices in my arm, marked the low-point of my trip to Indonesia.

sandspice.com/jepara-atm-woes/

sandspice.com/jepara-atm-woes/

SandSpicesandspice
2025-01-27

Our Venice Budget 🎭 2 Nights Inclusive - What’s the Cost?

Venice Budget : A short trip to Venice is potentially one of the most costly city breaks you can take. Why is Venice so expensive?

sandspice.com/final-venice-bud

sandspice.com/final-venice-bud

SandSpicesandspice
2025-01-26

Our Panama Travel Budget πŸ’° & Final Impressions

Is Panama really a place to retire to? Our Panama travel budget suggests one answer to the question but how about our overall impressions?

sandspice.com/panama-budget/

sandspice.com/panama-budget/?f

SandSpicesandspice
2025-01-25

Is your Lufthansa longhaul inflight experience worth the cost? ✈️

Does Lufthansa live up to its reputation as best in Europe & 9th best in the world? Checkout our Lufthansa longhaul inflight experience.

sandspice.com/lufthansa-longha

sandspice.com/lufthansa-longha

SandSpicesandspice
2025-01-24

Juara Beach πŸ„β€β™‚οΈ Tioman Island, Malaysia: 2km of sand bordered by jungle

Backed up by a mountainous rain forest, 1511 Coconut Grove offers several compact but comfortable wooden beach chalets.

sandspice.com/juara-beach/

sandspice.com/juara-beach/?fee

SandSpicesandspice
2025-01-23

Hong Kong Activities for a Relaxed 2-day Stopover 🚝

From Victoria Peak to a Symphony of Lights & the Trick Eye Museum there's lots to do: Choose your activities carefully...

sandspice.com/hong-kong-activi

sandspice.com/hong-kong-activi

SandSpicesandspice
2025-01-22

Fort Kochi & Kochi City πŸ›Ί Getting in and out of the city

It's quite a journey to the center of Fort Kochi. In India, you don’t drive on the left of the road, you drive on what is left of the road.

sandspice.com/fort-kochi-india/

sandspice.com/fort-kochi-india

SandSpicesandspice
2025-01-21

Langkawi Island Life πŸ¦… Lush, Tropical, Timeless (& Duty-free)

Langkawi’s archipelago comprises 99 thickly-forested islands dating back half a billion years.

sandspice.com/langkawi-island-

sandspice.com/langkawi-island-

SandSpicesandspice
2025-01-20

The Gozo Wine Festival 🍷 at Ramla Estate

Experience the magic of the Gozo wine festival: A celebration of culture, flavor and community

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sandspice.com/gozo-wine-festiv

SandSpicesandspice
2025-01-19

The White Sands of Dumaluan Beach πŸ–οΈ Philippines

A good alternative to Alona, but bring your own picnic to Dumaluan beach. Food options at the snack bar are limited and the service is slow

sandspice.com/dumaluan-beach/

sandspice.com/dumaluan-beach/?

SandSpicesandspice
2025-01-18

Lembongan Island Transfers 🌴🚀🏝️ Ubud to Mushroom Beach

Lembongan island transfers don't feature any boat-boarding jetties: Get ready to wade into the water up to your thighs to embark/disembark.

sandspice.com/lembongan-island

sandspice.com/lembongan-island

SandSpicesandspice
2025-01-17

Kandy 🌞 Sri Lanka 🦒 and the Wood Apples are Delicious!

Kandy Lake Comfort Hotel - A peaceful lakeside hotel: There were signs on the doors saying "Beware monkeys". They weren't kidding...

sandspice.com/kandy-lake-comfo

sandspice.com/kandy-lake-comfo

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