Travel diaries

Our trips in photos and film: Disney parks, Singapore and Bali, Japan, Celebrity cruises and a safari in Kruger National Park.

Follow the trips in order, starting with our first visit to the USA at Walt Disney World. The diaries include our favourite rides, meals, wildlife encounters and the little things we still talk about afterwards.

Suggested reading order

Two weeks at Walt Disney World: our favourite rides
18 Sept 2022· 6 min read
Our first USA trip: Walt Disney World's four parks, Cosmic Rewind, about ten goes on Everest and meeting Sulley in matching shoes.
Our honeymoon in Singapore and Bali
21 Oct 2023· 7 min read
Our Singapore and Bali honeymoon: Universal Studios, hawker food and the Night Safari, then a villa in Ubud, sunrise on Mount Batur and the beach in Nusa Dua.
Our first cruise: Norwegian fjords on Celebrity Silhouette
18 May 2024· 10 min read
Our first cruise took us through the Norwegian fjords on Celebrity Silhouette, with a surprise cabin upgrade, Briksdal glacier, Loen Skylift and Ålesund.
Two weeks in Japan: Tokyo Disney, Kyoto and Nara
12 Oct 2024· 10 min read
Tokyo DisneySea, Kyoto's bamboo grove and onsen, feeding deer in Nara and debating Japan's convenience stores, with four hotels that kept going up a star.
Greek islands with friends: a Celebrity Infinity cruise
17 Aug 2025· 7 min read
Our first cruise with friends on Celebrity Infinity, from Santorini and Mykonos to a private Ephesus tour, with Rhodes, Hydra and a final day in Athens.
Hong Kong to Singapore: our Celebrity Solstice cruise
27 Dec 2025· 10 min read
Our twelve-night Celebrity Solstice cruise from Hong Kong to Singapore via Vietnam and Thailand, with Ha Long Bay, Disneyland and birthday surprises from Lucy.
California to Canada: Disney and a Celebrity Summit cruise
16 May 2026· 8 min read
Disneyland, then an eight-night Celebrity Summit cruise from Los Angeles to Vancouver, with San Diego, Alcatraz, the Butchart Gardens and Capilano.
Four days in Kruger National Park: the animals we saw
5 Sept 2026· 11 min read
Our four-day Kruger National Park safari: four leopard sightings in one day, African wild dogs, lions on the road and an hour with a cheetah mother and cubs.