Woke and Awake Travel

Japan : Tokyo

Posted on October 12, 2020November 26, 2022 by Michelle & Douglas

To & From: From Dublin there are no direct flights to Tokyo, we chose Virgin from Gatwick. Its a long flight, just shy of 12 hours out and a little over on the return. Japan is + 8 hours GMT, so you will arrive next day roughly 24 hours ahead of departure. To make life…

Staycation : Adare Manor,Adare, Co.Limerick

Posted on September 28, 2020October 1, 2020 by Michelle & Douglas

Follow my blog with Bloglovin Although through work I have spent a lot of time at the fabulous #beyondeverything Adare Manor it is still so special to visit in a personal capacity not to mention that we had our wedding at Adare Manor some years back ! So when the opportunity arose to meet up…

USA: Palm Springs Cultural Trip

Posted on September 22, 2020September 24, 2020 by Michelle & Douglas

GUESTBLOGGER: delighted to share #blog by our niece Kerry who joined us on a trip to the fabulous #PalmSpring! I had the opportunity to join Doug and Michelle on what was a fabulous trip to Palm Springs in autumn 2019. Considering the time of year it was much hotter than I expected at a scorching…

China : Beijing – Xian – Shanghai

Posted on September 16, 2020February 26, 2021 by Michelle & Douglas

To & From: This trip required a degree of additional planning, as we wanted to fly to Beijing and back from Shanghai, some airlines are facilitating and still good value on multi – city, we opted for Turkish airlines, which is a late afternoon flight from Dublin to Istanbul and then overnight to Beijing arriving 24…

Staycation – Wicklow,Dublin & Tayto Park

Posted on September 11, 2020September 18, 2020 by Michelle & Douglas

Despite being avid travellers boarding a plane many times every year to explore a new location we decided due to Covid that 2020 is the year for staycation! As we live in the West of Ireland we choose to begin our staycation Eastside in the garden of Ireland beautiful “Wicklow” to be precise! With no…

India – New Delhi & Agra

Posted on September 9, 2020December 21, 2020 by Michelle & Douglas

India: New Delhi & Agra There are no direct flights to India from Dublin, possibly the easiest is via London with BA, downside is that most if not all flights land in very early morning or around breakfast time, ND is + 4.5 hours GMT and the travel time is about 12 hours from Dublin….

USA – Phoenix to Las Vegas

Posted on September 8, 2020November 17, 2020 by Michelle & Douglas

TO & FROM There are no direct flights to Phoenix from Dublin , but plenty of one stop via USA East Coast or Mid-Western hubs. We flew via Chicago with Aer Lingus, surprisingly it is another 4 hours from Chicago to Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX), but with the time differential – 8 GMT,…

Malaysia – Penang & Batu Ferringhi

Posted on September 8, 2020December 21, 2020 by Michelle & Douglas

To & From: We did Penang as a lovely restful add on to Kuala Lumpar.Penang is a Unesco World Heritage site so you can combine heritage & culture with sunbathing! See 3 in Useful Links A good option if you have not booked through to Penang with original carrier is to fly internally from Sultan…

Malaysia – Kuala Lumpur

Posted on September 1, 2020September 2, 2020 by Michelle & Douglas

To & From There are plenty of travel options from Dublin to KL, nothing direct so it is really a question of two mid-range flights via Middle East hub or one short one long through Europe, either way it will take 16-18 hours, note 7 hours GMT variance, so you will arrive roughly 24 hours…

Brazil – Rio de Janeiro

Posted on August 31, 2020September 14, 2020 by Michelle & Douglas

To & From: We flew to Rio via Heathrow with BA, bones of a 12-hour flight, you can shave a couple of hours off from Lisbon, but the longer flight to Lisbon from Dublin negates the overall benefit. BA have a mid-morning flight out that will get you to Rio that evening, and upon return…

A Trip To Spain

Mexico : Mexico City & Manzanillo

Europe : Malta

Cuba : Havana & Varadero

Japan : Tokyo

Staycation : Adare Manor,Adare, Co.Limerick

USA: Palm Springs Cultural Trip

China : Beijing – Xian – Shanghai

Staycation – Wicklow,Dublin & Tayto Park

India – New Delhi & Agra

USA – Phoenix to Las Vegas

Malaysia – Penang & Batu Ferringhi

Malaysia – Kuala Lumpur

Brazil – Rio de Janeiro