Natalie DimmockAug 1, 20202 minBeautiful BucharestFrom Bucharest airport, we had my usual "holy shit" moment of I'm driving in a foreign country on the "wrong" side of the road moment but...
Natalie DimmockJul 30, 20204 minBucharest bound!After months of speculation thanks to the global pandemic, and our trip in May cancelled, re-planned then postponed as late as possible.....
Natalie DimmockJul 22, 20202 minWeston to wet and windy WalesAfter seeing Jaxx in Truro, on 22 July we drove the 150 miles or so to the seaside town of Weston-Super-Mare. We'd originally booked into...
Natalie DimmockJul 21, 20201 minSundowners in NewquayI'd previously thought that, if you were going to the Eden Project, you had to stay nearby but in actual fact Newquay is only 20 miles or...
Natalie DimmockJul 20, 20202 minCornish adventures at Eden ProjectOn 21 July, we had our breakfast and ran ourselves ragged (Tiger, not me) so during our lunchtime nap, one of us had a good old sleep whi...
Natalie DimmockJul 19, 20202 minGlastonbury Tor-ing with a toddlerOur next week-long trip (and in our new-to-us VW Golf, rather than the much loved Smart) started in Glastonbury on 20 July, where we we c...
Natalie DimmockJul 9, 20203 minBrighton baby!Welcome back to Tiger on Tour. Since I last wrote I have been back to work after my maternity leave ended mid-October 2019 and Tiger has ...
Natalie DimmockSep 13, 20193 minLooking for Royal Bengal Tigers with TigerWho flies on Friday 13th? That’d be me. We woke in the morning and took a taxi from Srimongol to Sylhet Airport for 3500 taka (£32) which...
Natalie DimmockSep 12, 20195 minBaby supplies in BangladeshI thought I would write a quick evaluative post about baby stuff and what you can and can’t get in Dhaka, and in Bangladesh in general. Y...
Natalie DimmockSep 10, 20193 minFishing in the mudOn 11 September we took a car and driver from the Hotel Norrjahan Grand in Sylhet to Green Leaf Guest House in Srimongol at a cost of 350...
Natalie DimmockSep 10, 20193 minGastronomy capital SylhetThwarted by St Martin’s, and having watched the second boat leave and had a good cry, I thought “ok, moving on… what now” so I got a CNG ...
Natalie DimmockSep 7, 20193 minThe quest to reach St Martin's failed! Failure! Well I hate to ever thinking I have failed but I guess a trip wouldn’t be complete without a bit of a balls up…. First of all th...
Natalie DimmockSep 6, 20192 minBeing on TV for International Yarn Fabric ShowWe were in Dhaka City for 3 nights from 4 to 6 September and had a few jobs to do. First of all, after the long travelling time to get th...
Natalie DimmockSep 3, 20194 minDubai to DhakaOn 3 September we finally set off for what was a bit of an epic flight with Emirates as I couldn’t find a direct flight to Bangladesh. Now...
Natalie DimmockSep 1, 20193 minPacking for Beautiful BangladeshBelow is the new and revised packing list for our one month trip to Bangladesh, which includes one week in India. A few lessons learnt fr...
Natalie DimmockJun 21, 20194 minManali to Leh in 300 milesOn 21 June we took a car back to Manali in order to take the big trip to Leh and spent another night at Joshi’s Homestay but in a differe...
Natalie DimmockJun 21, 20191 minHome of the Dalai LamaOn 18 June, Tiger’s 5 month “birthday”, we took a car and driver to McLeod Ganj which is a bit like the hippy Manali-esque end of Daramsa...
Natalie DimmockJun 17, 20192 minLost hippies in ManaliOn 15 June, rather than take the circuit route which would have lead us over a big pass just after Kaza, we took a car and driver directl...
Natalie DimmockJun 13, 20193 minRiding the toy train to ShimlaHaving survived our memorable power cut night in Kalka, on 12 June we took a tuktuk in the morning back to the railway station (not far f...
Natalie DimmockJun 12, 20193 minKalka power cut almost finishes us offOn Wednesday 12 June we were due to start our trip to Shimla by train. I had booked the tickets before we’d left to go home via the Forei...