London and Edinburgh

So in the last weekend of april I was a weekend in London again. Been to London so much lately don't really have that much new to write about. But we visited a great Asian restaurant Aqua Kyoto, was Right off regent street. Had the best sushi i have ever tasted. Alright I'm not the best judge of sushi cause i haven't really liked it before, but this was really good. The picture below shows sushi rolls from aqua Kyoto. 

The weekend after we headed to Edinburgh, Went to and amazing place on the egde of the town centre called Prestonfield house. Was on Old gothic house with a restaurant. We had afternoon tea there. 

Unfortunatly this weekend was a bank holiday and I hadnt booked any restaurants ahead which made it very difficult to find good places to have dinner:( 

Andreas did find him self a good whisky shop though. I believe it was called Cadenhead. They had the whisky he's been searching for, Springbank 18 year Old. This store was located at the end of the royal mile, the other end from the Castle which isn't that touristy. I would say this store was cheaper than the other stores on the royal mile, it was about 20pounds cheaper on the Springbank. So looking for whisky? I recommend this shop, they also had there own cask strength whisky bortled in the store for you:) 

Newcastle for the evening

Been on a short trip to north UK this week. Staying in Richmond, north yorkshire so we headed up to Newcastle for the night. Found a nice gastro pub, 25 Broad Chare, recommended by Michelin. We had pork crackling with apple bramble as a snack/starter and a great burgers for mains. 

If in Newcastle this place is worth a visit. Good selection of beers aswell. 

Bonaire and Aruba

Flamingos on the south end of Bonaire

Ok so I haven't really been very good at updating my blog since my last vacation. After we left curacao the internet connection didn't want to upload my posts so here is the highlights of Bonaire and Aruba.

Bonaire slave huts

In Bonaire we had three days and two nights on the Island. The overall inpression of the island was that there's not as much tourists in Bonaire as in Curacao, the restaurants were been better then curacao. There was one downside, its a very Rocky island so the beaches weren't Sandy and nice as in curacao.

Watching the kite surfers at Atlantis beach bonaire.

First day when we arrived here was a very rainy day. Luckily we had rented a car and drove around the south part of the Island. We drove past the saltworks which had a cool pink color, The slave huts that where used in the past at the saltworks, and very pink flamingos.

Iguanas were everywhere at the hote in Bonairel.

Atlantis beach

After Bonaire we headed to Aruba, I don't know if it was the order we travelled around on the islands that didn't make us appreciate Aruba or the fact that it was Aruba. But there was no charm on the island. If I knew I was travelling to an Island that was like a mini US I would have gone to the states again, it just didn't feel genuine like the other islands. The best beach in aruba was Baby Beach, perfect are if you are travelling with kids, a laguna with very shallow and calm water. I didn't like the big beaches by the resorts such as eagle and palm beach. When we visited Aruba it was to windy and the sand was blasting at you.

We found a nice genuine restaurant Zeerover which served fish and shrimp fried. Basically they serve 1 kind of fish per day, and you pay by weight. Compared to the rest of Aruba it wasn't at all expensive and very good food.

Mom and Dad at Baby Beach, Aruba.

Baby beach Aruba

Last days on Curacao

So we have now changed island and have just arrived to bonaire. The days in curacao we hade great weather but the last days a couple of rain showers scattered. 

One day we drove and had a look at the beaches by west punt. We wished we stayed at playa Kalki but continued south and ended up at Kas Abou. A wonderful beach but the snack bar was not much. Below is a picture from Kalki.

We also visited Blue Bays beach resort, downside was that there was an entrance fee but you have facilties there and a good restaurant. The beach was beautiful and had some snorkeling water. 

We took a tour on a catamaran out to Klein curacao, a very sandy Island With a light house som ship wrecks and alot of lizards:) While snorkeling you spotted turtles very easily. Below are som Pics from Klein curacao.

Last day on curacao we spent at our beach by our rented apartment, Pirate bay. Entrance fee here aswell but it was included in our apartment. 

Our last and best dinner at curacao was at Mundo bizarro. A very eclectic restaurant/bar. It was located in Willemstad in the area Pietermaai.