13 of the Best Bars on the New York City Sightseeing Trail!
If you’ve been following The Whole World is a Playground you’ll know we’re partial to the occasional cocktail on our travels. …
Destinations
Soaring over the desert skies: Las Vegas and Grand Canyon Helicopter tour!
The prospect of a trip to the spectacular Grand Canyon resulted in extremely high excitement levels in thewholeworldisaplayground hotel room! …
Afternoon Tea at the Westin Dublin: A most peculiar and fabulous afternoon!
An afternoon tea outing is our new favourite gift in thewholeworldisaplayground house and my lovely mum was the lucky recipient …
The Great Wall of China at Mutianyu: it’s a beautiful world!
Visiting the Great Wall of China was at the top of our Beijing must dos and we set off on …
Turkish Airlines Business Class: Dublin to Istanbul
I’ve wanted to see the Blue Mosque for as long as I can remember and, as luck would have it, …
A walk through the Santa Marta Favela, Rio de Janeiro
We were slightly apprehensive at the prospect of a trip to the favelas in Rio. We wanted to check out …
Mack Attack! Bay of Islands Hole in the Rock Boat Trip! New Zealand North Island
Bay of Islands is located four hours north of Auckland in the northern end of the North Island. It is …
Hotel Review: The Shelbourne Hotel, Dublin, Ireland
We’ve been very fortunate to have had lots of lovely news lately and the husband had pulled out all the …
Sunrise at Angkor Wat: a 5am jungle visit searching for the temples!
Watching the sunrise at Angkor Wat is an iconic travel experience but it still took three days of gentle persuasion …
New Zealand North Island: Hobbiton Movie Set Tours
New Zealand is synonymous with Lord of the Rings and, on the North Island, there stands a patch of land …