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My mum, the pilot

Once upon a time, a little girl was told that women shouldn’t fly airplanes … I grew up knowing ‘mum … More

Featured, female pilots, Indian women pilots, women aviators, women pilots

A hike in the Himalayan snow

We left the glimmering lake at Dodital to climb another thousand metres, ascending pine forests, crossing streams and meadows to … More

Featured, heyloons, hiking, India, Mountains, Travel, treks

10 Annoying Behaviours on the London Underground

Londoners have a love-hate relationship with their metro system The Tube; but it’s more than just standing on the wrong … More

Backpacks on the underground, could you please move down, Featured, humour, London, London Underground, metro, Travel, travel bugbears, travelblog

Great travel annoyances of our times: the hotel toaster

At the hotel breakfast, that metal appliance that toasts your bread on a little conveyor … I mean… how hard … More

breakfast food, Featured, hotel breakfasts, hotel toasters, hotels, Travel, travel blog, travel problems

Short story: Deano’s Return

Based on a true story of how a long lost dog came home. In the summer of 1972 Nita Rai … More

dogs, Featured, fiction, hey loons short story, how do dogs navigate?, short story, the dog that returned home

7 tips for volunteers in Africa

It’s almost time to fly home. These seven months in Rwanda have felt so much longer – the richness of … More

advice for volunteers, Africa, Featured, how to do a successful placement as a volunteer, Travel, voluntary work in Africa, volunteering in Africa, work, working

The Ragged Children of Kinigi

When the ragged children of Kinigi danced, it was a scene of both joy and sadness, those imposters both, two … More

Africa, child health, childhood, developing countries progress, Featured, health, malnutrition, poverty, Travel, travel blog on Rwanda

Unexpected hosts: gorillas after the mist

After noon, we started the descent in to the mists of Mount Karisimbi, the highest peak in the Virungas, a … More

climbing Karisimbi, Dian Fossey, Featured, Gorillas of rwanda, Karisoke, mountain gorillas, what is it like to see a gorilla in the wild
Climbing Karisimbi

The snowman in the heart of Africa – Climbing Mount Karisimbi (part 2)

Continued from part 1 I walked towards the fire where there were two crouching silhouettes outlined in bright orange. I … More

a snowman in the heart of Africa, Africa, Climbing the Virungas, Featured, hiking, karisimbi, Rwanda, snow in africa, Travel, travel blog, trekking

Climbing Mount Karisimbi

CLIMBING MOUNT KARISIMBI , a snow-capped volcano between Rwanda and the DR Congo, the tallest peak in the Virungas, was … More

Featured, hiking, hiking up mount karisimbi, Letters from the heart of Africa, mount karisimbi, nature, Rwanda, trails, Travel, travel blog, trekking, volunteering

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