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Spending half a day at the bank

It wasn’t quite how I imagined the start of my Himalayan adventure. This is the second part of the blog … More

hiking, India, preparing for a hike, the Himalayas, Travel, travel blogger, trekking

Getting over a fever in central Vietnam

We’re now half-way through our 90 days backpacking in south east Asia and we had just arrived in central Vietnam … More

backpacking, getting ill while travelling, heyloons, Travel, travel blogger, Vietnam

Caves, a jungle trek and the mysterious turquoise lake

We arrive in central Laos; take a jungle hike; visit caves and a mysterious lake; enjoy a Mekong sunset Thakek … More

backpacking south Laos, biodiversity areas in Laos, hiking, khoun khong leng, Phou Hin Boun, Savannakhet, Thakek, travel blogger, trekking

The bar that sold bananas

Wise words I once heard while buying bananas in a bar in Kigali, Rwanda in 2008: ‘Nothing can heal without … More

Africa, critical thinking, education, genocide, how Rwanda recovered from the genocide, inspiration-2, kigali, learning, Letters from the heart of Africa, Travel, travel blogger

Electric-green unplugged

Today it’s April the 7th 2018, a day that marks the 24th anniversary of the start of the Rwandan genocide. … More

Africa, blog, Featured, genocide, Heyloons travel blog, kigali, Letters from the heart of Africa, Nyamata, remembrance, Rwanda, Rwandan genocide, Travel, travel blog, travel blogger, travelblog, volunteering

Travel Advice in Pictures: Modern British Queuing

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british customs, british traditions, forming a queue, getting in line, heyloons, queuing, travel blog, travel blogger

The Day When Time Slowed Down

Einstein said that the faster you travel, the more time slows down. In fact, if you travel at the speed … More

genocide, grief, heyloons, mental health, post traumatic stress disorder, PTSD, Rwanda, Travel, travel blogger

The Chatter of the Raindrops

Continuing the series Letters from the Heart of Africa.  My first few nights in Rwanda brought me shallow, dreamless sleeps; … More

Africa, Great African rivers, heyloons, raindrops, Rwanda, The Congo, The Nile, Travel, travel blogger

Kivu: The Shimmering Lake in the Shadow of the Volcano

In the very heart of Africa, between Rwanda and D.R. Congo, is a silvery, majestic lake framed by breezy palms … More

Africa, Featured, Gisyeni, heyloons, Kivu, Lake Kivu, limnic eruption, nature, Rwanda, Travel, travel blogger, travelblog

Things to do in Assam: The blue hill and the temple of the goddess of love

Assam, in India’s north-east, is known as the Land of the Red River and the Blue Hill. The Red River … More

Assam, Brahmaputra, Featured, goddess of love, goddessoflove, heyloons, hikes, hills, hinduism, India, kamakhya, land of lahelahe, love, shaktipeeth, the red river and the blue hill, travel blogger, trekking

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