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

The whirling dervishes of Istanbul

The Galata Mevlevi Museum | Istanbul | February 2020 *** A few months ago I had the good fortune to … More

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

The first post of a new blog series about going up the Himalayas mainly on Indian public transport buses. Taken … More

The final week of our amazing 90 days backpacking in southeast Asia arrived far too soon. In search of some … More

Or … why you can never really ‘do’ a country We’ve been back now for six weeks after our 90 … More

Selingan Island | Sabah Province | Malaysia

How to blog on the go when you’re in a relationship | when your thumb decides to blog without you … More

Last month we were in Bagan, a dusty plain in Myanmar, where there are over 2,000 temples and pagodas, some … More

We’d landed in Singapore, our 6th country and 28th place on our 90 day travels around southeast Asia We immediately … More