Lions before breakfast – Hluhluwe Imfolozi
byI stared at the storm of flies buzzing frenziedly around the steaming entrails. Trickles of blood were slowly creeping along the furrows of the dried mud track and I couldn’t rid…
Adventure
Hiking Love Valley & Visiting the Open Air Museum in Goreme
byOne of the best things about Goreme is that you can walk out from your hotel and immediately be immersed in one unusual sight…
Getting high on mushrooms in Cappadocia
byDon’t you DARE go and balance on the mushrooms! It’s dangerous and fool-hardy, not to mention incredibly stupid. Did you leave your brain-cells in…
Rising with the sun – ballooning over Cappadocia
byWhy is it the best things in life often come hand in hand with sleep deprivation? I really don’t do mornings, yet when travelling I’m usually…
Discovering undiscovered Cappadocia
byFor some reason hubbie and I have an aversion to organised tours. Despite the potential benefits of local knowledge and insider information, the thought of…
Searching for old men of the forest in Borneo
byEach time we return from a big trip we agree we should be sensible and pay off what we’ve just spent, as well as saving money…
Drakensberg Diaries – giant castles and antbears
byThe suave Belgian adjusted his cravat as the golden silk dangled perilously close to the steaming bowl of home-made soup. Seated at his side the…
Electrocution showers and wasp pancakes – paradise in Guatemala
by“So just how long are we staying here?” demanded hubbie, dodging yet another flying stream of excrement from a dive-bombing toucan. “Just until I work…
How not to smuggle in the Galapagos
byHubbie and I were relaxing in the airport departure lounge (more of a ‘shed’ really) after spending the final week of our South American honeymoon ogling blue…
Not another sodding temple
byI didn’t want to climb yet another Mayan temple. Once you’ve seen five, you’ve seen them all. Desperately hot and tired, I was being…