If I had to choose one destination that would be the least likely for me to visit, it would be… well, Benidorm, to be honest. But Alicante is the airport for Benidorm, so it’s close enough. So why the heck did I go to Alicante? Well, quite honestly I wanted some winter sun without taking …
Originally, we weren’t planning to visit Kenya at all. We were planning our honeymoon in Tanzania, with a few days on safari followed by a few days of beach time in Zanzibar. After finding tours that started in Nairobi and visited both the Maasai Mara and the Serengeti, I started to think about whether we …
When I think of visiting Austria, I don’t necessarily think of Vienna. I think of Salzburg and the Sound Of Music, or the Alpine city of Innsbruck, or more recently, the phenomenally pretty town of Hallstatt (if you don’t know it, I suggest you google it immediately). Meanwhile, my mum, as seldom as she ever …
A couple of months before I found myself taking a detour through Bratislava on my way home from the Balkans, I watched EuroTrip for the first time. If you haven’t seen this totally ridiculous, slapstick stupid American comedy, what were you even doing in the 00’s? Me? I was listening to Scotty Doesn’t Know, but …
When I think of countries that I know I’ll visit eventually, Macedonia (now North Macedonia) would never have made that list. In fact, a year ago, if you’d asked me what the capital of Macedonia is, I might have been able to guess, though I couldn’t have told you with confidence how it’s pronounced, but …
I’m not sure where to start with Kotor – which is probably why it’s taken so long for me to write this post! Montenegro was the main reason I went on this trip. Photos of Kotor have captured my attention for a few years, and I was determined to get there before tourism blew up …
After Sarajevo, I was bracing myself for Mostar. I knew about the beauty; but I wasn’t sure how much the city was still affected by the war, especially compared to Bosnia’s capital and the horrors we’d seen there. …oh boy. The huge difference with Mostar though, is once you get into the historic centre, it …
Just over ten years ago, I made my first visit to Zion National Park and managed to miss out on the famed Angel’s Landing hike. We had a few options for hiking, and after hearing that one of them would be a four hour hike with lots of terrifying drops and chains, my friend and …
I can never really decide if I want to do a year in review post until it gets to Christmas and I suddenly realise the year’s almost over and start looking back at what I’ve done, what’s happened and thinking about what’s going to happen. 2018 has been a really strange year for me. I …
I decided a few months ago that I’d quite like to paraglide in Canada. After all – the beautiful mountain vistas provide the perfect backdrop, and it would be my first time paragliding so I couldn’t think of a better place. I found out that you could paraglide from Grouse Mountain with spectacular views of …
