The great life swap experiment
I'm often guilty of only ever writing about the positives of travel, of painting our trips as a kind of utopia in which nothing ever goes wrong. I do...
Back to Kandy for more tea experiences
We didn't spend nearly long enough in Kandy - just one night. I'm a keen tea drinker, so on the way we stopped at Geragama Estate Tea Factory to...
Braving the roads to shop in Kampala
We're stuck. We've seen busy traffic before, of course. I mean, I've been to India, Julie's been to Vietnam. We know what busy roads look like...
Popping skies and stars in Flinders Ranges
At Wilpena Pound we walked to Hills Homestead, through the tall River Red Gum and pine trees, jumped a puddle and stopped to admire the watering hole with its...
Five awesome things to do in Vietnam
Vietnam is a country that is quickly becoming a 'must see' tourist destination and it's not surprising - there is so much to do and see here. It has...
Relaxing in Pasikudah
Of all the things in Sri Lanka we were planning to do, I was most looking forward to our time in Pasikudah. While we are generally not 'sit on...
Trekking for gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest
After our stint volunteering at Amari Community Development Organisation in Buliisa, my sister and I decided we really should see more of the wildlife...
Finding the quirky in Broken Hill
Our first stop in Broken Hill was a visit to the Pro Hart Gallery. It set the scene for a city that thrives on the quirky and eclectic, from...
Finding serenity on Ha Long Bay
It's 6am and I'm standing on top of a boat, a houseboat, in Ha Long Bay. Around me the boats are just waking up, lights slowly coming on as...
Cruising through Alaska
I'm not really a boat person - it's not the boat so much as the water. That whole being in water where I can't tour the bottom fills me...