Searching for sloths in Tortuguera
I'm looking through the bus windows, studying every branch we pass for signs of wildlife. I crane my neck trying to catch sight of a sloth, or a toucan...
Finding the magic in Tuscany in just 4 days
It's almost impossible not to fall in love with Tuscany in Italy - the history, the culture, the sights, and don't get us started on the food. From pizza...
Camotes – Riding across a tropical island
It's hot, the kind of sticky heat that makes you wonder if you'll ever feel cold skin again. And there are mozzies, so many mosquitoes that I don't see...
Feeling blessed at a home visit in Bhutan
It's the children we notice first. Sitting on a balcony outside a house in a tiny village in the mountains in Bhutan. Sitting at the top of a steep set...
Five days in Vietnam
We're relaxing in our rooftop swimming pool, leaning over the edge. Leaning just far enough so we can see the streets of Ho Chi Minh beneath us.
Exploring the rivers and ruins at Siem Reap
Another Flight, another country. This time we find ourselves in Siem Reap, Cambodia. And once again we're catapulted into another world.
A school visit at the top of the world
The clouds that are there one minute and gone the next. The soft glow of sunlight dancing across shallow terraces. This is what it is like to be in...
Finding the quiet charm of Quito
"You know the flooby dooby!" he looks at us in the beseeching way only a seven-year-old can. A seven-year-old Ecuadorian boy with perfect English, even though his mum and dad...
Finding a city of the future in Dubai
We take an overnight flight from Zambia and arrive in Dubai early. Too early to check into our suite. Too early for much of anything.
Snorkelling in the Caribbean
Our day starts early with a pick-up from the pier just outside Secreto, our resort on Isla Grande in the Caribbean, just off Caragena in Colombia...