April 5, 2025 | australia

Taking in the beauty of Uluru

It's an image we have seen countless times - the iconic image of the rock rising up out of the flat barren landscape. And yet in reality Uluru is...

April 5, 2025 | sri-lanka

Meeting the elephants at Pinnawala

Ade has had an inexplicable love of wildlife ever since he was a kid - it kind of explains our time spent in Africa chasing the Big 5. As...

April 4, 2025 | uganda

A magical adventure through Uganda

The flight from Kenya to Uganda is short, so short we've barely had time to enjoy the snacks provided and return our trays to the upright position before we're...

April 1, 2025 | uganda

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...

March 29, 2025 | sri-lanka

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...

March 27, 2025 | youve-been-where

From clogs to bikes in Amsterdam

From boat rides along the canals and riding bikes through city streets to learning how clogs are made, Amsterdam has always held a certain intrigue for us.

March 17, 2025 | sri-lanka

The tea fields of Kandy

It could be one of my favourite views in the world - certainly in Sri Lanka - the tea plantations at Kandy took my breath away. The drive up...

March 16, 2025 | uganda

Searching for lions in Uganda

Uganda is a country with a troubled past, it still suffers under the cloud of the Idi Amin years and for many of us the movie, the Last King...

March 16, 2025 | kenya

Laughing our way through Kenya

Two brothers, two sisters, ten friends, four weeks, one grand adventure through Kenya and Uganda. It all starts at Tullamarine airport, where Donna tries to smuggle...

March 14, 2025 | sri-lanka

Up, up, up to Sigiriya

We weren't sure what to expect of Sigiriya, we knew it was a giant rock that held a lot of significance to the people of Sri Lanka, but beyond...