March 16, 2025 | myanmar

The tranquillity of Inle Lake

The boat ride to our hotel took about an hour and a half - Inle Lake is much larger than I had anticipated. But it has some of the...

March 16, 2025 | sri-lanka

The sacred city of Anuradhapura

It was a long way, but from Sigiriya we went straight on to Anuradhapura for the afternoon. Anuradhapura is a Sacred City built around the cuttings from the 'tree of...

March 14, 2025 | peru

The islands of Lake Titicaca

When asked why they wear such bright colours the women of the Uros Islands on Lake Titicaca replied, "We are the flowers of the island, the men are the...

March 8, 2025 | india

Finding serenity on a houseboat in Kashmir

The serene waters of Dal Lake are at great odds to our introduction to Kashmir. We had originally wanted to go to Leh, but were talked in to visiting...

March 6, 2025 | peru

Five awesome things to do in Peru beyond Machu Picchu

When we first started telling people we were heading to Peru the most common question we got was 'Why?". Even people who had hears of Machu Picchu...

February 28, 2025 | germany , switzerland

Exploring the beauty of Konstance and Apenzell

Our trip to Konstance in Germany was unexpected. We had arrived the day before at my cousin, Jon's place in Switzerland and he was speaking at a conference in...

February 28, 2025 | france , italy

Swinging across the top of Europe in Chamonix

We finally made it to the very reason we had decided to come to this part of the world - Chamonix. It's fair to say we were not disappointed...

February 27, 2025 | england

Wandering through the Lake District

Our trip through the UK with the in-laws was just about coming to an end but we had saved the best until last - the Lake District. Ade and I...

February 23, 2025 | canada

Yes, Lake Louise really is that stunning

The lobby at the Fairmont Chateau in Lake Louise stops me in my tracks. Well, it wasn't the lobby so much as the view through the window...