March 14, 2025 | kenya

Spotting the Big 5 at Mt Kenya

After a couple of nights in Nairobi, and a full day visiting the Sheldrake Wildlife Orphanage, Langatta Giraffe Centre and Karen Blixen Museum, our Two's a Crowd group...

March 12, 2025 | peru

Coca leaves, Inca ruins and hairless dogs in Cusco

They say when you first arrive at a new destination that sits at a high altitude - anything over about 2500 metres - you should rest immediately, lay down...

March 8, 2025 | peru

From rhino beetles to piranhas in the Amazon Jungle

The Amazon... the very words just ooze mystique, adventure and, well, wildlife. And so I find myself sitting in a bird hide off the Tambopata River in the Amazon...

March 8, 2025 | peru

Jumping off on a Peruvian adventure in Lima

I'm standing on a cliff face overlooking the Pacific Ocean getting ready to jump. No it's not a metaphor. Or a cry for help. I'm harnessed up, ready to...

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...

March 5, 2025 | italy

Falling in love with Italy

The first time we came to Italy I couldn't wait to get out of there. It was hot, dirty and we got ripped off everywhere we went - and...

March 3, 2025 | italy

Getting lost in Florence and the sweet goodness of Gilli’s

I'm caught, stuck. I know I should be ordering a salad roll, something healthy for lunch, but the cakes here look so good. Florentines, cream-filled buns...

March 1, 2025 | italy

Caught in the rain in Rome

The rain is teeming down and we're stuck, holed up in the souvenir shop at the Roman Forum. We've already seen the Colosseum, spent the morning wandering...

February 23, 2025 | canada , uncategorized

Caught in the middle of a war cry in Vancouver

It's early afternoon when I step out onto the streets of Vancouver to explore this bustling city on my own. I've just been for a guided tour...

February 23, 2025 | canada

From food trucks to Jamaican bobsledding in Calgary

I didn't think much of Calgary when I first arrived. It looked very industrial, a very uninviting city centre. Turns out I turned the wrong way...

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