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 4, 2025 | sri-lanka

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...

March 29, 2025 | uganda

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...

March 20, 2025 | uganda

What it’s like to volunteer at a school in Africa

I found this post difficult to write - one of the hardest I've written so far. How do you describe the feelings, the emotion, the experience of volunteering in...

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 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 | india

Conquering the Himalayas in India

I'm lying in a cocoon of sleeping bags and blankets staring at the single bare light globe outside our room. I have no idea what the time is, but...

March 7, 2025 | kenya

Surrounded by lions in Kenya

Our fourth morning in the Masai Mara dawned bright and very early when we were woken by the dulcet tones of the Kenny Rogers singing "You don't have 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 6, 2025 | myanmar

Footsteps in Myanmar

We finally made it to Myanmar. After months of planning and talking about our girls' holiday, here we are. What a different holiday this will be - a girls'...

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