#ZambiaHealth - Changing lives on the streets of Lusaka

#ZambiaHealth – Changing lives on the streets of Lusaka

Sometimes when you’re out reporting in the field it’s easy to become a bit cynical. When all of the facts and figures are thrown at…

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A flavour of Zambia

A trip wouldn’t be a trip without me banging on about the food and during a break from reporting on #ZambiaHealth, I got the chance…

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#ZambiaHealth - Empowering women in the fight against HIV

#ZambiaHealth – Empowering women in the fight against HIV

“We are like a person on a dark night, hunting frantically for a lost key under a light. Not because that is where the key…

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Afternoon tea at the Mount Nelson Hotel on our #SAroadtrip

As anyone who reads this blog regularly will know, I believe every grown up gap year needs a few luxuries along the way – no…

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A lesson in forgiveness – A trip to Robben Island in South Africa

I don’t know about you but there have been a few times in my life when I have been so angry with someone I have…

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Penguin spotting on our #SAroadtrip

When you think of animals in South Africa I’m sure what instantly springs to mind is the Big Five. But in amongst all of the…

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If We Can Do It, So Can You with Jack Oldham aka the Rambling Northerner

If We Can Do It, So Can You with Jack Oldham aka the Rambling Northerner

This week’s If We Can Do It is with Jack Oldham aka the Rambling Northerner, who is currently on his grown up gap year in Australia….

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Ostrich riding on our #SAroadtrip

Ostrich riding on our #SAroadtrip

My guidebook began its description of Oudtshoorn with the sentence: “If you’re an ostrich, this is the place to come for work”. Now if that…

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Big News: I'm going to Zambia

Big News: I’m going to Zambia

One of the things I’ve always loved most about travelling is meeting people and listening to their stories. I guess it’s the journalist in me…

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Visiting The Owl House in South Africa

Visiting The Owl House in South Africa

I’m always fascinated when you can see someone’s personality reflected in a building they have created: from Gaudi’s obsession with detail in La Sagrada Familia…

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