In a couple of weeks time we’re heading to Berlin for a long weekend with a group of friends. I’m so excited, as it will…
As anyone who reads this blog regularly will know, I believe every grown up gap year needs a few luxuries along the way – no…
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…
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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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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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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I guess one of the first things which spring to mind when you think about Africa is the wildlife. It’s all about safari and seeing…
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“In Soweto we are trendsetters. People watch us and they follow what we do,” our guide Tanbo told us before we headed out on a…
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I never really thought of myself as a control freak. I always considered myself to be quite a laidback, go-with-the-flow, kind of traveller. (I can…
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It feels like I’ve been talking about it for ages but I am so excited to finally be able to announce the plans for our…