Cape to Cape (the slightly soft way)
I am a paradox. I like the idea of hiking through the wilderness, with the wind in my hair, staring thoughtfully out to sea from a rocky headland. Yet, at […]
I am a paradox. I like the idea of hiking through the wilderness, with the wind in my hair, staring thoughtfully out to sea from a rocky headland. Yet, at […]
For a long time, I considered India too intimidating. Too crowded, too poor, too confronting, too likely to make me sick. But then, so many people I knew had visited […]
Airports can be places of great stress. I know this because I passed through a couple a few weeks ago in order to go to Melbourne to watch my glorious Eagles […]
During the Belle Epoque, Montmartre was bustling with impoverished artists, lured there by the cheap rent and the fact that there were plenty of other impoverished artists to hang out […]
They’re such handy little reference tomes, and yet, a part of me doesn’t like my travel experience dictated by a guidebook. So, the question remains: is it worth your while […]
Last weekend, I ventured out for a beautiful bushwalk through the Rugged Hills Nature Reserve near Toodyay here in Western Australia. It’s a rarely visited, basically unknown little corner of […]
Sometimes you have a nice relaxing holiday where you waft around in floral maxidresses getting pedicures and drinking mojitos, and sometimes, you have a full on ADVENTURE. This trip definitely […]
As you’ll recall from the first part of our Cambodian adventure, I had been rather ill on the day that we arrived in Siem Reap. Luckily, by the time our […]
Cambodia is a beguiling country. You’re confronted with abject poverty and yet, the people are incredibly welcoming. Smiling children sprint to stand by the road and enthusiastically yell “HELLO” at […]
Well, Christmas is upon us. We have lights twinkling in the huge olive tree in our back yard and all the presents are wrapped and ready to go, and it […]