Call me weird, but I absolutely love the planning stage of any trip! Planning a trip is like embarking on a thrilling journey before the actual adventure begins. The...
Posts about general travel including ‘how-to’ guides, overlanding, memories, and travel stories
Buying Bertha, our Campervan
This is an account of buying a campervan, part of my Travel Stories series.
The...
2020 – A Year Like No Other
As we come to the end of 2020, I wanted to try to sum up the year we've had and set out some ideas for 2021. 'A year like no other.' So say all the social commentators and...
Flying During a Pandemic – Our Repatriation Flight from Tobago
Flying during a pandemic is not something I would advise. In this article, I will explain why we did it and describe what the experience was like.
Why we Flew During a...
60 to 60 Challenge – 60 Countries in 60 Months
As regular readers know, Mark and I love to travel! In fact, you could say that we live to travel!! Today, I reach the ripe old age of 55 and Mark is...
Travel Quotes to Inspire You
The best travel quotes should make you stop and think. Then, they should make you buy a ticket and go somewhere! In this post, I will discuss my favourite travel quotes and talk about...
A sore knee and the passing of Terry Wogan
As part of our tour around Ethiopia, walking around the rock-hewn churches of Lalibela really took it out of me. I had hurt my knee a few days earlier and the uneven ground, steep inclines and...
The saga of our missing bags
On Thursday 21st January, we flew from Gatwick to Addis Ababa via Istanbul for the start of our four-week trip around northern Ethiopia. As we checked in at Gatwick early that morning,...
Getting stoned in Ethiopia!
No, it's not what you're thinking!
As I explained in a previous post, Christie, the truck we travelled around Ethiopia in, was fitted with roof seats. Mark made full use of this facility...
Armed guards on board!
This is the story of our 'scouts', government-appointed armed guards who accompanied us on our trip to the Simien Mountains, Ethiopia.
