Barcelona is such a vibrant city with so many attractions and a rich history and culture, it's impossible to see everything in just one visit. We have been lucky enough to spend quite a bit...
Complete Ethiopia Travel Guide
Welcome to my Ethiopia travel guide!
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Bilbao, the largest city in the Basque region
We first visited Bilbao last year and returned yesterday for a brief stopover before catching our ferry back to the UK. Prior to that first visit, we had no plans, other than to visit...
Reflections on our India trip
I wrote a post at the start of our two-month trip around southern India, explaining our reasons for making the journey and setting out our plan for the weeks to come. So, now that...
Madurai – a little luxury before our Workaway project
For our three-night stay in Madurai, one of the oldest cities in India, we opted to pay a little more than usual for our accommodation. We had no idea what would face us at our next stop,...
Thanjavur, capital of the great Chola empire
We travelled to Thanjavur, formerly Tanjore, by public bus from Pondicherry via Chidambaram. The first leg of the journey was very pleasant - a two-hour drive through rural India admiring the...
Chennai, the capital of Tamil Nadu (and more family connections!)
A friend who visited Chennai (formerly Madras) a couple of years ago described it to me as a very 'liveable' city. Unfortunately, arriving there from the chaos of Bangalore, it didn't feel that...
Bangalore – a city of hijra, crazy drivers and family history
Bangalore is the largest city we visited on our journey around southern India and the fourth most populous on the sub-continent behind New Delhi, Mumbai and Hyderabad. All I can say is that it...
Mysore – a city of contrasts
Mysore was the first city of any size that we visited on our trip around southern India. It was here that we first experienced the all-pervading stench of urine on the streets, not...
Battambang, Cambodia
I think we may have managed to spend a couple of days in Cambodia's second largest city without...
