Whilst staying in Mekele, Ethiopia, we made the half-day trip to see Abraha We Atsbeha church, just beyond the town of...
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia’s capital – an Introduction
Our first impressions of Addis Ababa were of driving through wide, empty streets in the middle of the night on our way from the airport to our hotel. There...
A Review of Clock Kitchen’s Cooking Class in Marrakech
Both Mark and I love to cook and consider ourselves to be reasonably competent in the kitchen, but there is so much still to learn. Whenever we are in a new city, we try to attend a cooking...
A Review of Bear on Bike Cooking Class, Barcelona
Both Mark and I love to cook and consider ourselves to be reasonably competent in the kitchen, but there is so much still to learn. Whenever we are in a new city, we try to attend a cooking...
Trinidad’s famous North Coast Road
Trinidad's famous North Coast Road begins at a junction with Saddle Road, the main north-bound route out of Port of Spain, and is marked by two four-metre high stone pillars. As its name...
Trinidad’s North West Corner
We spent a day exploring the north-western tip of Trinidad. Our early-morning route took us through the outskirts of the island's capital, Port of Spain. As we were to find out later...
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...
Marseillan, a forgotten gem in southern France
Marseillan is a pretty little town on the southern end of the Bassin de Thau in the Languedoc region of France. Once upon a time it was a flourishing fishing centre, but it now lies all but...
Varkala – ‘we’ve died and gone to hippy heaven’
From Kanyakamuri, we took the train up the Keralan coast to Varkala for a couple of days. The resort is perched perilously along the...
A few days on the beach in Kovalam
When we were in Madurai preparing to leave for our Workaway project in the hills near Kodaikanal, we took the time to provisionally plan the days we would have left in...
