When you think of Spain, what is the first thing that comes to mind? Tapas, wine, bull fighting perhaps. Or if like me, you have grown up watching TV shows about Brits doing stupid things abroad, chances are your first thought will be of places like Benidorm with its high-rise…
Walking holidays across not just the UK but around the world are now much more popular than they once were. Perhaps we have social media to thank for this. After all, before the internet how many people had seen the fantastic views gained from the Inca Trail or Kilimanjaro? Even…
When someone suggests a camping holiday to you, what runs through your mind? Is it the image of you crawling out of a teeny tiny tent each morning in an unceremonious way in order to make the crack of dawn dash to the communal bathrooms that just happens to be…
I understand, truly I do. You take a break from work and the last thing you want to do is be surrounded by crowds of people, getting in your way, causing long queues, getting in the frame of that all-important selfie that you have tried to take for the fiftieth…
If you had asked me a few years ago whether I would have gone on a cruise, the answer would have been a resounding no. The thought of spending time wandering around a ship with nothing to see for miles apart from open waters whilst surrounded by stuffy, pompous individuals…
What Would You Do If You Had Two Extra Weeks A Year? What if we told you that on average, you are losing two working weeks a year thanks to your daily commute? That is two weeks where you could be spending time with loved ones doing something far less…
Having earned the nickname of ‘the island of a thousand temples, whittling down which of Bali’s awe-inspiring religious sites to visit can naturally be quite tricky. Take just a moment to amble through the backstreets of Ubud. You’ll soon notice that around every corner religious offerings line the street and…
When travelling around Iceland, you have to question what took the big Hollywood directors so long to land on this beautiful Island. From volcanoes to bubbling hot springs, snow-capped mountains and black-sanded beaches, Iceland has become a country famous for its stunning movie locations, and thanks to TV shows like…
With the onset of spring we welcome the blooming daffodils, the sprouting bluebells, and more new novels than I can count. Yes, by the end of March, the nights will begin to get lighter and hopefully the temperature gauge will begin to warm up but for all bookworms out there,…
Wonky floorboards, low roof beams, and door hinges that squeaked just enough to make it charming rather than annoying. These were the first things I noticed when walking into the Luang Chumni Village Guesthouse in Ayutthaya. It was the dark, teak wood of this impressive-looking traditional Thai-looking property that originally…