New York is a city bursting at the seams during the festive period. From crazed shoppers to tourists spending the holiday season traipsing the sights hoping for a snow flurry or two, New York has, for a long time now, been one of the go-to places for many at this…
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Why We Love Nottingham Nottingham is a city very dear to our hearts. It is where Paul grew up and is where many family members still reside today. So it is not unusual for us to return time and time again to a place that I now consider a second…
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Camping – The Wrong Impression Camping has often been seen as a past-time for those more adventurous nature lovers; the ones that boast about getting back to basics, loving the fact that they need to queue for a lukewarm shower after a hearty day of hiking in the hills. So,…
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Could you walk the Nile? “The Sudd had beaten me, like it had tormented so many other travellers along the Nile, and the disappointment as difficult to put into words”. (Pg. 207) Never before has an explorer successfully walked the length of the Nile, so why did Levison Wood believe…
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Do you suffer with Wanderlust? Travelling the world is now easier than ever before, but deciding where to head can offer be as daunting as the journey itself. With so many great travel writers out there, the knowledge we now have at our finger tips is immense. However, with so…
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Star Rating: *** Pages: 198 (paperback version) First published in 2014 by Austin Macauley Publishers Ltd The Narrative If you are after a comic recap about a road-trip style holiday around Europe in an old campervan ‘Gullible’s Troubles’ is a book for you. Suzi and Bill are an Australian…
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The view from the top was absolutely breathtaking, reaching for miles and miles over the top of the lush, green forest of trees, complemented only by the bright azure skyline. It was a view that could easily make you forget about the commotion of daily living. The climb was indeed…
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“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.” (Mark Twain) As travellers we all class ourselves as open-minded individuals, willing to try most things as long as they are morally correct and often ecologically sustainable. However, what I do also find is that frequent travellers are also very vocal about…
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If you can get past the sulphuric, eggy smell stinging your nostrils, a trip to ‘Old Smokey’ to watch the bellowing smoke pyres and the heat-infused bubbling geysers is a must. Yes, it may be a top tourist attraction on the Golden Circle route but if you want to avoid…
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With an abundance of natural sites to see, choosing where to go and what to do with our limited time was difficult. Should we follow the tourist route or should we head out on our own? With numerous options available we decided to head towards Þingvellir National Park. It may…
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