Quick verdict: Yes, the Vatican Key Masters Tour is worth it, with one big caveat. Walking into a silent, empty Vatican before dawn and unlocking the Sistine Chapel yourself is the most special thing we’ve done in Rome, and we’ve been visiting since the 1990s. The caveat is the price. WalksDevour uses dynamic pricing, so […]
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Things to Do in Entebbe, Uganda: A Complete Guide for 2026
If you’re heading to Uganda, there’s a high probability you’ll fly into the international airport in Entebbe. We’ve passed through Entebbe on several trips to Uganda and spent days exploring the area on either side of our safaris, and whilst many visitors head straight out on a safari or gorilla trek, we think there are […]
Best Monitor for Photo Editing in 2026: A Photographer’s Guide
In my opinion as a photographer, one of the best upgrades you can make to your photo editing workflow is a large high-quality monitor. A good monitor is also one of the pricier entries in our gift guide for photographers, for anyone shopping at the splurge end. Even if you primarily do your photo editing […]
How to Get Safe Drinking Water When Travelling
We’ve been travelling and working on the road full time since 2010, and clean drinking water is one of those things you stop taking for granted pretty quickly. Over the years Jess and I have carried a Grayl UltraPress across East Africa, drunk straight from back-country streams through a LifeStraw on hikes like Havasu Falls […]
Chimpanzee Trekking in Uganda – A Complete Guide
Are you planning a trip to go chimpanzee trekking in Uganda? Or perhaps you are just generally interested in learning what a chimpanzee trekking experience is like. Whichever it is, we think this guide will help you. We’ve put it together based on our experience trekking to see chimpanzees in Uganda. Along with gorilla trekking, […]
2 Days in Barcelona: The Complete Itinerary (With What to Book in Advance)
We’ve visited Barcelona somewhere between five and eight times over the past decade or so (I’ve genuinely lost count), and it’s one of those cities that keeps pulling us back. There’s always something new to photograph, a side street in the Gothic Quarter we haven’t wandered down, or a Gaudi building we want to see […]
AeroPress Review: The Best AeroPress for Travel in 2026
We love to travel, and we love good coffee. Those two things often go together, but not always. You might be staying somewhere that only offers instant, out camping or hiking miles from the nearest café, or in a city where a flat white costs more than you’d like to pay twice a day. I’ve […]
Best Things to Do in San Diego: Our 2026 First-Timer’s Guide
Quick take: Two to four days works best for first-time visitors. The non-negotiables are the USS Midway, Balboa Park (zoo and museums), Coronado Beach and La Jolla. On 2 days, skip SeaWorld and don’t try to combine the zoo and Coronado in the same afternoon. On 3 days, you can add SeaWorld or LegoLand if […]
How to Choose WordPress Hosting (A Developer’s Guide for 2026)
I’ve run my own WordPress sites for over a decade, I have a computer science degree and used to work as a software developer, and I’ll admit that making our sites load quickly is one of my nerdier hobbies. This site, and a few others I run, sit on a deliberately cheap setup: one small […]
The Best Ways to Back Up Your Photos in 2026
I’ve been taking photos professionally since 2010, and in that time I’ve tried pretty much every backup option going. My photo library currently sits at over 10 terabytes of RAW files, and before I was a photographer I worked as a software engineer, so I’ve seen first-hand what happens when hard drives fail and backups […]