Here I am, travelling my way through the world, always stumbling over offers to taste wine. The world is a gigantic vineyard, it seems. Until recently, I didn’t care much. To be honest, I had this terrible fear that if I actually knew how to distinguish a very good wine from a not so good […]
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Hanging out with Lub d in Bangkok: a review
Industrial. It’s not necessarily a word I’d normally use to describe a place to sleep. Instead, I might associate it with somewhere like a steel mill. And experience has taught me that generally a place for making steel doesn’t normally make a relaxing place to sleep. Ok, I haven’t actually racked up that particular experience, […]
Hello, Bangkok. And thanks.
Well, as that incredible photo essay from Nomadic Samuel explained only recently, I’m in Thailand. And more precisely, I’m in Bangkok. A trip which, for a time there I have to admit, worried me a bit more than it excited me. The thing is, and this is a little strange to say, I was a […]
Visiting the Vall de Nuria in the Pyrenees
We have visited and explored many parts of the beautiful Catalonia region, from the beautiful rugged coastline known as the Costa Brava, through to the stunning Pyrenees region that borders France. In today’s post, we’re going to share with you one of our favourite parts of the Pyrenees region – the hidden away Vall de Núria. […]
Thailand – Exploring the Land of Smiles by Photos
It’s with great pleasure that I introduce a post from a fellow travel blogger today. For the next three months Vera and I are going to be exploring Thailand, and sharing our tales and photos of this amazing looking country on this blog. And what better way to kick off our trip than with a […]
Travel #Pinspiration: Beaches
So we’ve had sunsets and waterfalls, it only makes sense that this weeks Travel Pinspiration theme from ytravelblog is on the subject of glorious stretches of unbroken sand. If you’re new to the #travelpinspiration thing, check out my earlier posts to get an idea of what’s going on. Otherwise, welcome back, let’s dive right in! […]
Girona and the talisman of the Ice Age
When you travel to Spain and visit the lovely town of Girona, you will see the statue of a lion. They say, if you kiss it, you will return to Girona. I nearly didn’t kiss it. Because, you know, it’s not like I have not fallen for this kind of bollocks before. Yeah, I threw […]
Travel – it’s all about the people
Travel provides an amazing opportunity to meet up with people and to peep through the keyhole of their lives, even for a fleeting instant of time. It’s one of the things I love about it – being a sort of life voyeur. Vera and I recently undertook a bit of a road trip across Europe, […]
A tour of the Hobbiton film set, New Zealand
A while back, I was lucky enough to spend an afternoon wandering the Hobbiton movie set, which can be found near the town of Matamata in New Zealand. When I visited, I was made to sign a lengthy and complex non disclosure agreement, which meant that whilst I could drink in all the hobbity wonder […]
#TravelPinspiration: Sunsets
This is the second of my TravelPinspiration themed posts, following the lead set down by Caz and Craig of yTravelblog, where I share five of my favourite sunset themed shots from around the world to inspire and pin on the Pinterest platform. You can find out more about this in my first post. Last week, […]