I enjoy traveling. Check. I enjoy new people, places, foods, clothes, hairstyles and partying. Check. I enjoy being spontaneous and slightly crazy when on holidays. Check. I enjoy not brushing my hair and looking slightly dirty/unkempt/ugly … [Read more]
VisitEngland launched a competition to find someone to take up the challenge of a 70-day trip driving around England in a camper van. Rachel Kershaw was announced as the winner after submitting a quirky video of her home town and passing the final … [Read more]
"Me me me, please look at me" it cries like a child wanting attention. Attention is what the blogger wants only to confront us some self centered post that could have been scribbled by a naughty child in the classroom. Unfortunately it reminds me of … [Read more]
Being English I’d heard of the Eden Project before and in my head I had a visual image of the place being giant golf ball shapes protruding out of the earth, yet I never really understood what the place represented. Situated in Cornwall the Eden … [Read more]
A wave of dust and debris blew over me as I turned my back and protected my camera’s lens, an RAF Sea King helicopter dramatically landed in front of us carrying the Olympic flame from Athens. Local Community Spirit The scene so far at Land’s End for … [Read more]
The rivalry between Brazil and Argentina dates back to colonization times with historical roots and it isnt only restricted to football. We argue about who's better at football, which side of the Iguazu Falls is prettier, who makes the best bbq, the … [Read more]
I am currently in Bologna staying at the Blogville apartment in the "centro storico" part of town, surrounded by historial buildings and typically Italian arcades and alleyways. Frankie's update due to an earthquake in the area: as the bird flies … [Read more]
This is an article I wrote back in 2007 but somehow stumbled across it recently unpublished. So here it is my reasons for travelling light. De-stressed Traveling Traveling around can be stressful at the best of times and I personally really don't … [Read more]
I love the Internet because of its transparency. I wanted to address a post made in the GBN group on Facebook that I believe is self promotional but others may or already have disagreed. The posts format goes a little bit like this. "Hi travel … [Read more]
When we arrived at our hotel in York, the first word to catch my eye in one of the posters displayed in the lift when we were going to our room was 'chocolate'. To which my response was obviously an instantaneous 'chocolate, where?, I want it. … [Read more]
A salt mine you say? Doesn't sound that exciting does it? Well, the Wieliczka Salt Mine was the location for the world's first underground bungee jump and also the first underground hot air balloon flight. If that doesn't impress you and give you a … [Read more]
The first thing I did, in my hotel room, after a bath was very simple. The 'to visit' list. And the first place which caught my eye was waiting for me on the southern tip of Israel. This trip to Israel is my first trip in the middle-east. I was all … [Read more]