Like many other travel bloggers, I’ve always dreamed of writing for publications like Lonely Planet, Wanderlust or National Geographic. Flora Baker (better known as Flora the Explorer) actually made this dream a reality in 2015 by winning National Geographic’s annual travel writing competition with her wonderful piece describing a poignant meeting with a family in a […]
If you’ve read either of my past two posts about my recent trip to Kerala, you’ll know that I spent four days of it hiking through India’s Western Ghats. Whilst the weather can be more temperamental at altitude, I had chosen to take my trip during the peak of the region’s dry season. I was […]
Now I don’t very often book organised tours (because I much prefer the freedom of planning and organising my own adventures), but when you work a full-time job with a limited amount of leave, they allow you see and do a lot more in a much shorter space of time compared to an independently organised […]
Kerala was a region in India that had been on my travel hit list for several years. Towards the end of last year an opportunity arose to spend 10 days there, as part of an organised trek and tour with adventure travel company, Explore. If you’d like to read about my experience of exploring Kerala […]
Whilst we were trying to decide which Thai islands we wanted to visit following our two-day jungle adventure in Khao Sok National Park, Stu happened upon a Facebook post that one of our Inca Trail trekking companions had published. In it was a photo of James Bond Island (as it’s become known since being featured in […]
I think what’s always drawn me to the north of Thailand is that I’ve found it so much easier to get off the beaten path in comparison to the country’s islands; my experiences felt richer and more authentic. I’m also not a great beach fan. I love looking at beaches, but sunbathing bores me stupid […]
When I set out on my two-day adventure to Cheow Lan Lake in Khao Sok National Park in southern Thailand, I never expected to be wading through river water almost as deep as I am tall. To be swimming through caves and climbing waterfalls. And to be listening to the sounds of howler monkeys in […]
If it had been entirely up to me, I would have chosen to spend the whole two weeks we had in Thailand, in the north. It was the part of Thailand I fell in love with all those years ago: hill tribe villages, rice paddies, hidden temples, and on the whole a very traditional, untouched […]
