What do you want to be when you grow up? When I was a child I remember being asked this question and my answer would always be…an actress. I did not want to be an actress for my love of … Continue reading
Tag Archives: travel
Munnar
Earlier this year a friend and I went to Munnar in India, rented out a rickshaw for the day and traveled up to the top hill station (highest tea plantation in the world). Along the way we got to see … Continue reading
What to do when all of your money and bank cards are stolen abroad!
So imagine that you are on a night bus in Vietnam, you wake up in say… Nha Trang, sleepily drag yourself to the nearest hostel, reach into your bag, only to find that whilst you were asleep some crafty bugger … Continue reading
Don’t Let The Monsoon Get You Down
We thought that monsoon season would be the perfect time to travel India: It’s in the summer holidays, its hot, less busy, less money and we are British so a little bit of rain won’t get us down! This was … Continue reading
What Can Travel Teach You?
Every time that I come back from a prolonged adventure around the world, I hear the same comments “Wow, you’ve changed so much”, “You have grown up so much” and “you’re like a new woman”. The last comment offends me … Continue reading
My Problem With Buses…And Why I Should Never Travel Alone!
On my our second day in India, we decided that we would give local transportation a go, we had managed to catch the airport bus here, so we could catch a bus from Fort Cochin to Alleppey, which is only … Continue reading
Fort Cochin And An Indecent Proposal
I collected my backpack and took a deep breath….I looked outside the airport doorway and felt immediate dread. We have all heard about, what a culture shock India can be and what a hassle the first couple of days usually … Continue reading
Flying First Class
I certainly had a warm welcome to India! After flying for 10 hours on a Qatar Airways economy flight, between London Heathrow and Doha Airport, then spending a subsequent 9 hours hanging around Doha Airport, unable even to afford a … Continue reading
India Top 20
India is the seventh largest country in the world, and a cultural wonder. I have spent the last three months traveling from the southern tip of the country, right up into Nepal. Along the way I have come to terms … Continue reading
Siem Reap
After my less than warm welcome to Cambodia I did not have very high hopes for the country, I surveyed the street that my Hotel was on and had even less hope. This was most definitely the poorest place that … Continue reading