After many delays, route changes, company changes, and other issues caused by COVID-19, I’m excited to announce that I am finally returning to Africa for an overland tour later this year. Unfortunately my original trip to West Africa, which I booked 18 months ago, is no longer going ahead as […]
2008 NYC and Boston Trip
Since creating this blog in 2008 I have tried to keep it up to date as much as possible. There have been a few short city breaks missing, where I didn’t think that there was much to say, but my main trips – the ones where I think a blog […]
The 2021 relaunch is here
A few months ago I took this site offline to give me space to work on a big relaunch. I originally planned to relaunch at the start of March, however due to work commitments and my volunteer activities helping with the COVID-19 vaccine programme in the UK, it has taken […]
The blog of my 2002 Namibia trip is back online
I am pleased to report that the blog for my month-long trip trip to Namibia with World Challenge Expeditions in 2002 is back online after being taken down temporarily since May. If you read the blog you will notice that there are some references to an anonymous group member, as […]
My Chile travel blog is finally online
Every time I travel it seems to take longer and longer for my travel blog to be posted online and this is definitely the case again now. Seven months to the day from the start of my memorable and highly enjoyable trip to Chile and I have finally managed to get it online.
Thoughts after returning from Chile
I have been back in the UK for a few weeks now and as well as getting back into things here I have had a chance to process my thoughts and think back to my time in Chile. I generally always find it hard to readjust to being back home […]
The journey home from Chile
Normally I consider paying extra for better seats a luxury or an unnecessary expense, with standard seating usually being adequate, but after my final flight home I think the ones I paid extra for were worth every penny. In total I paid in the region of 150 euros for an […]
Santiago part 2
We spent one afternoon this week in the area of Quinta Normal, another of the main parks in Santiago, looking at museums. First on our itinerary was Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos, the human rights museum. I wanted to come here to learn more about the 1973 […]
Chilean Food
My time in Chile is almost over, and tomorrow I leave Santiago for my journey back home. I know I have said this a few times in the blog but I have had such a great time here and will miss the country when I leave. I don’t know whether […]
Viña del Mar and powerful seas
Today we took another day out of Santiago and busy city life to visit the coastal town of Viña del Mar, which came highly recommended by everybody from Chile that I spoke to before travelling. It was another long and exhausting day, just like Saturday when we went to Valparaíso, […]