Valencia - Spain I can't say that Valencia has been high on my list of places to visit but as I begin a new era of sharing, being told what to do and saying 'yes dear', all with a smile, I found myself hurtling down a runway heading to the east coast of Spain in …
Morondava - Madagascar I was originally going to title this blog 'Annihilation' but even though it perfectly describes what is happening to Madagascar's environment with over 80% of the forest cleared, I feel it is unjust to the country as a whole. This country is no different to any other country in respect to its …
The Tsiribihina River - Madagascar. We love a good boat cruise and three days cruising down the middle of Madagascar was always going to be a winner although there was one concern. Only twenty bottles of beer had been loaded. We informed our guide this would barely last our group of nine for one day …
Antananarivo - Madagascar There are three things I aspire to in life. The first is to fall in love with a hottie and live happily ever after, the second is to succeed in my career and the third is to be well travelled. I feel I am well on the way to achieving two of …
Newcastle to Bowness-on-Solway. England. In the north of England there is a great wall made of solid stone 5 meters high, 3 meters wide and 75 miles long with watch towers every mile stretching across the rugged English landscape. It's purpose? To prevent the Wild-men from coming south and ruining everything. Only it's not the …
Thimphu - Bhutan. Bhutan is certainly the kind of country that will keep your average mountain goat entertained. There is an abundance of trekking to be had although you cannot scale their highest mountain as it is strictly forbidden (as is any peak over 6,000m in the country), thus making it one of the highest …
Dhaka to Paro. All too soon it was time to leave Bagerhat and head back to Dhaka. This time our mode of transport would be by train and would take no less than ten hours which would be a similar time to taking the boat and nearly twice as long as driving along an unfinished …
