When you think of a country’s icons, what comes to mind? Is it the red phone boxes and double decker buses that throng London’s city streets? The Empire State Building that towers above…
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I’ll admit, I hadn’t exactly planned to get naked in a Moroccan hammam. And yet, on the afternoon of International Women’s Day, I sat on the beautifully tiled floor of a…
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Walking in a city is an interesting occupation. At every step there are groups of people to squeeze between, smears of dog mess to hopscotch around and stretched-out wads of dirty…
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Have you ever explored the souks of Marrakech? Morocco is the most atmospheric country I’ve ever visited. There are horse-drawn carts moving bumpily along palm-tree-lined highways; the red flags with green…
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There are a few particular elements of urban life that I always watch out for when I travel. Give me one glimpse of an intriguing piece of street art and I’m lost for hours;…
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[Last updated in 2019] With the changes in travel restrictions for US citizens to Cuba, many more people are now planning their visits to the island. If you’ve got a limited budget…
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Camino de Santiago Challenges Solo Travel Spain Travel PlansEl Camino de Santiago: I’m Walking ‘The Way’ Across Spain
Over Christmas, my friend announced that she’s planning to run the London marathon in April. She’s running for a cause important to both of us: her mum passed away from breast cancer…
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I’m on my way to Leuven in Belgium. The train bursts out of its tunnel into the golden light of an early morning. I look at the frost on the peaks…
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“So where are you from?” asks the girl chopping up onions beside me. We’ve been preparing food in the companionable semi-silence of a small hostel kitchen for a good few minutes: it’s…
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I’ve known two of my closest friends for over a decade. We met during our first year of secondary school, spending our lunch breaks with our legs stretched out between rows…