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I haven’t always agreed with the above quote. After all, what’s wrong with a quick escape to get some sun? But then again, Johnson may have a point… The second most visited city in the world, London needs no introduction. In fact, it used to sit firmly at in top spot until...

Why Tour Italy by Train? Mention Italy, and images of red Ferraris (or other glamorous cars) tearing around winding coastal roads, or perhaps a Fiat cinque cento quietly bumbling through the cobbled streets of small Italian towns…. but the real romance of Italy is train...

Since I started traveling to further-flung places about a decade ago, I’ve often felt a reluctance to go back to the same country or place twice.  I remember long, slow train journeys—of the best kind—and waking up to blood red skies wrapped in mountains. Back then, I...

TO HELLFIRE AND BACK: TRAVELLING THE THAILAND – BURMA RAILWAY. The “Death Railway ” was built during World War Two between 1941 and 1943 with the aim of linking Thailand to Myanmar (Burma) by rail so that Japanese forces, who had invaded Thailand at the time, could move weapons,...

PERFECT 2 WEEK SRI LANKA ITINERARY (OR LONGER!) + SUSTAINABLE TRAVEL TIPS Sri Lanka has been getting much attention of late, and for good reason. This previously tumultuous land is now peaceful, welcoming, good-value and most importantly: Home to some of the most...

ISLAND CASTAWAY AT FLOWER ISLAND ECO RESORT PALAWAN. Playing Castaway at an Eco Resort in Palawan When I decided to go and stay at Flower Island Eco Resort, Palawan, I didn’t expect that I’d be playing desert island castaway by myself for a few days.That’s the...

That’s the thing with Voluntourism; it’s an industry that prays on peoples’ good intentions, philanthropy, and desire to do something good, give something back.  It also however prays on our collective ignorance, and often assumption that we might be in a better place to...

From Kolkata to Dhaka by Train. Standing in the bustling and almost steaming waiting room of Kolkata (Calcutta)’s Railway Reservation Centre, it began to look like my dream of travelling out of India by train was not going to happen. It was also clear, that being in the...

In Search of the Best Eco Lodges in Costa Rica. There are few countries in the world that conjure a stronger image of ecotourism, perhaps, than Costa Rica. Home to howler monkeys swinging between tree top canopies, macaws colourfully displaying their rainbows of feathers, and...

Living in Toronto: Our Experiences If home is where the heart is, the decision to up and move to a new town, city, country or continent is not one to be taken lightly. After all, what we derive our sense of home from is hard to define, and a concept that perhaps becomes ever more...