He adored New York City. He Idolised It all out of proportion…. No, make that: he romanticised it all out of proportion. Yes. To him no matter what the season was, this was still a town that existed in black and white and pulsated to the great tunes of George Gershwin. When Harry Met Sally, …
“A land shrouded in mystery that has borne witness to a thousand tales of courage, bloodshed, adventure, tragedy and elation” A country full of stories of heroes and magic, courage and sacrifice, monsters and witches, a country that fought for its freedom and was made famous with the help of blue face paint, men in …
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It is typical that the first time i ever manage to fall asleep when flying – mainly because i was traveling business class (very lucky) oh, and the cocktails before helped – I am hit with the finest experience jet-lag had to offer. The only benefit to being awake when everyone else is fast asleep …
Earlier this year I was lucky enough to be offered a place on the Thai Tourist Board Sponsored ‘Famil’ trip through my work – one of the perks of working within travel my friends – it was amazing. We got to visit Koh Samui, Phuket and Koh Yao Noi – but I’ll save some of those …
Arguably one of the most popular cities in Europe, Barcelona is a bustling hub of nationalities, a mixture of historic meets modern and a consistently beautiful and exciting city. Barcelona was another one of my spontaneous trips. My best friend decided after heartbreak to book a trip to Barcelona where she would travel Solo and treat herself a …
There was a profound silence. Just silence, no one had anything to say to each other, what could you possibly say? You don’t expect to be so overwhelmed by it all until you step into the camp. It is like two different worlds, the outside and the prison. Outside filled with people talking, eating, drinking …
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“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.” I opened my tired, sleep-deprived eyes to a beautiful sunrise, waking up the scenery of fields, beautiful houses and forests in the horizon. It was somewhere between 5am and 6am and we were zooming our way towards Krakow, Poland. …
You often find that magical spot unexpectedly, a spot where the beauty just takes over and your whole being instantly sighs ‘you made the right choice here lady, keep going’. This came to me when I was sitting on the King Charles Bridge – yes, literally sitting on the edge of the bridge – in …
My First Solo Adventure: Travelling & Volunteering in Nepal: “Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.” ~Leo Buscaglia I boarded the small Jet-like aircraft at …
“Most of people talk, we do things. They plan, we achieve. They hesitate, we move ahead. We are living proof that when human beings have the courage and commitment to transform a dream into reality, there is nothing that can stop them. Dubai is a living example of that.” – HH Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al …
