Buda & Pest We had all been for a Turkish Hamam the last time we were in Istanbul but I couldn’t persuade Theo or Rosa to come again… Theo was concerned one of the big blokes would hurt his knee, they had been pretty brutal the first time round, and Rosa pointed out that she […]
The cat’s out of the bag ‘Why are you looking at me like that old woman?’ It really was the most unpleasant look anyone had given me since we’d left the UK… I looked defiantly back. ‘It’s okay to carry a rucksack and two bags, and a guitar, and be dragging a really big suitcase!’
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Ticket to Ride Rosa was really poorly when we woke up the next day. She had the symptoms of a heavy cold and a slightly tight chest…We dosed her up with paracetamol and honey and lemon, and then opened the door so Bailey’s could come in. Bailey’s was the cat that had spent so much
Cableway to Heaven We had no idea if Mount Huashan would be anywhere near as glorious as the Yellow Mountains had been. But we weren’t going there for its iconic beauty. We were going there because, high up on the top of the cliff, was the deadliest walkway in the world! When we’d been first
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Blessings and Borders I sat quietly in the dark on the kerb opposite our guesthouse. I could see the first hints of dawn in the sky, it wouldn’t be long before the monks were walking silently towards me. Everything was familiar, the same women were there setting up for the morning, laying out carpets and
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Back to the Garden – Theo’s blog Arriving in the village of Batu Katak to begin our “jungle trek” in the rainforest of Sumatra was like arriving to stay with a celebrity I’d been a fan of since childhood. I was full of anticipation for exotic sights and sounds, and dreaming of magical wildlife encounters,
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Angkor Wat Siem Reap was not like anywhere we’d been before. Angkor Wat is an international tourist destination attracting two million visitors each year and the city of Siem Reap has absorbed a wide variety of cultural influences as a result. The incredible food options, the style and price of accommodation, the transport choices around
Batu Katak We spent a long time on the deck of the KM Kelmud, making the most of the calmest seas we had experienced. I got up early each morning to watch the sunrise. Standing in the near darkness out on deck watching the slow, softly changing colours being reflected in the silky smooth seas.
550 million years, and counting…. Theo’s blog On a drive through Gosford, New South Wales, towards the end of our stay, I noticed I was no longer noticing Australia. I’d gotten used to the utes and double-trailered trucks driving at sober speeds past bungalows and verandahs and retail parks where well-fed sunscreened people in shorts
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Uluru My last eight hours on a bus in Australia – I have both a fondness and a mild dread of Greyhound buses now. They are hard on my back and each one has been a seriously loo-oong journey. That said, apart from one slightly suicidal driver on the journey from Melbourne to Sydney back