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Rowan Atkinson, a preacher and 12 hours on the road
After a teeth-rattling tweleve hours on the road my bus pulled into Nyegez in darkness. The journey was very tough going. I was wedged into a window seat next to a fat mama and her child. Mama was so fat the poor child had no space for his legs when sat on top of her. […]
The Big Island
March 21, 2015
People have often described Hawaii as the closest thing to paradise. I must admit i was sceptical before I arrived, after one week I couldn’t agree more. I’m on the Big Island which has many faces: black sand, white sand, lush green vegetation, waterfalls, volcanic rock and a powerful ocean with incredible waves […]
Aloha!!
March 15, 2015
I’m going to Hawaii. It’s a place I have always wanted to visit but always thought of it as a honeymoon destination and far too expensive for my budget. Well that’s not the case. After careful shopping around for flights and finding quite literally a paradise retreat, I am disappearing for three blissful weeks with […]
Hash Cake, canal boats and a peep show
March 15, 2015
I was away in Morocco for my birthday this year and I have to say I had no expectation and so it was probably the best birthday I have had in a while. Especially as I had the pleasure of spending it with a rather attractive man I had met. Back home in London my […]
24-hours in Lagos
March 15, 2015
“Twenty-four hours in Lagos sounds like a film title,” said my friend B from Bozeman. “Yeah well it was a rather a surreal experience,” I replied in my whatsapp message “Especially as I was only in north Africa two days earlier. I had got back to London on Friday night from Morocco and by Monday […]
Final Day – Marrekech
March 15, 2015
I’ve been rather behind in writing this post. I’ve been back from Morocco nearly 8 weeks now. It feels like a long time and I have been to three other countries in that time as well…..watch this space ….I’ll explain in other posts to come. So our last day was great. I spent the whole […]
Agadir
March 15, 2015
Everyone I know who has visited Morocco raised an eyebrow or two when I said I was headed for Agadir. I was met with responses like, “There’s nothing in Agadir, better to stay in Essaouira. “I was unimpressed, the medinas don’t have much to offer.” “It’s for surfers and gamblers…” It is actually on the […]
Hammam – naked, oiled and scrubbed raw
January 31, 2015
The Hammam we decided on is the oldest in Essaouira. According to the guide it’s a place that Orson Wells used while visiting this area. Dunno how factually correct that is. It took us some time to find it as the name of the road is spelt differently from the name on the map; which […]
Homeward bound
September 9, 2014
I have survived two weeks of primitive camping (no showers just wet wipes) in what I’d describe as a challenging environment with tough conditions. Non stop rain; icy temperatures; full of the cold and “totally” out of my element. I know my mother will be experiencing a huge sigh of relief now that I’m out […]
Night of the grizzlies
September 3, 2014
Between the 1930s and up until the late 1960s Glacier National Park allowed people to feed bears. As crazy as it seems, people did not consider a habituated grizzly a danger. Scientists knew differently but hikers would leave food out on the porch of chalets and food policy was very lax. The bears soon came […]
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