

Climbing Uluru ... or not!
I clung to the side of the huge red monolith, unable to move, unable to go backwards or forwards. I was, in a word, terrified. I had...


How travel saved my life; as featured on The Nuno Blog!
So, a few months ago, I had an interview with the very awesome Nuno Leitao from the Nuno Blog! Read it HERE. As promised, he has...


Vipassana; ultimate spiritual retreat or descent into madness?
I have seen the face of the devil. It wasn't a scary face, more like a doll's face with large eyes and a helmet, to be honest, there was...


Boats, sharks and sleeping underwater!
A couple of months ago I sent in a submission for a more literary travel magazine about my travels ... having heard nothing back so far,...


Taxi rides, singing and beautiful children; a trip through Morocco
A loud throbbing hum followed by a series of bone shaking bumps wakes me from a light sleep. I had dozed off with my head against the...


A hike in the desert: Mount Masada at dawn
As our little group huffed and puffed up the baking mountainside in the semi darkness of pre-dawn, I wondered what I was actually paying...


Remembering Dunc; thanks for the good times, love
Duncan was born with a rare condition. His kidneys were underdeveloped and didn't grow as he did. This meant that by the time he was 19,...


West is best; waking up in Jerusalem and falling in love
'West is best', the guy at the hostel desk told me. 'The sun rises in the East and if you sleep on the East side, you'll start sweating...


Tel Aviv bus station: a scaredy cat in Israel
Tel Aviv bus station should go into the Guinness book of records for being the most effective thing for confusing naive English girls in...


Interview with Nuno Leitao of the Nuno Blog!
Nuno is doing amazing things! As well as being an expert addiction councillor, he has also been a Psychotherapist and Life coach since...