Stories

“In the time we spent in Costa Rica, I saw my kids grow and discover things about themselves that I’m not sure I would have seen had we stayed at home.”

When my partner casually announced over dinner that we were going to take our next holiday cycling through Cambodia I admit I was a bit confused. The same Cambodia that has the worst roads I’d ever seen? Where I had munched on local ‘delicacies’ like tarantulas and grasshoppers? Where one in every three adults owns a motorbike, and isn’t afraid to use it?

We were all quite intimidated going in to the first yoga session, because we thought everyone else would be really advanced. We shouldn’t have worried.

They say the best way to truly connect with a culture is through its food, and in the case of Jordan, this couldn’t ring truer.

I’d count myself as more of an enthusiast than a hardcore outdoors woman. I tag hikes onto my trips to experience nature, not to conquer it. So before my trek along the Kumano Kodo trail, my excitement was tinged with a little bit of trepidation.

I love a good museum. The more out-there, the better. So when I spotted the Ju/’Hoansi-San Living Museum on the itinerary of my Intrepid overland trip through Namibia, I was intrigued.

Saturn Returns is said to be an astrological phenomenon, occurring once every 27 to 31 years, where the universe shakes you up with dramatic events that make you question your life, your purpose, your relationships, everything. What a hoot!

From Nashville to Savannah and beyond, old school values and charm make the USA’s southern states some of the friendliest places to visit. 

Do you need to be religious to visit Jerusalem? An agnostic traveller visits the Holy Lands to see whether faith is really all you need.