Stories

The view didn’t matter. We’d got there, without having to call on the support vehicle. We’d hit kilometre number 60 of the day and the idea of just sitting there …

One thing stuck out on my recent trip. Mostly because it was unbelievably strange and wonderful: a visit to Maximón, the Smoking God.

“If you want to go far, go together…” This was our mantra as we climbed Kilimanjaro. Me, our Intrepid group and 30 rural female farmers from across Africa.

No surprises – teenagers suck, but I look forward to travelling with mine again, first chance I get.

Talismans, cure-alls and mystic ointments – welcome to Bolivia’s famous Witches Market.

You can eat what you want, when you want and where you want. You can change your itinerary because you feel like it (just let people you trust know where …