Intrepid trip

As soon as I set foot in Iran on my Iran Adventure trip with Intrepid Travel, I knew that I was about to do many things I had never experienced before. And Iran didn’t disappoint.

Namibia is awesome, in the true sense of the word. I’m a landscape girl and the country did not disappoint.

It was the walking bit that attracted me to this trip, though I admit feeling a bit apprehensive, too. The word that made me nervous was “itinerary.”

I signed up for Intrepid’s China Experience tour and it was all I could have hoped for. Here are some highlights of that spectacular three-week journey.

Because here’s the thing: I may not want to hike eight-hour days at altitude, but I’m not ready to give up adventure travel. And so I booked my trip to Nepal.

“The man’s got skills,” I said to a fellow traveller. “He just backed that behemoth onto a tiny ferry like it was a smart car. I think we’ve probably scored the best driver ever, and we don’t even know it.”

Pamukkale in real life was everything I imagined and more. I completely understand why it’s Turkey’s most popular attraction.

By the end of the trip, the truck had become part of the group. There was a familiarity with the feel of the seats, the bounce and weave of the roads, the hums and rattles.

The Nordic island nation is everything you’ve seen on Instagram, and more.