9th June 2019 / Africa & Middle East, Destinations, Jordan / 4 comments

I happened to travel through Jordan during Ramadan this year. The Intrepid tour I was on only spent one night in Amman before taking off for Wadi Rum, and didn’t include any activities in the […]

29th May 2019 / Africa & Middle East, Destinations, Jordan / 2 comments

Reaching Beit Sitti requires climbing up one of Amman’s notorious hills to the trendy Jabal Al-Weibdeh district, one of the city’s oldest neighbourhoods. Beit Sitti is Arabic for “grandmother’s house”. I discovered this cooking class […]

24th March 2019 / Central America & Caribbean, Destinations, Guatemala / 1 comment

You may have heard of all the young backpackers coming to Antigua to climb one (or more) of the impressive volcanoes that surround the town. But if you don’t see yourself doing that, what are […]

5th March 2019 / Central America & Caribbean, Destinations, Guatemala / 6 comments

CONTENTS How many days should you stay at Lake Atitlan? How to travel to Lake Atitlan Where to stay on Lake Atitlan How to visit other villages around Lake Atitlan Things to do on Lake […]

28th January 2019 / Destinations, Mexico, North America / 5 comments

I’ve visited many Mexican cities over the last 18 years, but this was my first time in Puebla. If you choose to travel during off-peak times, Puebla is only a couple of hours by well-appointed […]

31st December 2018 / Retrospectives, Solo travel, Stories / 2 comments

Another year gone. I don’t know about you, but now that I’m in my 50s, entire years seem to disappear in the blink of an eye. In this retrospective 2018, I look back at what I […]

19th December 2018 / Plan, The art of travel / 1 comment

Picture this: you’re halfway around the world, on your own in a foreign and exotic land, and you see something amazing. Whether it makes you laugh out loud, gape, or cringe, you just want to […]