I’m going to be absolutely honest, and it might be slightly controversial but, going on safari was never high on my list of travel must do’s. I don’t know why but it just never pulled or grabbed me. Trekking to see gorillas did and that is what took me to Africa. But I figured you
Beneath the layers and layers of ice which form the glacier Vatnajokull is one of the most unique places in the world – the incredible ice caves of Iceland! Glaciers are true forces of nature, the result of thousands of years of snow accumulation and compression, and Vatnajokull is a giant of glaciers. Covering 8% of
Istanbul is one of my absolutely favourite cities in the world! A city which straddles Europe and Asia. A city where those two different continents merge and meld to form a wonderful mix of cultures. A city of fantastic history – first as Byzantium, then as the capital of the eastern Roman Empire, Constantinople, and
Last October I travelled through Turkmenistan and spent a handful of days in the bizarre city of Ashgabat. Turkmenistan is the seventh least visited country in the world and it’s capital, Ashgabat, is a truly strange city. In fact it’s the weirdest city I’ve ever visited in all my travels! So what makes the capital