Any seasoned traveller will tell you that Morocco is famous for its confusing medinas (the older area of a city) and even the most confident of visitors are likely to get lost wandering around these wonderfully perplexing places. Have no fear though, losing your way is all part of the...

You can go on a road trip pretty much anywhere, but what about an off-road adventure? There are few places in the world with enough available wildernesses for you to go careering off into the distance, fingers revving on the handles of your quad bike. But in Namibia, that’s exactly...

Guest Post by Clare Appleyard South Africa is a country full of startling contrasts.  Abject poverty yet ostentatious wealth; barren deserts yet lush forests; extreme heat yet bitter cold.  However, no contrast surprised me more than the sight that caught me unawares one day as we drove down yet another...

Living abroad for almost 10 years some of my most memorable Christmas celebrations have been very far from my UK home. Here are 3 that were quirkily different … Aswan, Egypt In the early 80s a group of us spent one Christmas and New Year in Egypt.  On Christmas Day...