It’s finally happened: she’s lost the plot. If any of you are worried that I might be about to break into terrible verse on the merits of the humble chestnut in manner of Wordsworth or Keats getting excited about daffodils and clouds, well you’d be almost right. But frankly I haven’t the time of the… Read more

13-19.10.24 Our flight from Shanghai was a serious throw-back to air travel in the 80s and 90s. Although we were in regular economy class (shock) it had amazing seats, leg room and even a plane meal… which wasn’t so nice. There was a tv that I didn’t use as I kipped most of the way,… Read more

11-14.10.24 Quite frankly I’ve been having such a good time in East Asia so far that I haven’t gotten around to writing about it! So here we are, blog one of round two of travels. Alex being Alex and immensely clever with Avios and the Virgin Atlantic equivalent (think they’re different, not really sure how… Read more

26-30.09.24 Here we are, our final stop. The last hurrah before heading back to Blighty . Well, for ten days before we head off on our next adventure. What better place to spend it in than Rio de Janeiro? It was a perfect final four days to the whole trip and we got some proper… Read more

18-26.09.24 Im not going to lie, I am writing this rather a long time after the fact! I rather forgot all about writing as I went, as mentioned in my last post, so I’m afraid that I am lumping three places into one post and it’ll be pretty brief! São Paolo – 18-21.09.24 We landed… Read more

17-18.09.24 I have, perhaps rather foolishly, let this rather a long time to write up. Practically three weeks! All rather silly and entirely my fault for being a) busy and b) lazy with regards to writing as I go. I’m going to have to change format on the next leg of travel. But anyway, here… Read more

11-16/09/24 I must put up my hands and admit to having taken a break from writing for the last 10 days or so! Honestly it’s been a combination of having a nice time, seeing lots of things but also needing a bit of R&R after a very fast pace of travel, never really more than… Read more

8-10/09/24 Our bus journey from Santiago to Mendoza was fairly uneventful and, dare I say it, relaxing. I got some good naps on that journey! The border crossing was, of course, madly confusing with lots of getting off the bus, getting on the bus, getting off the bus, going to customs but only 3 bags… Read more

05-08/09/24 The perfect spring weather continued into Santiago. Another lovely Chilean city, this didn’t feel too dissimilar to London. There were some nice areas walkable from our hostel, parks, galleries etc. So we continued on with our programme of gentle pottering and seeing some sights (or sites?) at a gentle pace. Our hostel was impossible… Read more

03-05/09/24 I. Love. This. City. It’s gorgeous, or at least, the small historical area in which we stayed is gorgeous… didn’t venture all that far. It’s eclectic, bohemian and… well, extremely hilly, but that just adds to the charm! We only spent two days here but it felt like the sort of place I could… Read more