New Year’s Travel Resolutions for 2012
Now that the excitement of Christmas has passed, it’s time to reflect on the year gone by and make resolutions for the year lying ahead. Let’s have a look at last year’s travel resolutions: Have […]
Mongoose Mayhem and Monkey Madness
“Come look quickly!” Gareth called quietly, but urgently, from our porch at the Chobe Safari Lodge where I was taking a respite from the heat by reading my Kindle inside our air-conditioned room. I put […]
Three Nights at Chobe Safari Lodge, Botswana
Gareth and I spent the first three days of our African Adventure 2011 holiday at the lovely Chobe Safari Lodge situated on the banks of the Chobe river in Botswana. We had a River Room […]
Mixing Pleasure with Business: Back from Tanzania
It’s been almost a week since my return from my first business trip. You might remember that I had set myself a clear mission for those three weeks in Tanzania – to find some free […]
Four African Countries For the Price of One
When I booked our African Adventure 2011 holiday, I left all the little nitty-gritty details to the travel agent to arrange. So apart from the fact that we were going to Zimbabwe and Botswana, and […]
A Ride on the Gautrain
The flight that would take Gareth and me to Zambia for our African Adventure holiday was scheduled to fly out late on a Monday morning, which made dropping us off at the airport a little […]
My First Business Trip
After many months of envying colleagues sent to Australia, Dubai or the UK for work, I finally found out two weeks ago that I will be going on my first ever business trip this year. […]
The Importance of Being Backed Up
My 1TB hard drive joined the choir invisibile over the weekend. It contained all my music, games, videos and, most importantly, photos taken over the last five years. While everything on the drive is replaceable, […]
Travellers x2: Spain 2010
And so the Spain 2010 trip finally comes to and end, which means it’s time to reflect on what we did right, where we went wrong and what we should never mention again! Although Gareth’s […]
Cordoba: Mosques, Cathedrals and Guardian Angels
On the last day of our Andalucían holiday, Gareth and I visited Córdoba, which turned out to be the city we liked best. We managed to find a free parking spot on the banks of […]