Is Detroit Safe? The Answer From Someone Who’s Been
Is Detroit safe? With well above average crime statistics and no end of scare stories in the media, read what it's really like in Detroit for tourists.... Read more →
Why Are Chain Restaurants Bad?
Why are chain restaurants? And how do you stop eating at them? From a food lover who eats out a lot, here are the facts.... Read more →
Regional Food in Puglia: What And Where to Eat
Regional food in Puglia is a blend of local produce & slow food traditions with space for gourmet and play - street food and spontaneous vegetables, anyone?... Read more →
The Gambia’s “Roots”: When Good Intentions Lead to Bad Tourism
Juffureh is where USA writer Alex Haley famously traced his ancestry back to the slave trade. Today the village is sadly evidence of Gambia tourism gone bad... Read more →
Visiting Malaga: Just Another Brit Abroad?
Malaga attracts more than its fair share of Brits Abroad, but there's more to this city than sangria and sun. Here's what to do in Malaga beyond the beach.... Read more →
Dying for Culture: Bullfighting in Spain
In Ronda for Tajo Gorge, I was more shocked by the culture of bullfighting in Spain. It made me look closer at my own interaction with animals when I travel... Read more →
Hiroshima: A City Living in Hope of Lasting World Peace
Life forever changed for Hiroshima on 6 August 1945 when the world's first atomic bomb was dropped on the city. Here are photographs from my visit.... Read more →
Let’s Talk About Sex: Female Sex Tourism in The Gambia
The Gambia has virgin beaches yet there is nothing virginal about the sex tourism in The Gambia which compares to Thailand but with women paying for fun.... Read more →
13 New Year Travel Resolutions
This post started out as My Travel Wish List 2013 but I’m having real issues committing to 10 places I’d like to go this year…mainly because there are at least 100 places on the shortlist. While I typed, deleted and retyped, I did manage to come up with a slightly different list. Not where I want to travel, but how…. Read more →
