Responsible Travel

Is Detroit Safe? The Answer From Someone Who’s Been

Published on 4 November, 2015

Honestly, I didn’t know what to expect from my visit to Detroit. I’d heard great things about the city from fellow travel bloggers Hecktic Travels and LLWorld Tour: Detroit is the comeback city, regeneration is happening… and there’s an amazing BBQ joint. That last point is usually enough to take me to any city, regardless of scare stories. And boy are… Read more →

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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?

Published on 19 May, 2015

Hands up: I’ve eaten at many chain restaurants in my life and in all likelihood I’ll eat at them again, but is anyone else starting to feel increasingly uncomfortable at their growing dominance across the dining-out landscape? I get it – chain restaurants are easy, they can be comforting if you have a favourite dish and, let’s face it, you… Read more →

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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

Published on 6 May, 2015

If you’re searching for information about regional food in Puglia, you’re already steps ahead of most of the millions of foreign visitors who arrive in Italy each year. Just recently, strolling down a side-street in Florence I had a waiter holler at me across the street: “pizza, pasta, spaghetti”. It was as though he were enlightening me to a food… Read more →

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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

Published on 8 April, 2014

“I bet Alex Haley would turn in his grave if he could see this village now,” I whispered to my friend. We were sat under the cover of concrete and the King of the village (who happened to be a woman) was presenting certificates for sale. They were simple photocopies on plain A4 paper serving as a memento of a… Read more →

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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?

Published on 4 March, 2014

Malaga. Uurgh. I let out a soft sigh. I was planning to spend a month in Andalucia and the cheapest flight into the region would land me in Malaga. Brits Abroad Central. Brits Abroad: The (embarrassingly accurate) stereotype It’s fair to say that I’m not a fan of my countrymen and women who meet the sadly stereotypical but embarrassingly accurate set of… Read more →

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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

Published on 11 February, 2014

Have you ever visited a place expecting no more than your average tourist interaction but came away with something much more profound? It happened when I visited The Gambia and it happened once again when I went to Ronda, Spain. I went to this small Spanish mountain town to see Tajo Gorge. And I expected this post to be a… Read more →

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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

Published on 28 April, 2013

Life forever changed for Hiroshima and its residents on 6 August 1945 when the world’s first atomic bomb was dropped on the city. Although I knew a visit to the city, with ‘highlights’ that include the Atomic Bomb Dome, Peace Memorial Park and Peace Memorial Museum, was going to be tough going, I spent a day there nonetheless. There is… Read more →

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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

Published on 23 March, 2013

If you’ve reached my site because you are searching for sex tourism in the Gambia (and my site statistics tell me that a fair number of you are), I’m afraid you have come to the wrong place. However, please read on before you click-off. Sex tourism is a complex subject and the following represents my views, but I urge you… Read more →

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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

Published on 8 January, 2013

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 →

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