One of the greatest gifts of travel is meeting new people. Hearing their stories, their beliefs and seeing their smiles. Opening our eyes a little wider and at the same time, opening our minds. There are some people you meet when travelling that may only be present for a short moment in time, but their…
There is no greater freedom than having your own home on wheels. Being able to move freely as the wind and waves direct you and having no real plans is the ultimate escapism. Satisfying the wanderlusting itch in bounds and yet fuelling it even more at the same time. In the summer of 2018, the…
Walking the streets of Georgetown, Penang makes you feel like you have landed inside the pages of an Asian comic book. The fusion of cultures, vivid colours, diverse architecture, and large dash of colonial history, bursting proudly out of the winding maze of streets, creates a zany vibe that all feels a bit unreal. Georgetown’s…
“Kuala Lumpur is the poor man’s Singapore.” Several people told us this after we planned a trip to visit in 2018. And to be honest, most people struggled to sincerely assure us we’d have a great time. We therefore had no expectations, other than exploring the vast array of world renowned Malaysian cuisine. Kuala Lumpur…
I will never forget the colour palette of Western Australia. The rich iron redness of the earth in stark contrast with the soothing turquoise ocean hues as you fly South from Asia into the Southern Land. For hours gazing out of the window of the 737, all I could see were the wild waves of…
“Rhino have you got any [travel nightmares] like that?” @crest_cast “Nothing as dire as that. I’ve always been pretty lucky with surf trips……” We consider ourselves really lucky not to have had any major travel disasters, but there have certainly been some bumps in the road. Like everyone else. Surely, most people have missed a…
The best prawns I have ever eaten were somewhere near Bugis Market, Singapore in 2010. I can still taste them now. We’d flown the red eye from Heathrow to Singapore and landed at 18:45 local time in Changi Airport. Already dark and body clocks still firmly planted in UK day time, we checked in to…
These are the days. My husband, most commonly known as Rhino, has been telling me this since I met him. I am the cautious one and he is more adventurous – after all, rhinos like to charge. And it’s that charge that drives me to do the more crazy things in life. To be more…