“What’s so special about Mongolia?” they all seemed to ask. “I’ll let you now when I get back” I replied. Surely that’s the reason we travel… to find out why a place has intrigued us from afar? I had seen images of open grasslands, sweeping vistas and of eagle hunters who slept in yurts and herded great swathes of livestock. I’d seen big men in bright briefs wrestling on grass and elegant archers in pointed hats. Quite simply, I wanted to see it for myself. So I joined a World Expeditions tour and did it!
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For many years, people I know have been urging me to go and explore Vietnam. Finally I made it this year. Initially I thought that 3 weeks of travel time would…
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Struggling to calibrate my dragging body sensations of altitude (compounded by an incredibly early start to my day!), I rallied my thoughts to acknowledge just ‘where’ in the world I…
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When a friend asks for recommendations on a trip they have planned, the natural thing is to search back to those feelings & sensations of the time that you visited…
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Last year I had an opportunity to spend a day in London town catching up with treasured friends who were visiting from Australia ever-so briefly. In a moment of serendipity,…
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I had a few moments of doubt as to what I had let myself in for, as I arose in the dark before 4am on my first full day in San…
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The beginning of my recent, incredible journey through Sth America saw me landing on the edge of the Atacama Desert in far northern Chile on the border of Bolivia. The…