Brussels is certainly a curious place, not as beautiful as Bruges, but a functional city with lots of lovely streets to wander through as well as quite a few oddities I just wanted to check out. Of course it ddin’t…
DeLuxe-mbourg
Luxembourg is often quoted as the wealthiest country in the world. According to one measure “Median Wealth”, that being the wealth of the person that is richer than 50% of the country and poorer than 50% of the country, they…
New Caledonia
There isn’t much I knew about New Caledonia before I decided to come here. I have memories of the civil war in the 80’s being on the TV, I knew it was one of three French territories in the Pacific…
Just where is Reunion?
After telling people I was going to Reunion, I then had to explain where it is and I’m not sure, next to Mauritius really helps anyone. Sadly though my trip to Reunion has been top and tailed by 2 flight…
Lemurs
It has been a wonderful first week in Madagascar, but I’ll be honest, I came for the Lemurs and I’ve yet to see one. Today i’ve been promised I’ll see ring tail lemurs, although promises around wildlife always come with…
Bumpy road of Faith
So many days ago we drove to the next stop on our trip. Our guide Diary, had to leave for a fasmily emergency. Spoiler, everything is ok and many days later he rejoined us. The driving days are long, often…
Etosha part two – Pussy cat pussy cat where are you
The second part of our Etosha trip included 2 nights just outside the park at a fancy lodge. To be honest most of the lodges have been a bit fancy, fancier than i’d usually book, but it also seems going…
Etosha part one – Black Rhino spa
We are the first to say we are the kind of people who don’t need or care much for luxury when we travel, however it became evident when we stopped at the government run camp at Okaukuejo, that we may…
Gin and elephants
We went camping, or was it glamping? In Damaraland we stayed at a tented camp and inside the tents we had had all the essentials like toilet, bathroom and bed. Furnishings were not luxurious but fit for purpose. However, the…
Sossusvlei the Namibian dessert
Words are hard to describe the desert of Namibia. It is so stunning, so incredibly hard to describe how that can be so much beauty in such a lifeless place. But its there and a couple of days at a…