Wed 24 Jul 2019 Why is it always so difficult for us to set off travelling? Every time, there is something. And, every time, it is...

After nearly six weeks of back-to-nature camping in Newfoundland and remote wilderness areas of the USA’s Pacific North West, I have...

Llanos de Cortes: a stunning waterfall in natural surroundings about a mile’s pretty walk from the main highway. Dave and I had been...

Oh dear, sometimes we get it very wrong. Not only had we chosen to camp for over two weeks at the wrong time of year in the wet tropics...

We had spent most of a day and all the following night on the bus (the usual two seats between four), traversing the Atacama desert, the...

This is a journey of another type, written in spring 2018, a year after we all started learning to play instruments. Enjoy!...

La Paz Bolivia October 29, 2001 Dear Emily, I hope all is well and that you enjoyed my previous letter from Bolivia, particularly that...

“How do you get around with the children once you’ve flown somewhere? Do you rent a Winnebago?” [Um, no, that would use up our entire...

After the significant effort we had made to get tickets to enter the area around Volcan Poas, the active volcano just outside San Jose...

Tuesday There is always something. The first time we embarked on a backpacking adventure, just Dave and myself, it was the very first bus...