There is no wonder why the likes of Jane Austen and Charlotte Bronte were inspired by the magnificence of the Peak District. Wherever you look no matter where you are within the many intertwining valleys you are awe-stricken and breathless (not just from the hiking). The Peak District today is still very popular for all…
Sweat is dripping off my body, many rivers of it streaming into the sand. I lie on the beach, enviously watching the bathers enjoying the refreshing saltwater only ten metres from my feet. Suspicious individuals troll the beach as if looking for an unattended bag they can skilfully make their own, and I am too…
When it comes to food and travel you come across many firsts. In the street markets of Bangkok you could be served insects on skewers, in Japan real sashimi or in Scotland, haggis. All foods that you wouldn’t necessarily come across back home. As a backpacker you find yourself in situations that automatically expand your…
We were on a mission. A group of us from 360 Hostel Malasaña. Walking through the streets of Madrid late at night with bottles of vino being passed around. All evening we had been relaxing after our 1 Euro feast, some call dinner, prepared nightly by the hostel staff. Being a small hostel there is…
One of the most exciting mornings of my travel experience was the day I hopped into a rental car with my parents to head to Vancouver Island to kayak with orcas in Canada’s Johnstone Strait. There is never a dull moment driving through British Columbia towards Horseshoe Bay to catch the ferry across to Vancouver…
