Category Archives: travel
Global local
You don’t know what it’s like to be a man until you’ve walked a mile in his shoes. Or in other words, done his commute. Working in an office in Hong Kong for a month gave me an insight into … Continue reading
Filed under Competition, Hong Kong, travel
Travelling: do you go it alone?
Tom Hall, travel editor for Lonely Planet, reportedly said today that lone travellers get more out of their travel than those who travel in pairs or groups. Have you ever taken the plunge? I did last year for the first … Continue reading
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No Sex and the Holy City
For a London netball team, Jerusalem held the key to a special kind of girl’s weekend (my entry for the Guardian Travel Writing Competition 2010) Girly breaks are usually more about the party than the piety – you never have … Continue reading
Filed under Competition, Israel, Sport, travel
Sumatran Memento
Sitor is a woodcarver. His father was a woodcarver. Carving, he tells me, is what the Batak men do. Sumatra’s Lake Toba and its island of Samosir are famous for this carving. The Batak people’s totem poles, masks and houses … Continue reading
Angkor under threat
Cambodia’s famous ruin complex, Angkor Wat, is being “overrun by tourists”, according to the conservation group Global Heritage Fund (GHF). “Hundreds of thousands of visitors climb over the ruins of Angkor every year causing heavy deterioration of original Khmer stonework,” … Continue reading
Learning to walk
The traffic in Saigon might seem like madness, but – as Sarah Warwick soon learned – there’s a method in it. (Column for Tiger Tales magazine). Talk to anyone about the traffic in Ho Chi Minh City and they are … Continue reading
Filed under Journalism, travel, Vietnam
Queen of Sapa
As my foot slips, I have time to let out just the tiniest of squawks before a hand grabs me. Blushing, I turn to my rescuer. ‘Oh Chau’, I smile at the girl who has saved my footing, if not … Continue reading
Filed under Competition, Prizewinning blogs, Vietnam
Location, location, location
Someone told me last month that the most Googled term in the UK is ‘house in France’ and I was dubious. But after a visit to southern France that took in three very happy expat set-ups, I’m starting to believe … Continue reading
Moor please
“Are you grossly overweight?” asks the woman on the other end of the phone. “I hope you don’t think I’m being rude but people today are all so unfit. They do nothing but sit in front of their goggleboxes and … Continue reading
Yeah Baby! The cover
My Glasgow feature made the cover of Yeah Baby! magazine. Very pleased with how it turned out. If you’d like to see it: it’s here: http://snoozyq.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/yea_27_44_burlesque-lg.pdf
Filed under Journalism, travel
