Postcards From St Ives, Cornwall

This weekend was a long weekend here in the UK so Carlos and I took advantage of the extra day off and headed to St Ives in Cornwall, it’s a five and a half hour train journey from London and …

Blue

Blue is definitely one of the colours I think of when I think of travel photography; sparkling blue oceans and bright blue skies.  Today I have chosen to share some of my blue travel photos with you. Blue has been …

A London Childhood Memory :: Columbia Road Flower Market

I remember going to the flower market on Columbia Road several times as a child.  We would go early, as it was only open early back then, and after my parents had bought some plants for the garden, we would …

Women’s Festival in Nepal

When I think of festivals and celebrations that I have been to, I think of Carnival in Rio, Nottinghill Carnival in London and Ganesh Chaturthi in Mumbai.  But today, I’m going to share the most local festival I have been …

To Nepal, With Love.

When I woke up on Saturday morning, I was so sad to be told of the news of the devastating earthquake in Nepal.  And even sadder as through the day the death tole rose and rose. Nepal has always been …

“Why Chile?”

Happy Travel Tuesday!  This month’s prompt is all about the reasons why you travel, or the reasons why you chose to move somewhere.  So, I thought I’d tell you a bit about Chile, a country often featured on the blog. When …

Finding My Favourite Food

Food, eating habits, eating customs, flavours… they are all huge parts of travelling and mean we get to learn more and more about a country through our tastebuds. In 2008, when I first booked to go to Nepal and India …

Yellow

Colours are one of the things you notice when you travel.  Colourful street art, colourful and exotic fruit, colourful clothes, colourful market stalls… This week I’ve learnt a bit about the colour yellow from an art therapy magazine which inspired …

The Sky Garden by Night

Happy Travel Tuesday, everyone!  This week I am sharing another new London gem with you!  A few weeks ago I posted about The Sky Garden; a new FREE viewpoint over the city.  The most logical thing to do after a …

A Chilean Legend :: La Pincoya

Happy Travel Tuesday, everyone! This week’s (optional) prompt is all about local legends.  Instead of picking any from my travels I asked Carlos to tell me about some from Chile, as surprisingly I don’t think I knew any.  So, we …