Uncategorized – Diary of a Tourist

An African Adventure: Itinerary and Highlights

Sub-saharan Africa was quite a long way down my travel bucket list until recently. But after visiting Iguazu falls last year, I wanted to see

Where and when: Newfoundland, Canada, August 2025 0730: It is probably the longest day of the trip to date, so it is an early start

Where and when: Kamakura and Tokyo, 17 October 2024 0900: On our way to Kamakura. It is about 1 hour on the train from Tokyo

Where and when: Cairo, Egypt, 30 November 2023 0215: It is very late at night (or is it very early morning?) as we land at

To me, every trip I take brings many surprises. Some good, some not so good. But each one is a chance to learn and to

After a bit of a break, it’s back my series of post of Southern China and Tibet. I’m picking up where I left off, Day

This is a detailed post about Day 2 of my Transylvania Long Weekend Tour with Explore!. (Read about Day 1 here) 0800: Following breakfast, we

This is a Day 1 of my Transylvania long weekend trip with Explore UK. You can read more about the Trip Itinerary and Highlights here.

Today was a day I wished I had learnt to take good photos and had a proper camera. It was the second day of our

When I told people my first trip to China is only for week, they all asked the same thing. Is one week really enough to