For many of us, a degree of often unfounded cynicism is one of those universalities of travel that all of us experience but none acknowledge,…
On a remote mountain in the Indian Himalayas, right at the mouth of the Chanderkhani Pass, there is a teashop that sits on top of…
As anyone with a Facebook account or any degree of exposure to world news would know, the last week or two has been a pretty…
I have spent more hours on buses than the average person. I’d like to say “more hours than I’d like to admit”, but lets face…
Get There: While it’s a bit of a hike from the main drag, Amani is a perfect stopover between Dar and the Kenyan coast cities…
I hate coming home. I hate having a numerical limit placed on the numbers of holes and suspicious stains my clothes are allowed to have,…
As someone who’s spent a fair bit of time around the mud-brick hand-moulded blocks of the volunteer world, there are not enough words to encapsulate…
Get There: From the town centre, it’s a very doable 10 – 15 minute walk to Mayoka. If you can’t be bothered walking, every taxi…
Matolas, matattus, dala-dalas or a myriad of other names depending on what country you wash up in, are probably the most common form of transport…
Africa pretty much does hobo-cheap food better than anywhere in the world, but of all the continent’s jizz-worthy places to eat on the street, Zanzibar…
Cost: Upwards of 40 bucks for the cabins, which is big cash for Africa, but more affordable if you’re tenting and/or sleeping on the couches…
Cost: Starting from about $80 for the zipline, about $160 to do all three (zipline, swing and bungee) Get There: You can get to the…
