Huangluo Long hair village: where they all have, well, long hair Welcome to Huangluo Long Hair Village, an ancient Chinese village renowned for its unique tradition of long hair (some as long as 7 feet) and its belief in rice water’s magical properties. As we explored this remote village, we became immersed in a world of age-old traditions, captivating stories and...
Life on the road: how far we have we come So, as we say adieu to yet another country, I’m thinking back on the first six months of our journey. And wow, what a trip. I guess the unexpected events like – night squid fishing on Halong Bay in Vietnam. Attending an opium ceremony in India and trying to imagine how these elders ever sort any of the village’s...
Border Crossing in Botswana: think about it when planning Border crossing planning when driving through Africa. Planning for Botswana turned out to be more complicated than first expected (though entirely worth the effort). I pretty much planned a route on Google Map to get from A (South Africa) to B (Namibia) crossing Botswana on the way. To discover, A to B...
Botswana Botswana Driving through Botswana, you get the sense that you are the outsider. Not threateningly. You are the alien to the otherwise preserved and balanced way of life. Animals and man seem to have it just right. And here you are, speeding along in your tin can that appears to have no place here. That said, the locals welcome your odd arrival. Children run...
Western Australia: Skipping Singapore to fly to Perth Ah, Western Australia. Western Australia wasn’t initially on our travel plans when we set off from the UK. The plan was to go to Singapore and fly to Sydney from there. However, fellow travellers in Malaysia urged us to visit Western Australia. Intrigued, we changed our plans. skipped Singapore, and flew directly...
Christmas in Cambodia Cambodia Christmas, well! So – apologies, it’s been a month since the last blog but things got well and truly knocked off course. So much so – I am writing this from Borneo! The last you heard, we’d been to the orphanage in Cambodia. We had a great yet humbling time seeing the kids again, and all of that. Ya-ay. Then, once we...
Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre The Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre first opened in 1964. It is 25 kilometres west of Sandakan in the state of Sabah in Borneo. It was the first official orangutan rehabilitation project for orphaned baby orangutans. Many are rescued from logging sites, plantations, illegal hunting or who have been kept as pets. As a...
World Traveller Monday morning For the world traveller, Monday morning does not bring with it that general feeling of utter dread. The start of another working week. I enjoyed my last job, but who wants to get up at stupid o’clock and go battling the masses on the London Underground to get there? So, this Monday morning I realised the change has well and truly set in...
What to pack. What not to pack? Pack the bag time! How do you pack for a year around the world? The packing began about three months before we left. I started assembling what I considered I might need, purchased a suitable bag, discovered I had room to spare and thought, this will be a doddle. It was not. As time passed, the packing pile became bigger… and...
