When: Skiing in 1986, August 1995, Skiing in 1999, July 2005 View Austria in a larger map Where: Vienna, Saltzburg and ski resorts Who:Skiing on a school trip and with…

The country of my birth.  Can’t really do the usual destination summary here as I have spent so much time there, and some of it I can’t even remember. Places…

In 2005 A. and decided to head over to England for the summer. However, we wanted a bit of an adventure so decided to do the journey overland by train….

Outer Mongolia… it just rings distance and off the beaten track.  I think that was one of the reasons I went.  It’s a bit like saying “I’m off to Timbuktu”…

Despite having lived in southern China, Guangdong Province, for 2 years I haven’t travelled extensively in China. Travelling in China can be tough if you don’t speak or read Chinese…

I lived in Moscow for a year, working at the British International School as the art teacher. I also visited on my way from Hong Kong to London with A….

Macau is in a similar situation as Hong Kong, former Portuguese colony returned to the motherland of China in 1998 it enjoys a semi-autonomous status.  It has it’s own government,…

About as far from England as you can possibly get, yet culturally very similar I visited my sister when she was living there and took an opportunity to see a…

My only visit to Japan (so far) had me travelling solo (unusual for me). A joined me for 3 days at the end of my trip. Japan was and continues…

Small island in the Mediterranean, the only nation (as a whole) to be given the George Cross, I made a short visit here in the summer of 2002. My mother…