The Land Down Under. My first trip ‘upside down’ (from the UK) happened during my first backpacking adventure in my gap year. Having spent 6 weeks in south-east Asia, my…

Often compared with Hong Kong as being the ‘Pearl of the Orient’ Singapore is a functioning dictatorship in south-east Asia. A centre for business and tourism I’ve spent a small…

My visit to Brunei was rather random.  On my first independent travels flying from Indonesia to Australia with Brunei Air knocked a hundred pounds off our ticket – so we…

My first longer length travel in May-July 1994.  A school friend and I spent 3 months travelling over South-east Asia and Australia.  Starting in Thailand we went overland to Malaysia…

I’ve only been to the south coast on a family holiday, but would love to see more of this country, especially Lisbon. When: Summer 1993 Where: the Algarve coast Who:…

These islands in the English Channel are geographically closer to France, though they are in fact British Crown Dependancies and the language spoken is English.  They are not part of…

The visit to this small nation was during my childhood, so my memories are rather vague, but the overall impression was great fun! When: Summer of 1981? Who: family holiday…