When most people consider taking a gap year to travel chances are South East Asia or South America will be high up on their bucket list. For others perhaps a European road trip might spring to mind. However, how many young adults would consider hitch-hiking the Silk Road with less…
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Could you walk the Nile? “The Sudd had beaten me, like it had tormented so many other travellers along the Nile, and the disappointment as difficult to put into words”. (Pg. 207) Never before has an explorer successfully walked the length of the Nile, so why did Levison Wood believe…
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In the eyes of travellers, there are effectively two Egypts. There’s the Egypt of the Red Sea, with resorts dotted along the coast offering tourists all the luxuries one would desire. Places like Hurghada and Sharm El Sheikh, where the East embraces the West, create a sense of cosmopolitanism rarely…
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Do you suffer with Wanderlust? Travelling the world is now easier than ever before, but deciding where to head can offer be as daunting as the journey itself. With so many great travel writers out there, the knowledge we now have at our finger tips is immense. However, with so…
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Do you consider yourself an explorer? If the answer is ‘yes’ and you haven’t yet read The Lost City of Z it really should be on your list. Likewise, if you are someone that has been obsessed with something; wanted so much to discover the answer to a as yet…
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Even today, if someone, especially a female travelling alone, tells me they are off to explore the tumultuous area around Afghanistan and Pakistan, I would question their sanity but imagine a solo female traveller heading off to Central Asia back in the 1980s. Someone who was not there to cover…
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When I think of adventure expeditions images of men with ice hanging from their beards come to mind. Adventure travel, in my own head, is set aside for those that try to navigate some unexplored land hoping to be the first to ever complete the challenge in order to win…
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