I first wrote about the importance of doing nothing while travelling alone. Now, as a mother of a toddler, alone time is scarce. Doing nothing seems positively criminal. So, I’ve caught up with the neuroscientist in me and reminded myself why it’s important. Is it time that you did too?
Why Reading Trends Are Changing – And Why It MattersTwo surprising things happened the other day. The first took place at our book club, a thinly veiled excuse to eat tapas and drink wine once a month while discussing the perilous state of world affairs and explore other subjects that perhaps our other halves would wish […]
Why do people travel?Why do we travel? Why do you? People have travelled since records began. But why?Why do you travel?What is it about the human race that makes us want to travel?I’m often asked about why I travel or what my favourite country is, but although those questions sound straightforward, they’re not.Why do we […]
It’s a thorny question but an important one. Where are the best ethical travel destinations? And what is ethical tourism? The results are in.
The question of how to save endangered animals is one that cannot wait. Yet unlike many aspects of sustainable tourism, this is a problem with a pleasant solution.
Yes, really.
It’s not the equivalent of yesterday’s soggy, soy-soaked bran, mashed into an unappealing travel package. It’s the best, if not the only, way for us to continue to enjoy travelling and living on this planet. My recent trip to the UNESCO HQ in Paris to talk about sustainable tourism left me with plenty of ideas I want to share with you.
Allow me to explain…
What is homeWhat is home? My weekend foraging for firewood while glamping in beautiful West Wales has me musing on a topic that returns to me again and again over the years. Just what is home? And is it up to us to define it? The Emotional Meaning of Home This week, I was supposed […]
I’m far from the first to string those four words together. Legendary journalist Kate Adie looped them in a line to describe her autobiography; Vivien Leigh sighed them in A Streetcar Named Desire. Writing courses rail against them and editors hang their heads and demand something fresh.
I’ve even…
Responsible Travel , South Europe
Cork. It’s one of those words I love. Short, sweet and to the point, stirring up memories of emerald isles, springy toughness between finger and thumb and wine-flowing evenings with friends. But it’s never been a word that’s settled for long inside my mind. Flitting in and flying away like a whispery breeze on a […]
East Europe , Responsible Travel
The Auschwitz camps – I, II and III – starved, tortured and executed over a million people during World War II. Prison camps became concentration camps and then ultimately death camps. History lessons at school, the Red Cross Museum in Geneva, the books of Frankl, Levi & Frank and even the film Schindler’s List have provided enough images to haunt me for a lifetime. Will seeing the place with my own eyes change anything?
The incredible story of the Red Cross, the foundation of the world’s first humanitarian aid organisation and the challenges that face all those who try to make the world a better place.