Mum’s Youth Hostel is officially open again. I love to travel but when we can’t get away we do the next best thing… We have the world come to us! …

I woke to a sombre Melbourne this morning. My city is hosting AIDS 2014 starting on Sunday.  14,000 delegates are arriving in town. Melbourne has just over four million people. …

People look at you a bit weird  when you tell them you’re off to Bangkok at the moment… You know the sort of look that says: “well you clearly love …

Where are all the animals? I was really surprised on our recent trip to Thailand to find so few animals on the streets of Bangkok. In fact, I was in …

Don’t you think you look at the sky  more often when you are on holiday? Is it that you have more time or just that skies elsewhere look more interesting? …