On Travel

How It Feels To Be Going Back To South Africa For 6 Months

If we were being really self-obsessed, we might start to think that disasters (natural or man-made) were preceding our arrivals in destinations around the world…
We go to Thailand and around 600 miles away one of the worst tropical cyclones in recent history hits Burma; we fly to HK and just a few days before a […]


A Summary of Updates

Sorry it’s been a while since I last posted…I never quite adjusted to the time zone in Dubai and being 4 hours ahead of the UK always felt like I was chasing my tail and needing to catch up with things. I guess that’s what comes from spending most of last year behind and feeling […]


Lonely Planet Writing Pains

I am on a tight deadline here - my Lonely Planet sample brief to see if I have what it takes to become a guidebook author is due in 4 days and what am I doing? Being a Princess Procrastinator and blogging!
Things aren’t that bad actually. We spent another day trogging round the marina on […]


Dubai Delights: Trying Not To Spend Money…And My New Book Is Out

We’re now comfortably settled in our home for the next month - my brother’s swish pad in Dubai Marina.
Having spent a couple of weeks here earlier this year, we were prepared for the 180 degree contrast to Grenada in terms of the consumerist, have-it-all mentality…but still, it’s a shock to the system!
Having comfortably lived in […]