Category Archives: On Travel

On The Fence About Having Kids? Some Thoughts From Both Sides Of That Fence

It's been a while since I posted here and I'd usually apologise but as a new mum, an entrepreneur and a world traveller, I hope most of you will understand why this blog has had to take a backseat for a while. However, I'm back ...

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A Few Thoughts On Being Back In England

After 2 weeks in the UK, we've "enjoyed" a blocked & leaking toilet (you don't want to know what Jonathan had to deal with), a raft of unexpected big bills, the coldest weather we've experienced for the past 2 years and a bit more in between. Once we'd found out about the baby and realised that ...

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Merry Christmas from Dubai!

A Starbuck's hot chocolate on the beach is the only way to enjoy Christmas in Dubai :)

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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Breakfast in Grenada…

...lunch in Puerto Rico and dinner in New York. Such is the life of a location independent professional :-) I'm once again sitting in San Juan airport (for the third time this year) on a 4 hour layover taking advantage of the free wireless internet, sipping my first Starbuck's moccha in 3 months and - guess ...

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Could I Be A Lonely Planet Travel Writer?

Just had a really exciting email....Lonely Planet have "invited" me to submit a writing sample to see if I have what it takes to become a freelance travel writer for their guides!!!! I applied a good few weeks ago when I wanted to test out whether my writing was pants or not, with an idea for ...

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