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I climbed back onto the Greyhound, the smell now familiar to me after twenty four hours of travel on this thing; dust mixed with chemical pine from the air freshener hanging from the mirror.

There is probably little that sounds more grey or mundane than an eight hour coach trip between two cities. That is until you mention 'July' and 'Nepal' in the same sentence. Then the mundane bursts with colourful possibilities.

There is probably little that sounds more grey or mundane than an eight hour coach trip between two cities. That is until you mention 'July' and 'Nepal' in the same sentence. Then the mundane bursts with colourful possibilities.

Uneasily, I boarded the small boat with fifteen other people that would take me out to cage dive with great white sharks. I was on the coast of South Africa and terrified of the large predators of the ocean, but didn’t want...

South Africa will stay in my memory as a kaleidoscope of impressions including the cold blue ocean, funny penguins, lush vineyards, misty Table mountain, friendly people.

LangaLanga Primary School is not the type of place that can easily be described by words. At 8 o'clock on a sunny Monday morning, I arrived covered head to toe in sun cream and armed with a bottle of water...

LangaLanga Primary School is not the type of place that can easily be described by words. At 8 o'clock on a sunny Monday morning, I arrived covered head to toe in sun cream and armed with a bottle of water...

South Africa will stay in my memory as a kaleidoscope of impressions including the cold blue ocean, funny penguins, lush vineyards, misty Table mountain, friendly people.

To cross the bridge or not to cross the bridge? I continuously asked myself at 2am under a starless night, after a 14 hour van ride from Puno to Cusco, Peru.

To cross the bridge or not to cross the bridge? I continuously asked myself at 2am under a starless night, after a 14 hour van ride from Puno to Cusco, Peru.