Travel Writing Library

So this is How People "Enjoy" and all-inclusive Vacation in Cuba...

It was wet and soggy in London. My sister and I had spent the morning in Harrods, ignoring the insolent weather, refusing to let the drippy drizzle ruin our city break buzz.

“Welcome to Dublin!” greeted the receptionist at our hotel. “We’ve just had a nightmare journey from the port!” I cried, “It’s taken us an hour and a half to drive here!”.

Technically, I am committing a crime every moment of every day. Fear of southern Africa’s courtrooms, trials and potentially prison for existing sans-Visa motivates a journey to Windhoek, the capital city.

In June 2012 we had an unforgettable holiday in Hisaronu – West Turkey. It was a very exciting adventure as neither of our boys had been abroad before. Billy is 7 and Jamie is 4.

“The mountains turn people crazy,” said the farmer’s wife as her husband filled up our water bottles from a cattle trough. Given we’d just attempted to hike down an overgrown valley littered with rock falls and leading...

As an afternoon of dunking and frolicking about in a Turkish Bath in Budapest drew to a close, I suggested to my ‘other half’ that we indulge in one of the onsite massages offered in this ambient, moist establishment.

What do you do when you have to take your teenager on holiday without his older brother for the first time? I know! What was I thinking, don’t do it...

To sleep, perchance to Dream; Ay, there's the rub for in that sleep of death, what dreams may come William Shakespeare

“Promise you won’t scream,” Cody says, fixing me with a steely glare. “I promise.” “Cause if you scream we’re both off the bus, ok?”