Travelling alone can be a daunting prospect (especially if like me you have a medical condition or are afflicted with permanent worrying syndrome). Deciding where to go, how to get there, where to stay and what to do that doesn’t involve sitting in a hotel room looking at family […]
Like nothing you've seen before - believe the hype Rising from the depths of the (very adventurously named) Sagrada Familia metro station in central Barcelona, the first sight that greets you is a hoard of tourists, all clamouring to get what is, in fairness, one of the most desirable shots in […]
I have always used music for entertainment, distraction, therapy, combating loneliness and so on, so when I started travelling solo in 2014, a killer playlist was an absolute necessity. I took my - now officially vintage - iPod classic because it had a larger memory than my phone, and these […]
Everybody has, at some point in their lives, ruined a tourist photo. Sometimes by mistake, sometimes because you're in a rush, and sometimes because you just don't give a... So maybe you don't think you've ever done this, but want to give it a try, or maybe you […]