Stories behind the stories. By Travel Writer, Amy McPherson
I think it’s time to finally admit we are getting old. It was about three hours into the second leg of our flight from London to Sydney when we began to realise: we no longer find inflight entertainment entertaining, the complimentary alcohol no longer amused us and to be honest, our bodies no longer tolerated …
You knew this was coming ;-) Remember when I did a little cat album for cats in the Philippines? Well, here are some cats in Marrakech! Besides sightseeing, you’ll often find me stalking cats on my travels, and boy oh boy was Marrakech a crazy cat lady heaven! Morocco is one of the 5 destinations …
“You would love Marrakech,” a friend told me after she visited this popular Moroccan city ten years ago. “There are cats, everywhere.” Morocco has been on my mind for a long time – it is one of those places, like India, that intrigues me, and no, it’s not because of the cats either! (Although, the …
Tourist attractions can be really expensive. Once you have paid all the entrance fees to the things you want to see, you can easily spend your entire trip’s budget just in one day! So on our most recent trip to Hong Kong, we wanted an alternative to visiting The Peak – the observation platform sitting …
Lovers of Harry Potter and Pokemon Go can vouch for this: there is nothing more exciting than being able to find fantastic beasts or discover mythical creatures in our surroundings, even if it’s imagined. One of those things about travel is that sometimes, you can let you are imagination be carried away with you, and …
I am not biased, but having experienced Taipei as an adult and as a tourist, it really is an exciting city to visit. Here’s a little guide to Taipei on getting in, getting around and essential information about travelling in Taipei. Why you should visit Taipei (and the rest of Taiwan while you are at …
Taipei is getting ready to host this year’s Universiade, and earlier this year has launched a double-decker, hop-on, hop-off city sightseeing buses around the city. Although, personally, I’ve never really enjoyed these fixed destination tourist buses, and everywhere we go, we try to use local public transport to get around. Just like in London’s red …
Some days, words just flow. I can produce a thousand word copy in an hour, and will have plenty of time to review and edit it before my deadline. Today was one of those days that I’ve lost the words, the sentences and pretty much spent three hours formulating a paragraph that I end up …
I don’t deny I have issues. I have compulsive urge to click [BOOK] on travel websites, the idea of spending any free days at home generates a nervous twitch in the eye. Then there’s the issue of cats. My own, and other cats. Any cat that comes my way gets a coo’ing and I mean …
The night markets are the essence of Taiwanese culture. The markets are on everyday and is where you’ll get a feel of the diversity of food and games of this fascinating country. However, what exactly do you do at a night market? Eat everything from things on a stick to sticky sweets Well, most obviously …
It was with much persuasion and parental bullying (just kidding mum and dad!) that we flew the 17 hours to Taipei to celebrate Lunar New Year (or, more commonly known as Chinese New Year). I was born in Taipei, but left to grow up in Australia at the age of ten. As far as I …
Tourists generally come to London and spend a few days battling crowds of their own kind in and around the major attractions: Westminster Abbey, the Big Ben, London Eye, Tower of London, Tower Bridge, the entire strip down Regent Street from Piccadilly Circus to Oxford Circus, maybe venture to St Paul’s, maybe nose around Soho …
Stayed: 3 nights, 6 – 9 October 2016 Room: Standard double room Price paid: €380.00, includes breakfast When we visited the capital city of Slovenia, we didn’t want to stay in just another chain hotel. We wanted something boutique, something a little different and something that we thought would reflect the beautiful city that Ljubljana …
I have always been a big advocate for public transport, whether at home, or on the road. Public transport to me, is a way to travel and to experience a place like those who live there. We are always complaining about being treated like tourists wherever we go, yet, many still book themselves onto tour …
Our annual festive season trip had gone way too fast! The trip was packed with relaxing soaks in the baths of Budapest, exploring the historic sights of Bratislava, going underground in Brno and discovering the quieter sides to Prague. These are some of the well trodden routes for the average tourist, however it surprises us …
Ah, the beautiful Prague… I know my last post about ways to escape the crowds in Prague may have put you off from visiting… Yes, it is absolutely chaotic and yes, we were there in winter. So, in summer during the main tourist season, it must be worse! However, there is a reason. Prague really …
I was in Prague 13 years ago, and I swear I could see the cobble stones that paved the way on Charles Bridge then. I could see where I was going. I didn’t have to push through thrones of bodies just to see the Astronomical Clock. I could walk normally, in my own strides, not …
Knowing very well that Prague was going to be in absolute tourist chaos, en-route from Bratislava to Prague, we decided to stop over at Czech Republic’s second largest city Brno to experience a quieter Czech life. We arrived by train, and just as we alighted in Bratislava, we were the very few non-locals getting off …
This is what we did on Christmas day. We got up, phoned our parents and then got on a bus heading to Bratislava. The capital of Slovakia has been on our minds ever since we’ve been to Slovenia. I know, Slovenia, Slovakia – in fact it’s a bit of a joke among people of both …
Resolutions are a thing of the past. How many times have we set resolutions only to completely forget about them by February? So I’ve decided to give up on resolutions and to set new year goals instead, and for 2017, I am going to lift that bar just a little bit higher. My personal KPI …
Call me weird, but I am really embracing the cold, and loving winter travel. It has been three years and the novelty hasn’t worn off, ever since that first trip to Moscow in winter I have been hooked! Winter travel has its merits, anywhere There are things you can do that you can’t really enjoy …
Of all Budapest’s attractions, there is one thing you should never miss when visiting this fascinating city: The city’s many thermal baths. In this part of the world, natural spring waters are abundant, and these mineral waters are believed to have medicinal powers by pretty much anyone who found them. Similar to my Turkish bathing …
It’s not that it was unplanned, but I just didn’t think of the fact that I’ll be able to experience the Christmas markets again this year after Leipzig and Dresden. However, as we began to plan our annual Christmas and New Year getaway, I realised that we will in fact, be visiting Budapest during market …
Stayed: 3 night, 2-5 December 2016 Room: Comfort Double Room Price paid: £264 through eBookers.com, includes breakfast Free wifi? Yes When we are not Airbnb’ing, I like to look for small, boutique accommodation that has some character rather than the standard global brands whose properties are almost all identical no matter where you are (think, clinically …
