Not a bad way to start a holiday – this was the view greeting us as we arrived at the hotel and went straight for the beach after check-in…
Grown-up Travel Guide Daily Photo: Sunset from Sugar Beach, Flic-en-Flac, Mauritius
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The five stupidest things I’ve done while travelling
Now this sounds good. You must have been up all night narrowing this list down to five… Hey, not so fast. I may have made my fair share of mistakes in my younger years but I like to think of myself as a pretty savvy Grown-up Traveller these days. Savvy, perhaps. Pretty, no… All of [...]
Affordable Attractions in Egypt for the Grown-up Traveller
Looking to experience Egypt without busting your travel budget? While it’s not one of the most expensive holiday destinations there are so many sights to see that a little advance planning can help you get the most for your money. For starters, why not take a road trip along eastern Egypt’s Red Sea coast by [...]
Travel advice for post-Arab Spring destinations – Morocco
Almost 18 months since the protests in Tunisia set off a chain of events which became known as the Arab Spring, each of the affected countries in the Middle East and North Africa is facing its own challenges and opportunities. Many of these countries were heavily reliant on foreign visitors and statistics show catastrophic falls in [...]
Retro Travel Photo – Before We Grew Up: Election rally in Accra, Ghana, West Africa
In this new occasional section we share some of the travel photos from our archives – when we paid our dues but rarely our way. Times were tough, hitch-hiking was a favoured mode of transport (even through the Sahara, which was surprisingly easy) and luxury hotels were places we tried to sneak into to have [...]
Travel advice for post-Arab Spring destinations – Tunisia
Almost 18 months since the protests in Tunisia set off a chain of events which became known as the Arab Spring, each of the affected countries in the Middle East and North Africa is facing its own challenges and opportunities. Many of these countries were heavily reliant on foreign visitors and statistics show catastrophic falls in [...]
Travel advice for post-Arab Spring destinations – Egypt
Almost 18 months since the protests in Tunisia set off a chain of events which became known as the Arab Spring, each of the affected countries in the Middle East and North Africa is facing its own challenges and opportunities. While destinations such as Libya were far from the minds of most tourists even before [...]
Retro Travel Photo – Before We Grew Up: Memorial plaque, Timbuktu, Mali
In this new occasional section we share some of the travel photos from our archives – when we paid our dues but rarely our way. Times were tough, hitch-hiking was a favoured mode of transport and luxury hotels were places we tried to sneak into to have a swim. As a follow-up to Monday’s photo [...]
