Blog posts by Melanie Wynne
travel tip:
- Pack a spare pair of specs, a corkscrew and for crease-free clothing – hang under plastic and pack.
What Travelling Solo Means - the Wheels & the Deals
on 12/03/2020
What travelling solo means – the wheels and the deals. Anyone who is, or has been a single traveller, has experienced the moment. It's the one where you spy a great price for a tour or cruise – only to see it gilded with the dreaded asterisk. Sure enough, it's...
Where the Wild Things Are
on 11/03/2020
How do you capture the essence of Africa on paper without using up every cliché in the book? No other continent comes close to Africa for sheer scale, more choice than a variety store and pure, unadulterated impact. Africa offers a travel experience greatly different from probably any other holiday...
Ancient Egypt
on 27/02/2020
Travelers have marvelled at Egypt’s archaeological wonders for centuries, ever since the Ancient Greeks visited the pyramids. In 430 BC, when Greek historian Herodotus visited the magnificent monuments in Egypt, many of them were already 2,500 years old. Most, from the pyramids of Giza to the astonishingly beautiful temples of...
Ten Tips for Travelling Solo
on 12/02/2020
Travelling alone can be fun. Travelling alone will change your life. Travelling by yourself means not having to rely on anyone else to get the most out of your trip. No matter where you go and what you do, it will change you, and it might even be due to...
Join Phil in Kenya
on 09/10/2019
Hakuna matata Kenya! We’ve all watched the BBC wildlife documentaries and wondered if it’s possible to get that close to that dazzle of zebra or tower of giraffe and whether lions really do just saunter past canopy-top Land Cruisers with nary a care in the world. As we celebrate 30...