A tale of three cities, a scary flight and more rain. Exploring Australia’s west and east coasts in the summer! With the rain and humidity firmly behind me in Bali, I board the plane to Perth. The flight is just around three hours’ long and my friend arranges to pick me up outside the airport […]
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I set off for my long-awaited trip to Bali and Australia on 19th December with a slightly sore throat. Everyone I know in England seems to have a really nasty virus. I am hoping that I have escaped it. Our flight to Singapore takes off late and when we are almost there after thirteen long
Lost in Bali. My luggage, my voice and occasionally, my way. Read More »
Travelling to France with a broken wrist. An unexpected party and some culinary delights.
So what do San Marino and Lichtenstein have in common? They are both “microstates” or principalities! My friend and I decide to visit them both in August this year. We meet in Bologna airport and catch a train to Rimini and then a bus to San Marino. For me this had been a sixteen -hour
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This is a country I had never travelled to before, but I knew was a favourite with my parents and sister. Following a head injury which meant I was unable to fly long haul and make a planned trip to Australia and New Zealand, I decided to try something different and take a train journey.
Switzerland: Travelling with Crohns Disease AND a Brain Injury. Read More »
Mopeds and cycles, motorbikes and sampans. Since being in Vietnam, my mission seems to have become one to sample every type of transport available. The number of motorbikes on the streets, if you haven’t seen it for yourself, is unimaginable. Initially we struggled to even attempt to cross a road but finally got the hang of it.
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I started blogging in about 2012 and wrote a series of blogs about travelling, which developed into blogs about travelling with Crohns Disease. These were posted on the ForCrohns site, a charity I was involved with and raised money for, which involved carrying out several challenges. Sadly, this charity folded during Covid for various reasons,
