This piece was first published by Express.co.uk in March 2017 DEVON COUNTRY BARNS is the perfect spot for your luxury getaway. Can’t choose between a weekend escape to Devon or Cornwall? Well thankfully your 5* cottage at Devon Country Barns…
This piece was first published by Express.co.uk in March 2017 DEVON COUNTRY BARNS is the perfect spot for your luxury getaway. Can’t choose between a weekend escape to Devon or Cornwall? Well thankfully your 5* cottage at Devon Country Barns…
About 20 metres under the Red Sea a few miles off the coast of Egypt I finally saw one – a manta ray. Having completed my beginner’s scuba diving qualification in the warm waters of Koh Tao in Thailand, before…
Across six days my Dad and I sampled some of the finest seafood we could get our hands on across Dalmatia, whilst drinking in staggering views of medieval walled cities, stunning natural waterfalls and snow-capped mountains. Here’s the route we…
Circling around the Great Blue Hole in Belize felt like the realisation of a dream. Seeing it was one of the big goals of my six-month backpacking trip, flicking out my iPhone in pubs and showing people pictures of it…
The Philippines was where I fell in love with travelling. As a 24-year-old who came late to it, or so it felt compared to many of my friends, my two-week holiday in Boracay and El Nido in November 2014 lit…
Rio de Janeiro is an incredible city. In Portuguese it means “river of January”, because when Europeans first arrived on 1 January 1502 they thought the large entrance of what is now known as Guanabara Bay was the mouth of…
Staring back at me was the glum face of Pikachu, the yellow Pokemon creature which had been spray-painted into the side of a jumbo jet. But there was no cute smile, its cheeky wink replaced by one thick blackened eye…
This article was first published by Express.co.uk in October 2014… ENJOY the glutton and glamour in Dubai, where everything from the buildings to the brunches are huge. At 32 metres above ground, I looked down and around at the vast,…
Akumal is a great beach on the Yucatan Peninsula, just a 30km drive north of Tulum. This incredible bay offers snorkelers guaranteed swimming with turtles as well as plentiful sightings of stingray and pufferfish. I visited Akumal twice during my…
Close to the surface, it bobs along, nudging its head just out of the water before thrusting its neck down, its hefty body following behind. Up close this wild manatee looks unthreatening and friendly, nearly smiling. Its grey coating appears…