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September 10, 2013 Lapland Winter wonderland

Read time – 2 minutes This is the part where I’m supposed to say how silent it all was. But it wasn’t. I could hear everything; the crunch as snow compacted under my boot, the distant burble of the icy river, even the soft whisper of snow landing on frozen pine needles. The forest was...

September 10, 2013 Angored in the past, steeped in the sublime

By Sasha Reid The monsoon is due to arrive at any moment and the Tonlé Sap is at its lowest ebb. Our boat scuffs the riverbed sending plumes of mud and silt billowing in its wake. Behind us, Phnom Penh, Cambodia’s present day capital; ahead Siem Reap, gateway to the ancient Khmer capital, Angkor. The journey...

September 10, 2013 Souk-ed in: A Marrakech Adventure

Read time – 2 minutes Marrakech – the ‘Pink City’, where the world rushes and laughs with an acrobatic nonchalance. The imperial stronghold calmly absorbs one more visitor without batting an eyelid. Colourful Moroccan slippers It is a city which demands to be wooed. You must prove your devotion to unearth its secrets. Brave the...

September 10, 2013 Walking Adventure in Morocco

Read time – 2 minutes As I stood in line wondering what I was going to make for dinner, the cashier said, “That’s nice, where did you get it?” I looked down to see her pointing at my bracelet glimmering in the bright shop light. Bought on my recent trip to Morocco, I had been...

September 10, 2013 Attenborough’s Africa

Read time – 2 minutes The BBC spoils us with their visual spectaculars of the Earth’s wildest continent: Africa. Narrated by Attenborough, this is a steady supply of groundbreaking footage. From introducing us to new species, uncovering previously unseen animal behaviour and shedding light on some of the most remote parts of Africa, these documentaries...

September 10, 2013 Pilgrim’s progress

Winding between the jagged spires of the French Pyrenees before threading its way west across Northern Spain to the Atlantic Coast, the Camino de Santiago is well and truly scuffed by the footprints of time. The Camino de Frances, The Way of St James, El Camino de Santiago, or simply The Way, this historic trail...

September 10, 2013 Your Words, Not Ours: Maglic Moments in Bosnia

Maglic Mountain is the highest peak in Bosnia & Herzegovina, overlooking neighbouring Montenegro. Five-time Exodus traveller Terry Mullan set out on foot to discover this beautiful, though sometimes overlooked, Balkan country… Hikers on Maglic In November 1993 I sat at home and watched on the BBC evening news as the Old Bridge in Mostar crumbled into...

September 10, 2013 Best Things to do in China

Read time – 2 minutes As we flew into sleek, space-age Beijing Airport, I was eager for a taste of everything China had to offer. In my world this is the perfect type of travel – you arrive starving, have enough time to delight in the nuanced flavours of each region, and digest the atmosphere,...

September 10, 2013 Rock of Ages: Jordan Explorer

Read time – 3 minutes The thing about winter in the UK is that it is cold. Freezing cold. On the spur of the moment after trudging through the snow to my office I booked A Week in Jordan. It sounded so perfect. Only five hours away from the UK, yet 15 degrees warmer. Jordan...

September 09, 2013 Cycling in Kerala and Southern India

Read time – 2 minutes Cycling brings you much closer to the action than sitting on a bus looking through a window and in Southern India, there is no shortage of action along high streets, back-roads, highways and backwaters. Kerala Highlights Although there were many, the main highlight for me was the incredible climb up...