Picking My Castle – Sintra

I had seen Sintra on Instagram.  I had seen Pena Palace more specifically and I had my sights set on going to this colourful castle set high above the trees.  What I never knew is that yes, while Pena Palace is a sight to see, the rest of Sintra is equally entrancing, equally beautiful. Serra…

Train trip: Bangkok–> Chiang Mai

I can quite comfortably say that we have covered every single mode of transport that Thailand has had to offer.  And this was one of the more interesting, throwing some great people across our paths, zero sleep for me and one very insistent Thai service stew.  I am trying to work out whether I would…

Fifty shades of B L U E

Travel tip #1: Go to Sardinia Travel tip #2: Head straight to Cala Gonone Travel Tip#3: Hire a Motorboat It’s so easy, it cost us 70 euro for the ENTIRE day, we could drive it ourselves and they threw in a free cooler box.  Legend. The company we went through was called Skipper, and they…

And then there was Thailand.

It’s been a week.  And if someone told me I had to go home tomorrow, I would have no argument that I have already got my money’s worth.  I was told that I should come here with no expectations and I will leave here with a yoga teacher qualification and a life changing experience.  That…