We all dread that moment when you look up at the airport board and discover that the status reads delayed, to be fair I expected it earlier this year in the wake of #stormkatie. So I have an hour (at least, me thinks) extra to kill but I do have an unexpected windfall of […]
Brave yourself for the souks of Marrakech; you need nerves of steel and a thick skin! We were led round some of the souk areas by a local which means you are less likely to be bothered by salesmen and more informed about the area…it really is worth the money to learn so much in […]
Most first time visitors to Hong Kong will want to visit the Peak and this is what I did on my first full day there. My advice is to take the bus up and cable car back down, you get the best of both worlds with a scenic ride to the top and a fast […]
Everyone has heard of Ayers Rock or Uluru and many have climbed it or walked the base. So if I blogged about Ayers what could I say that hasn’t been said before? Except the day I visited it was windy and you could not climb the orange monolith and I was so glad because it’s […]
Lantau Island, Hong Kong was one of the surprises of The Grey Traveller‘s trip East, the highlight being Tai O village on the north west coast. Being time short I took our hotel concierge’s advice and caught the train to Tung Chung Station from Kowloon. Not having the right notes for the automatic ticket dispenser, the […]
….and so after ten days of a study trip my holiday begins. I met he who likes to think he is obeyed at the Norman Manley airport and whilst he was still on English time and therefore somewhat fuzzy I regaled him with a non stop 2 hour commentary about Jamaica as we wended our […]
Majorette Gardens, a cliched comment I know but definitely an oasis of calm in the madness that is Marrakech. This is Yves St Laurent’s final resting place and a destination of beauty in the dusty modern sector of the city. The Grey Traveller ventured out of the old city to find this landmark and to […]
