The Wagah Border Ceremony: An Indian-Pakistani Pantomime
The Wagah Border Ceremony at the India-Pakistan frontier is a daily ritual that combines the serious business of national security with pure pantomime – here’s our front row account…
7 Of The World’s Best Road Trips
There are plenty of candidates to claim a spot amongst the world’s best road trips. But we reckon these seven epic journeys are hard to beat…
Housesitting in France, Spain & Portugal: A Pandemic Tale
It was meant to be our year for an extended road trip through western Europe, housesitting along the way. But 2020 turned into a pandemic tale of lockdowns, closed borders and ever-changing plans…
The Perils Of Long-Term Travel
A catalogue of tawdry tales full of mishaps, embarrassments and imagined acts of derring-do from our six years of travel…
6 Things We’ve Learned About Travel Since The Great Pandemic Of 2020: A Look Back From New Year’s Eve 2025
It’s New Year’s Eve 2025 and, five years on from the Great Pandemic of 2020, it’s time to reflect on what we’ve learned…
The Bastide Towns And “Beaux Villages” Of Southwest France
The bastide towns and “beaux villages” of southwest France boast an enticing mixture of history and beauty – and here are 12 of the best
Exploring The World In Photographs: “Yellow”
Take a whistlestop worldwide tour via a collection of our favourite photographs, connected by the colour yellow – and not a banana in sight
7 Essential Day Trips From Madrid
Madrid is a world-class travel destination in its own right, but here are 7 essential day trips from Spain’s capital that shouldn’t be missed
Alfornón: A Rural Gem Of Las Alpujarras, Andalucia
Tucked away in a remote valley of Las Alpujarras, amidst endless almond and olive groves, we reckon Alfornon is rural Andalucia at its best…
6 Highlights Of Portugal’s Beautiful Lisbon Coast
Jaw-dropping beaches, fairytale palaces and vertigo-inducing cliff walks are just some of the highlights of our guide to Portugal’s beautiful Lisbon coast…
About Ian & Nicky
We're an English couple who've set out on a voyage of discovery around the world. While this blog is designed as a permanent record of what we see, think and do, we hope it will also provide information and inspiration for other travellers. In the meantime, please feel free to pour yourself a glass of something suitably chilled and take a look around....