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Independent Travel Travelling by yourself in Africa can be extremely rewarding. Having the freedom to go where you want and when you want is awesome. But it is harder. It requires effort. It's the type of travel that challenges you. And I like a challenge. Public transport, can be very cheap so you will save a lot of cash travelling this way. Plus it really exposes you to every day African life. But it can sometimes be a bit of a pain getting to the exact place you want to go. Tours take you door to door. Public transport takes you to the bus station and then you still need to make your way to your accommodation from there. But that's part of the fun. Let me tell you a little story, if I may... I took a tour to South Luangwa in Zambia from Lilongwe in Malawi. To get there, it was 7 hours in a comfortable safari jeep. However, I needed to be back in Lilongwe for a flight, so I had to leave the tour a day early and travel back by public transport. What can only be described as a 'disco bus' picked me up whilst it was still dark at 5.30am (as arranged by the bar man at the camp). I had someone's baby on my knee for part of the journey, whilst loud techno music blasted through the cramped mini bus - the whole God damn way. The bus dropped me off at a bus station near to the border, the driver pointed towards a jumble of cars and said it was the taxi rank. Ok... From the licence plate, I could tell they were actual taxis, so I crammed in with 6 others (a lady was sat on my knee) and we drove to the border. Passport stamped, I walked across, found another taxi (equally as cramped this time) which dropped me off at the mini bus station on the Malawi side. Once I'd managed to find the right bus and waited for it to fill up, we were off (sans disco this time). At every police check point, they made me get off (just me, no-one else - I was the only foreigner on the bus), had a quick (friendly) look through my bag, smiled and waved us on - confident I wasn't running drugs. 12 hours after leaving, I found myself back in Lilongwe. See the difference?

Getting Slapped By a Gorilla in Rwanda

Our eyes locked. The gorilla stared at me intently, I knew I was supposed to look away, be…

July 26, 2013

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Besties on the Broads 🛥🥰🙈🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥

Besties on the Broads 🛥🥰🙈🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

What an amazing few days sailing on the Norfolk Broads! One of my favourite ever UK holidays and definitely one to add to your bucket list!

Here are a few pics, but if you want to find out more, how to go about it, where to go and what to pack, I’ve written a couple of blog posts already - check them out! 😍

#norfolk #norfolkbroads #norfolkbrpads #norfolkbroadsboaters #lovegreatbritain #visitengland #visitnorfolk #norfolklife #boatingholidays

Happy Independence Day Malawi! 57 Years! I miss yo

Happy Independence Day Malawi! 57 Years! I miss you! ❤️🇲🇼#

This photo was taken in Livingstonia, a city high on a hill overlooking Lake Malawi. My friend Melissa and I were staying at the wonderful @themushroomfarmmalawi when we met Junior. He was our guide for the day when we went exploring the city and swimming in waterfalls (see my previous post from last week).

We got on really well and he invited us to his sister’s dowry ceremony the following day. We were due to leave the area but we ended up changing our plans because when someone invites you to a ceremony in Africa - you go!!

We met all the family, ate incredible local food, drank locally made beer, had a sing song under the shade of a banda and partied with all the relatives!

It was THE BEST day!!! We were welcomed into the family with open arms. THIS is why Malawi is known as the “Warm Heart of Africa” and this is one of the reasons I ❤️ Malawi (and all of Africa) so much. 🥰🥰🥰
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#destinationmalawi #malawitourism #instamalawi #malawi #malawiindependence #travelmalawi #warmheartofafrica #visitmalawi #malawiholidays #lakemalawi #sheisnotlost #africatravel #africanamazing #amazingafrica #rockmyadventure #everydayafrica #worldtoafrica #thisisafrica

📍 Valley of the Rocks in North Devon! I’ve

📍 Valley of the Rocks in North Devon!

I’ve been travelling to this part of the UK my whole life and until last year, I’d never been to the Valley of the Rocks, near Lynton & Lynmouth.

It’s a gorgeous place to visit and you can either go for the day and have a a little wander or it’s also part of the South West Coast Path, which is a fabulous multi-day hike (which I am dying to do).

Usually when I’m in that part of the country, all I do is surf, eat, drink, sleep, repeat! 🏄🏻‍♀️🍦🍷😴 But when we went last year, Covid just made our usual ‘routine’ much more difficult, so we decided to do a bit of exploring!

Covid is crap, but one thing it has done is force me to do things differently, discover new places, new hobbies (wild swimming) and allowed me to reassess a lot of things!

Have you discovered somewhere new? Or discovered a new passion because of Covid? 🤔🤔🤔
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#valleyoftherocks #northdevon #hikinguk #devon #devonlife #devoncoast #devoncliffs #lyntonandlynmouth #girlswhohike #womenwhohike #uk_outdoors #capturingbritain

Instagram vs Reality! 😂 I’m not always this

Instagram vs Reality! 😂

I’m not always this much of a wimp, I promise! 😂

📍 Ingleton Waterfalls Trail

📸 @haslam_glass

Put your hands up if you’d like to be drinking c

Put your hands up if you’d like to be drinking cider, in a field, in Somerset, with a few of your besties, listening to your favourite bands!
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#glastonbury #glasto #glastofest #squadgoals #festival #savethebees🐝

Put your hands up if you’d like to be drinking c

Put your hands up if you’d like to be drinking cider, in a field in Somerset, with a few of your besties, listening to your favourite bands!
🙌🏻🥰🎶🦄⛺️🍻🌈🤩✌🏻️🐝🌦🎸
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#glastonbury #glastonburyfestival #glasto #festival #savethebees🐝 #squadgoals

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