For those who have travelled to nations abroad where the language spoken is not the mother tongue, they most certainly have a hilarious tale of when their pidgin Spanish/Mandarin/Urdu did not elicit quite the desired response,  and in some extreme cases—solicited prostitution. Most frequently it’s a cute slip of the tongue—saying you’re pregnant instead having had [...]

Since knitting needles became contraband on commercial aircrafts, the crafty jet-setter has been left with idle hands on long-haul flights. Knit none, purl none; there’s only so much origami one can do with a paper napkin before abject boredom sets in The Stitching Postcards by designers Leihener, Seng, Valder change that, allowing travellers to stitch their journey onto [...]

Travelling lightly is a foreign concept to me. For someone who spends most of their life on the road, you would think I would have learnt how to pack sensibly by now. I’m not satisfied unless my suitcase is groaning under the stress of eight pairs of shoes and two fur coats just for a [...]

I know I’ve been promising it for a while, but I am pleased to present to you the long-awaited travel feature and my first piece for Finch’s Quarterly Review. If you click on over to their site you have the opportunity to witness a high-resolution image of my ugly mug taken by the talented Antonia [...]