Gallery: Floating village in Cambodia

In 2008 I went to Cambodia with photographer Peter Garmusch to write this story on traditional Khmer silk and to do preliminary research on a potential story about restoration work on the Angkor ruins. One of the strangest things we saw was a floating village near Siem Reap. We arrived too late in the day [...]

Passports with Purpose 2010: We’re building a village in India!

PassportsSchoolSign

I am proud to be part of Passports with Purpose once again. I really am! That might sound like a platitude but it’s not. See this? This is the school we built in Cambodia last year. That’s right. Through the efforts of travel bloggers the generosity of readers and sponsors, we raised $30,000 and now [...]

Passports with Purpose: Win a holiday to Tranquility Bay in Belize

Win a holiday to Tranquility Bay to one of Belize’s Caribbean islands and help build a school in Cambodia. I’m delighted to bring you news of another fantastic raffle prize for the Passports with Purpose fundraiser. This time it’s an accommodation package for beautiful Tranquility Bay in Belize and involves a personal favourite of mine [...]

Passports with Purpose: Win a Caribbean holiday to Coconut Bay

Enter to win a Caribbean holiday and help build a school in rural Cambodia. I am thrilled to announce my participation in the travel blogging fundraiser Passports with Purpose. The lovely folks at Coconut Bay Beach Resort and Spa in Saint Lucia in the Caribbean have agreed to sponsor a prize. And what a fantastic [...]

My month as Phileas Fogg

I didn’t need 80 days to travel around the world but the last month still feels pretty epic. Since leaving London in early March, I have been to eight countries on four continents. First stop was Australia, where I spent a couple of weeks visiting friends and family in and around Sydney and Brisbane. I [...]

Around the world in 80 tastes

With my Phileas Fogg cap on, I have hit the road for a month. It’s a mammoth world trip, combining Australia, Nicaragua, Hong Kong, Cambodia, Malaysia and Thailand. Nicaragua was obviously a detour but it’s for work so a girl’s gotta do what a girl’s gotta do! All this has left me with plenty to [...]

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