Things to do in Oman with Kids or Without

Explore Muscat If you know the Middle East and the Arabian love of building skyscrapers in the desert, then Muscat may come as a surprise to you or a delight.  There is only one building in the whole city of more than nine stories. As if in penance for its 14 storey faux-pas, the Sheraton […]

Things to do in Kuching – With Kids or Without

girl standing at the mural with orangutans in Kuching, things to do in kuching with kids

Kuching is a city in the South-West of Malaysian Borneo, it’s the capital of Sarawak. Kuching (Kucing) means cat in Malay. We spend here a week and we enjoyed Kuching with kids. No one knows why the town is named “cat” (though there are different theories about it) but we do know that the name […]

IVF in India – My Success Story

India was the craziest and most amazing place I have been. India also had the single biggest impact on my life by giving me two beautiful daughters. We arrived in Bombay as newly-weds and working expats. We already knew that we would have to have an in-vitro conception, and before arriving in India we had […]

Misfat al Abriyeen

Misfat-al-Abriyeen oasis in Oman, oasis in the mountains

Misfat Al Abriyeen is a tiny hill village, high in the Hajar Mountains, which is located in Wilayt Al Hamra in A’Dakhiliyah Region. It is one of the oldest and prettiest settlements in Oman located approximately 1000 meters above sea level.  Mountain springs provide water for verdant agricultural terraces growing dates and bananas. This land of shade and […]

Charity Shops Shrewsbury

Are you trying to minimise our impact on Planet Earth, reduce our usage of plastic, packaging, energy and water?  We are.  It’s not always easy – but one of the simplest things we can all do is to reuse things that other people have bought new and then discarded.  This saves all the manufacturing and […]

Moroccan Bath – My experience of Hammam Mouassine in Marrakech

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  Moroccan Bath – Moroccan Hammam I had always wondered about the Moroccan bath. I had experienced all kinds of fancy scrub treatments in Vietnam, Thailand and hammam spa in Oman. I had been in saunas and steam rooms.  But I had never been in a traditional Moroccan hammam steam bath. So in Morocco, I […]

Things to do in Rabat

Alongside Fez, Marrakesh, and Meknes, Rabat is one of the four royal cities of Morocco and is also its capital. The name means a “Fortified Place” and Rabat lives up to this with its spectacular ramparts. We spent a week there, finding and trying all that this Moroccan city has to offer, and if you are […]

Trip to Ait Ben Haddou and Ouarzazate

ait ben Haddou on of most important landmarks in morocco

  The Game of Thrones is known for its fabulous sets and locations.  When I discovered that the scene below was shot in a real place, I knew that a trip to Ait Ben Haddou was a must for our Moroccan itinerary. Also, I always enjoy visiting Unesco World Heritage Sites – and a trip […]

Things to do in Bangkok with Kids or Without – update for 2020

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Bangkok is one of the world’s top ten tourist destinations ranked by the number of visitors. The Thai capital has snowballed over the past century from an ancient settlement five centuries older than that. My kids and I love it because it oozes with life and interest, and there are lots of contrasting things to […]

Imsouane – Surfer’s Paradise, Fishing Village and Much More

We found Imsouane by accident.  I found some exciting words written about “surfer’s paradise” “beautiful fishing village”, and there was some highly rated accommodation on Hotels Combined.  Imsouane sounded cool – fishing village and surfer’s paradise. I booked five nights, thinking it was a nearby satellite of Agadir. Only a few days before the trip […]