In less than two weeks I’ll be returning to The Gambia in West Africa. I’m very excited about this particular visit as this time, I’m taking 6 fantastic travel bloggers ...
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Painting Africa, from Sierra Leone’s refugee camps to the Sheraton Gambia Resort & Spa
The Sheraton Gambia Resort and Spa is a lovely hotel built on ...
Visiting Lisa, my sponsored child in The Gambia
In 2005 I started sponsoring a little girl in The Gambia called ...
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A mini guide to Indian street food
Indian is one my favourite types of cuisine but, during the couple of times I visited, I didn’t get many opportunities to try the wonderful variety of Indian street food available throughout the country. Next time I visit India I plan to put that right and, to point me in the right direction, my fellow [...]
What makes the perfect hotel?
During #BlogGambia I was lucky enough to stay at Ngala Lodge, a lovely boutique hotel, perched on the rust-coloured cliffs overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. I’ve stayed here a few times now and it is one of my all-time-favourite hotels; the suites are very spacious and comfortable, the staff are superb, the grounds lovely, the food [...]
Light up a village! Solar power spreads across West Africa
I recently shared with you the wonderful welcome we received in the village of Kanuma in my tongue-in-cheek post On the Trail of the mythical Kumpo of Kanuma. This was a great experience for all of us, a real treat, but the main reason we visited this remote West African village was not for the Kumpo, [...]
On the trail of the mythical Kumpo of Kanuma
When I heard (on Twitter) that a kumpo, a mythical character of the West African Jola tribe, had be spotted near the village of Kanuma, just a few hours drive from where we were staying in The Gambia, there was only one thing for it; I was determined to arrange an expedition for the #BlogGambia [...]
Always a warm welcome in The Gambia
In the very early hours last Friday morning my alarm went off. Finally the day had arrived and it was time to start the journey that I had been looking forward to for months. Seven of us were heading off to The Gambia for a few full-on days of exploration, adventure and fun! Throughout the [...]
Abu’s story – Life as a Palestinian Fair Trade Farmer
Following on from my previous post about the fascinating evening Cooking Palestine, I’d like tell you more about one of the guests that night, a Palestinian farmer. Abu’s story has a troubled past but a clear and hopeful future thanks to Fair Trade. As a young man he studied English Literature then worked as a [...]
And the winner is…
Well that was tough! With so many wonderful images submitted to the competition it was very hard to choose a favourite. It was interesting to see that each of the three judges picked a different winner to award the top marks of 10 points to. Each judges second choice received 9 points, their third choice [...]
Discovering new countries, cultures & cuisines
The deadline for my travel photography competition on the theme ‘Discovering new countries, cultures & cuisines’ has come and gone and the winner will be announced soon. I’m delighted to let you know that Michael Turtle, a former broadcast journalist from Australia who is now travelling the world indefinitely, will be joining myself and Lynda, [...]
Cooking Palestine
Last month in a small village hall in West Sussex I met some inspiring people - Rachel Nassif, from the Help Palestine Community Co-operative, Rosemary Moon, a wonderful cookery writer and Fair Trade advocate, Manal Abdallah from Canaan Fair Trade and Abu Rafat Odeh al Qadi a farmer from Palestine. Sometimes you don’t have to travel far from home [...]
Girl Rising – One Girl With Courage is a Revolution
Last Thursday, as I sat in a plush red velvet seat at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), I looked at the screen as the camera panned out from Senna’s home. Hundreds of rickety little homes, just like Senna’s came into view, followed by hundreds more, all clinging to the mountainside of a bleak [...]
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