Travel with Kat

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 [...]

The Sheraton Gambia Resort and Spa is a lovely hotel built on the hillside beside the shores of the Atlantic Ocean. I have visited it a number of times on photographic assignments, including when it very first opened but when I went there last month and stepped out of the taxi I immediately noticed a [...]

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 [...]

In 2005 I started sponsoring a little girl in The Gambia called Lisa. She was just 6 years old. A few months later I visited The Gambia for the first time and, of course, I arranged to visit Lisa, her school and her family. Nearly 8 years later I am still sponsoring Lisa and see [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

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 with me! As well as writing ‘Travel With Kat’ I work for, among others, The Gambia Experience, so when they asked me to organise and host a [...]