New York was never at the top of my destinations list. Mainly as the more I travel the more I realise how non-cityish I am. And New York is a pretty big city! The first day confirmed my feelings towards it. I wandered around in the drizzling rain and cold (although quite a nice step up in temperature from Iceland!) just checking out the city centre. Being on a super tight budget meant that I had to be choosy about the tourist attractions I went to. Aka look at th...

Ice. Land. A land of ice. A land of icyness. Frozen water. Ice. Land. Why, I ask you, did I arrive in Iceland wearing shorts? How did I not realise quite what the temperature would be? I have to say, I did think it would be colder than London, I mean, I even had a short sleeved cardigan ready... totally prepared! As I stepped off the plane into one of those tunnel things a sharp blast of icy wind hit me. This, in addition to surveying my fellow passengers o...

Switzerland is fake. That is my conclusion. Now don't go thinking that I am just making outrageous judgements... I have now spent a long weekend (note the 'long' please Alice) in the country and did some serious research. However, I stick to my theory for the following reasons: The cheese can not possibly be that amazing. The streets can not be that clean and tidy. (Did I say streets? I meant entire country...) The grass can not be that bright and lush in colo...

Time moves in odd ways when travelling. Well, in life in general I suppose. Occasionally it inches by, such as on the bus trips when my neighbour spends 5 hours vomiting on and off into black plastic bags (which then get thrown out the window)… Other times it speeds by ridiculously fast as it did during my last few days in Tanga. Having chosen Tanga purely based on the fact that it was by the coast (5 months inland in France gave me insane ocean cravings, ty...

The transport in Africa fascinates me. Words that come to mind: unpredictable, frustrating, uncomfortable, long, dangerous, bumpy, claustrophobic, dusty, painful, rattling, loud. Despite all this, or maybe because of it, it has to be one of the most intriguing aspects of this amazing continent. On a bad day I: • Feel claustrophobic when I am so surrounded by people that: my shoes have fallen off and slid to the back seat, I physically cannot raise turn my he...