1. The Jebel The journey up to the high mountains (the Jebel) of Oman is vertiginous and gasp-inducing at every turn, while it was exhilarating for me, it is perhaps not as easy for the faint of heart. Roads seem to drop off beneath you and flash rains flood wadis making crossings near impossible. It's a ...
Picasso said that 'sculpture is the art of the intelligence'. I do not know exactly what he meant when he spoke these words, but sculpture certainly titillates my mind in a way that traditional canvas based art does not. The people of Tbilisi must also feel the same, as this incredible city is filled with ...
It seems to be the done thing to write a post about thoughts on reaching certain milestones in life, and I suppose 30, despite being a totally arbitrary number, is one of those milestones. If you'd asked Baby Sarah to comment on where I'd be at 30, well I probably wouldn't be able to speak, ...
The Secession Building, or Wiener Secessionsgebäude, was built in 1897 as an architectural manifesto for the Vienna Secession. The Secession was a movement of rebel artists who split from the fine art traditions that were the norm of the time. Ever since I saw a photo of the golden dome on this Art Nouveau, or Jugendstil building, I ...
I'm not usually a fan of large hotels, I tend to stay in little traditional B&Bs that ooze local culture and tradition, but every now and then you go to a luxury hotel that just takes your breath away and the Belmond Napasai did just that! I could wax lyrical about the wonders of this ...
Québec City or Ville de Québec is one of the most charming, and arguably overlooked cities in Canada. Though year after year it tops the 'best places to visit in Canada' lists, it's still relatively unknown in the UK. The 400-year-old historic city sitting on the banks of the St. Lawrence River blends old-world sensibility (cobbled streets, colonial ...
It's been 10 years since I last visited the immense city of Beijing, and in that short time the city has changed beyond recognition. All eyes are now looking East to China, for economics, for global leadership, and even for a stance on climate change. Despite being a world leading capital, Beijing is still uncompromisingly ...
The sun sets over the vast marshes of Provence in Southern France. The still water mirrors the sky, unbroken, until a herd of white horses canter out, breaking the mirror into a thousand shards of droplets. Splashing across the marshes, bathed in a soft golden light of the dying sun - the Camargue horse looks more like ...
Margate is without a doubt the trendiest seaside town at the moment, what with the renovation of Dreamland - the quintessential British amusement park - among other unique attractions. To me, it will always be Turner's retreat, his bolt hole, his inspiration. He fell in love with the sea, the skies, the light. So as I ...
The Panjiayuan Market - known affectionately as the Dirt Market - is the most exotic flea market you'll ever visit. Open on Saturdays and Sundays from first thing in the morning till later afternoon, the market covers around 50,000 square metres with over four thousand stalls. The market is rather like an ancient trading post, ...
Tumbleweeding through life. Listening to stories, writing tales and chasing after horses.
'I could tell you my adventures - beginning with this morning, but it's no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then' - Alice (Lewis Carroll)
Top 10 things to do in Copenhagen
Lake Ohrid - Macedonia
Australian Wildlife
Sailing the Inner Passage of Alaska
The Spanish Riding School of Vienna
Appleby Horse Fair
