Fancy dog-sledding in Norway with a team of professional racing husky dogs? This is exactly the experience that is on offer with Varghiet Sleddogs in Roros. Read my good friend Emma's experience two years after we met dog mushing in Tromso together. Read more

A short and sweet love letter to the River Amstel, the often overlooked lifegiver of Amsterdam. Read more

My report of a street art tour of Woodstock, a Cape Town suburb. Featuring a range of famous international street artists… and lots of stories about the people who live there… the street art of Woodstock is a must-experience. Read more

A true story about the moment I realised that Amsterdam is more than just a pretty place to live. Read more

This is a fictional short story inspired by my recent time in Ljubljana. Every week, I stand and I wait. I carry a briefcase in my hand and together we join the queue. .The bank is a tall, thin building with cold, grey walls. No matter the season read more

Kerplunk. Kerplunk. Kerplink.. They are the sounds a family of mice make when they hit the bottom of a metal bin. (The "Kerplink" was the baby mouse.) I like to consider myself a bit of a tough cookie when it comes to creepy crawlies and small rodents, however read more

I was born on an island, but I often forget it..But if I'd been born on Madeira, I don't think I could ever have forget that my first breaths of life were surrounded by sea. For the sea that surrounds Madeira felt like a bigger, bluer sea. And sometimes read more

I recently attended NEXTCOMIC festival in Linz. It's one of only a few German language festivals dedicated to celebrating - and creating! - comic art.I know very little about art and even less about comic art. But I know what I like, and I'm starting to learn what makes read more

The third and final chapter in my adventures in dog-mushing up in northern Norway… In this post I go way out of my comfort zone, and then some. Read more

Want the full husky dog experience? Read Chapter One first!The morning of our first sledding expedition, myself and Emma - another journalist on the trip - were given a piece of paper. On it were five names and a number of other letters and scrawlings that would come to read more

The inspiration, background and stories behind the short fiction published in Shy Feet: Short Stories Inspired by Travel. Read more

I wasn't given much time to think about going to Northern Norway to spend five days as a dog-musher... thank goodness. Because I honestly think if I had been given more time, I probably wouldn't have gone and I wouldn't be sitting here, writing about an experience that changed read more

In 2013 I learned that Finnish  Lapland is one of the most beautiful places on earth. Especially in the dark winter months when daylight appears for just a few hours with a dramatic sunrise that blends into an even more impressive sunset.In 2013 I learned that I'm brave read more