Olyssa broke the news over lunch. Our programme for our final afternoon in Nur-Sultan included a ‘Kazakh Cultural Show.’ This had not been on our itinerary. I naively assumed it would be a display of music and dancing – not … Continue reading Cultural Experience
Smells of cooking shashlik and dill filled the air as we strolled through the street market of a Uighur village. Tomatoes and peppers were for sale by the sack load. At the edge of the village was a Soviet-era … Continue reading The Charyn Canyon: the Grand Canyon’s little brother
What could be a more romantic way to celebrate a wedding anniversary than a weekend in a castle? Not much. But Scotland, in February? With my record for accidentally ending up in an unheated hotel in sub-zero temperatures, a 16th-century … Continue reading A Castle in Scotland
