Our next adventure: overland (ish) passage to India!
Our next adventure: overland (ish) passage to India! | The Gap Year Edit
10 pictures to help you plan a tour around Mexico’s Copper Canyon
This post is choc-a-block full of pictures to help you plan a tour around the Copper Canyon in Mexico. Known as the Barrancas del Cobre in Spanish, you might also hear it referred to as “Mexico’s Grand Canyon”. Except it’s bigger than the Grand Canyon. Yup, bigger. As well as spending a day on the […]
9 books on my lockdown and Summer reading list
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Where to spend a month in Mexico – from the Yucatán to Mexico City
Updated February 2020. It’s a country with caves, canyons, cenotes, coasts, cities, culture, crafts and a top cuisine; spending only a month in Mexico is a tough ask. Mexico gives you countless opportunities to interact with the welcoming locals – on the ubiquitous public transport, and at its many sites and attractions. You’ll never be too far […]
Why I’d have another Helsinki city break
As someone who errs towards a degree of shabby chic when choosing city break destinations, I wasn’t sure how good a match me and Helsinki would be. I needn’t have worried. Helsinki managed that brilliant trick of balancing “everything just works”, without being glossed and polished to within an inch of its life. Here’s why […]
What’s it like to do the Red Bull ski jump run?
“OMG we’ve GOT to do this!” I enthused, simultaneously holding a glass of wine and shoving the screen of my phone in my husband’s direction. I’d just shown Andrew this … the Red Bull 400. Red Bull 400. Image by Victor Engström and used with permission from the Red Bull Content Pool. It may “only” be […]
A day trip from Campeche to the Edzna Mayan ruins
I love a good Mayan ruin. If they’re of the lesser-visited variety like Edzná, so much the better. With a few days in the colourful Mexican city of Campeche on the western side of the Yucatán peninsula, a day trip to the Edzná ruins was too big a draw to resist. Getting from Campeche to […]