As Bary and his team on Bodufolhudo in the Maldives will confirm, I'm a shocker for forgetting essential bits of equipment and always...

Landing at Mafia Island, was quite an experience. For a start I could actually see the runway over the Captain's shoulder and from what...

Despite my digestive system cancelling it’s industrial action and now working relatively normally, my stomach was all tied up in knots....

“We are leaving at 6.00am shape” were Deo’s instructions as we parted company the previous evening. Serena Safari lodge doesn’t allow...

It was our final morning in the Serengeti as we were leaving for our next destination at lunchtime. I hadn't realised that Deo had...

I survived another night in the wild and felt remarkably relaxed - despite knowing that the low grumbling sound I could hear very very...

I woke up early and was very relieved to see that a) the walls of my tent were not hanging in ribbons and b) my arms and legs were still...

The Tarangire and Lake Manyana parks had both been stunning, amazing and exceeded my expectations by a mile, but there is something...

Waking up to the sounds of wild animals close by, is a bit surreal, but really rather nice. I had another outside shower, but this time,...

I woke up at 4.00 am, at least 2 hours before my alarm was due to go off. Goodness knows why - My bed was super comfy, I was still...

It was raining, which was a little unexpected, but being a Brit, I can cope with any kind of weather. As I pushed my trolley outside,...

My last post described a remarkably trouble free day of travel, but as I have to come to realise, great airport experiences and I never...

No Mazzy blog post would be complete without a tale of woe concerning my travel arrangements and although this one was nothing like as dramatic as the others, it definitely had it's ups and downs. My first flight from Barcelona was leaving at 15.30 and as I'm a "get to the airport hours before I need to", kind of person, the only train that gave me the sort of safety margin I feel comfortable with, was leaving Vinaros at 6.50. This meant dragging my lovely friend Roz (who h

So, where to next - that was the million dollar question. My first idea was to snorkel around the world. Not literally of course, but I...

I don't know why it is, that despite carefully planning everything down to the last second - my travels never go entirely smoothly. My...

My last job involved a fair amount of air travel - some of it long haul, and if the flight was longer than 4 hours, staff  were allowed...

Arrival Day When we first saw Bertha (our hire car) we were a little taken aback.  Given that she cost roughly half of what we were...

What on earth are Kumara Pies and Snapper Sliders? Day 4 - Saturday Waking up to Alpacas gazing at you, makes for an interesting start...

Day 5 - Sunday With our dolphin trip cancelled, we decided to have lazy morning then wander (and clamber) into town to have a look round...

Day 7 - Tuesday (cont..) Despite our sadness at not seeing Dolphins, we headed back to Bertha, changed out of our “swim with Dolphin”...