Tag: Travel

Red Sea Snorkeling

Before I had even got my head underwater I could feel the fish brushing past my legs. The sun was so bright and it pierced the crystal clear water all the way down to the reef. 

Above the surface, we looked out towards the cove where a wrecked boat sat on burning sand, full of mystery. Below the waves, a watery world of curious, darting fish and vivid coral called out for my attention. 

Bright Lights: The Vegas Strip

A 24/7, never-ending hive of activity where you can easily loose yourself in the chaos. There’s no place like Vegas.

Taken from one of the overhead bridges down the strip, I tried to capture the bright lights against the darkness of the sky beyond. We flew over the Vegas strip at night (you’ll see all of the lights without any of the added costs of a helicopter ride) and it’s strange how this hub of activity looms out of the desert.

The first time we visited, we drove through the night, arriving at the Strip in full darkness (with tunes from the Hangover playing – it has to be done!). It’s a sight I’ll never forget. Whenever I go to Vegas, I’ve always tried to arrive at night for maximum impact.

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Ingleton Falls, UK

Water always seems to be a big theme in our travels. We don’t try to seek it out intentionally, however it always seems to be that our destinations have a water theme – rivers, lakes, waterfalls.

We’ve had many conversations about how calming it feels to be near the water -usually when we are visiting somewhere pretty with lots of water, in between commenting on ‘how we don’t do this enough’. Ingleton Falls is one of those places you can visit again and again – we have probably only been there once in the sunshine (it rains a lot!) but we have been a number of times in the drizzle and every time has still felt refreshing. Walking along the river bank, heading up the side of the falls, the sounds of the falls echo throughout the trees, building a soundtrack to the hike and it feels almost trance-like.

There is magic hiding in the surrounding areas, where people hammer coins into wish trees, creating living sculptures. It’s captivating and creepy in equal measures to look at the vast number of coins, knowing that they represent the wishes of hundreds of other day trippers and travellers who have walked the path before you. This is one of the shortest distances our travels have taken us, however it’s a good reminder that you don’t have to go a great distance to find something magical.