Lending laughter to (mid) life

OG (Other Granny) and I had a wonderful adventure last week. We went to the Travel Show at Earl’s Court…. Read More »

“Tourists flee Burma, fears over 11 missing Americans at Lake Inle”, writes Amy Chan, in her excellent tale set in… Read More »

Any expedition in Bagan needs to start at the crack of dawn, before the sun gets too fierce. Stout shoes… Read More »

The nights at the The Hill Station were challenging to say the least but you cannot travel and enjoy Burma… Read More »

Any seasoned traveller will tell you there are only 3 essentials for travelling in the Far East, money ,passport and… Read More »

The Road to Mandalay is nothing like the poem and not at all how I had expected it to be…. Read More »

” I have good news for you ladies” said the check in girl, at Malaysian Airways, “I am upgrading you”!… Read More »

On opening my back pack I realised, to my horror, I had forgotten my most favourite pair of black cut-offs,… Read More »

BPG is off on Tuesday 14 November on one of her backpacking trips – this time to Burma, Australia, Malaysia &… Read More »

” Could you please hold my crutch?”, I asked the England rugby supporter, as I struggled to get on the… Read More »

Armed with only 30% of my spray tan intact on my body, the rest had disappointingly dribbled down the plug… Read More »

Just when you thought our site couldn’t get any more zany, we have added BackPacking Granny to our team. She… Read More »