Responsible travel in Cambodia isn’t all that hard. Yet far too many tourists seem to have missed the memo that Cambodia is a Buddhist nation, the temples are religious structures, and the country remains one of Southeast Asia’s most impoverished, so we thought it time to post a guide to travelling responsibly in Cambodia, our home … Read more
The first time we strolled down the high street of Stockbridge in Edinburgh, we couldn’t help but notice the abundance of charity shops. There are literally dozens of op shops specialising in clothes and accessories, secondhand books, and music and vinyl. Here’s our guide to Stockbridge charity stores. And these are no dusty old stores … Read more
One of the highlights of Marcelo Armstrong’s favela tour for us was a visit to Para Ti, a very special NGO that was started by Italian Franco Urani, a former President of Fiat Brazil in the 1970s, and his wife Giuliana. The couple lived in the neighbourhood around which the favela Vila Canoas grew and … Read more
Stay at Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica, for a week and you’ll never again complain how hard it can sometimes be to meet locals when you travel. We had visitors casually dropping in daily at our villa, Casa Elsa – families of friendly, white-faced Capuchin monkeys. One day we also had a group of the cutest … Read more
Giving back to each of the places we visited this year was one of our goals of our grand tour, along with living like locals, doing and learning things, and travelling more sustainably. The aim was to enrich ourselves and travel more meaningfully as much as it was to show travellers the kinds of experiences … Read more