I've stayed in a wooden guesthouse on stilt on Lake Nokoué in Benin, a treehouse in Dandeli National Park in India, a monastery in Montenegro, and an ancient caravanserai on the Silk Road in Iran.
Auberge Carrefour
Hornbill River Resort
Ostrog-Orthodox Monastery
Zein-od-Din Caravansera
I've seen elephants having a dust bath in Botswana, a Sally Lightfoot Crab in the Galapagos, cuddled a sloth in Honduras, and a fox cub in the UK
Elephant Dust Bath
Sally Lightfoot Crab
Sloth
Fox cub
I've eaten deep fried Mekong river weed with a chilli and buffalo skin dip in Laos, Hákarl (fermented shark) in Iceland, pigs' ears with stewed cabbage in Latvia, and yak goulash in Mongolia.
Deep fried Mekong River weed with a chilli and buffalo skin dip
Hákarl (on the right)
Pigs' ears with stewed cabbage
Yak goulash
I've seen Abu Simbel in Egypt, the burning gas crater of Darwaza in Turkmenistan, Takstang Lakhang Temple in Bhutan, and Timbuktu in Mali
Abu Simbel
Darwaza Crater AKA The Gate to hell
Tansang Lakhang AKA the Tiger's Nest Temple
The legendary Timbuktu
I've met the Akha Tribe in Thailand, the Igugao in the Philippines, seen the Jongleur dances in Ivory Coast, and met the Yagua Indians in the Amazon.
An old Akha woman
An elderly Ifugao gentleman in the Philippines
A member of the Gueré tribe in Ivory Coast juggles with huge daggers and a child
A Yagua man
I've drunk camel milk in Mongolia, grogue (distilled sugar cane) in Cape Verde, Luwak coffee (where the bean has been passed through a civet) in Bali, and pine tree mushroom liquor in South Korea
Camel milk
Home made grogue
Luwak coffee
Pine tree mushroom liquor
I've travelled in a Jeepney in the Philippines, rafting in Jamaica, seen fire walking in Sri Lanka, and had my hands painted with henna in Pakistan
Jeepney in the Philippines
Rafting in Jamaica
Fire walking, Sri Lanka
Henna painting, Pakistan
I've seen the sinister looking Lancet Kod carnival group in Haiti, traipsed across the canopy walkway in Monteverde, Costa Rica, had lessons to make traditional tamales in Belize, and had a three page article written about us in the local paper.
The intimidating Lancet Kod
On the canopy walkway
Making tamales
The article about us in the paper
I've gate-crashed a calendar photoshoot in Miami, crashed a sportscar, been on a very rough crossing between two islands in Cape Verde, and bought gifts of coca leaves and dynamite for the silver miners in Bolivia
Calendar photoshoot
What was left of the Lotus Europa after someone went into the back of me
The crossing on a cargo boat in Cape Verde
A very grateful miner in Bolivia
We've been guests of honour at a Caci Ceremony in Laos, had a family portrait taken in Tombstone in Arizona using an 1880s glass plate camera, taken a five day cycling holiday with my boyfriend when I was 17, and seen the Eagle Festival in Mongolia.
The Baci Ceremony
Family portrait with my mum and dad
With my boyfrined on our cycling holiday
The Eagle Masters are ready!
I've seen the Blue Footed Boobies in the Galapagos, a hunting African Eagle in Malawi, the elusive Shoebill in Tanzania, and the Starling Murmurations on the Somerset Levels in the UK.
Blue Footed Boobie
African Fish Eagle
The Shoebill
Starling Murmurations
I've crossed the Chalbi Desert in Kenya, seen the mud volcanoes in Azerbaijan, been to the Floating Market in Thailand, and Gadime Caves in Kosovo.
The arid Chalbi Desert
Firuz Mud Volcanoes, Azerbaijan
Thailand's floating market
Gadime, AKA Marble Caves, Kosovo
I've seen the lofty monasteries of Meteora in Greece, ships going through Panama Canal, the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt, and Stonehenge in UK.
Meteora
Panama Canal
Pyramids in Egypt
