The highlight of my trip was meant to be visiting the temple complex of Angkor Wat. Sometimes things don’t go as planned. After an absolutely terrible three days in Cambodia, I fled. The less said about my time there, the better. The temples were everything I had hoped, and I am glad I got to … More How to have the best day of your goddamned life in Luang Prabang
“We might not go to Thailand, it’s so touristic,” said the girl who, up until then, I’d had a lot of respect for. I spent the next twenty minutes trying to convince her and her partner that ‘touristic’ doesn’t mean bad, and, besides, there are a lot of places in Thailand to visit that aren’t … More Too touristy
If you’ve ever been in a tuk tuk you know how fun they can be. You hang on to the seat, slipping all over the vinyl, breathing in smog and soot, praying your driver isn’t over-confident with regards to the breaks, and you take in the city in a way that is impossible from the … More Hey tuk tuk!
I’m in Bahrain, and it has been wonderful. For two weeks I have been mooching about my family home, doing a little work, running, and seeing friends. I’ve been swimming, and watching Doctor Who with my brother, and it’s all been lovely. I remain here over the next month, and on Thursday 7th January, I … More Travel plans, 2016
I’m so pleased that I finally get to come clean and share my plans for the next little while. A few select people have been privy to the information as we’ve set everything in motion, but we have tried to keep it quiet as I didn’t want anybody at my workplace to hear it from … More Moving On
Here’s a pretty brilliant article and video about giving cyclists room when overtaking:
I’ve always wanted a cat. I was the child running off to cuddle mangy strays and feeding the next-door neighbour’s Persians. Growing up as an expat, though, my parents (very wisely) would not let us adopt one of our own. It’s cruel to them if you have to leave at short notice, they said. They … More Travel Cat
My bridesmaids ended up giving me an excellent hen party but when I found out it wouldn’t start until 5.30pm I was a little bummed. I had thought we’d spend the day doing something fun and then meet all the other women later on for dinner and drinks. So, in true Jemma-fashion, I made up … More Stirling Cycle Hen
I first read about hair donation a year or so ago and instantly wanted to take part. If you’ve never come across it before, this is when you send ponytails to a charity of your choice and they use it to create wigs for children or women with alopecia or cancer. It takes between eight … More A good haircut
You flee your war-torn country, leaving your possessions, memories, family members, friends and everything you’ve ever known behind, paying ‘people-smugglers’ everything you have. You’re penniless and in a strange place, with no help and no hope. You hear that in the UK, we take care of people. They’ll give you £36 a week- that sounds … More Calais
Jemma Beedie 