I blame my parents. I wasn’t even a year old when they whisked me off on my first inter-continental adventure. Throughout my childhood, they continued to show my brother and I that there are fascinating places, people, sights, food and stories out there, waiting to be explored.

Nearly four decades later, my travel addiction is full-blown – an expensive habit, but oh, the highs are good! Frustratingly, my ‘Places to visit’ list continues to get longer, not shorter, with each trip I take.

I’ve set up this blog to record some of the many quirky, intriguing, perplexing, funny, beautiful and ‘pinch yourself’ travel experiences I’ve been so lucky to have had so far. I hope you enjoy it.

Jo Duxbury

Cape Town, June 2011