“Las Vegas is sort of like how God would do it if he had money.” - Steve Wynn Last week was the start of a 6 day standby block which for the last 3 day’s took me back to Las Vegas. This was my 3rd time in Vegas now and I was only there for … Continue reading 🇺🇸 Las Vegas 2020
Tag: Wanderlust
🇱🇧 Beirut – Byblos – Harissa and The Lady of Lebanon
“Jobs fill your pocket, adventures fill your soul” - Jaime Lyn Beatty This week I got back from Beirut. It was never a destination I’d thought much about before becoming crew. Merely due to preconceptions of the past but since going in December and again last weekend, it’s become one of my favourite trips now … Continue reading 🇱🇧 Beirut – Byblos – Harissa and The Lady of Lebanon
🇰🇪 Nairobi – Mukuru Promotion Centre and Songa Mbele Na Masomo Children’s Disability Centre
‘If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion’ - DALAI LAMA The week before last i was back in Nairobi. After my first visit on Boxing Day, when I came back to the UK, I collected more clothes kindly donated for the children. There was that … Continue reading 🇰🇪 Nairobi – Mukuru Promotion Centre and Songa Mbele Na Masomo Children’s Disability Centre
🇨🇱 Chile – Valparaíso
“The world is big and I want to get a good look at it before it gets dark” - John Muir Whilst in Chile, I headed down to the port city of Valparaíso. Taking the tube, then a coach, it took roughly 2.5 hours from Santiago to the coast. At first glance, the area looked … Continue reading 🇨🇱 Chile – Valparaíso
🇺🇸 Las Vegas 2020
“Las Vegas looks the way you’d imagine heaven must look at night.” - Chuck Palahniuk Last Friday was my first trip of 2020 and headed back to Las Vegas. Back in my ‘actual youth’ I was a clubber(a raver in the 90s) and could party all weekend but fast forward a couple of decades and … Continue reading 🇺🇸 Las Vegas 2020
🇰🇪 Nairobi – Boxing Day
“Travel isn’t always pretty. It isn’t always comfortable. Sometimes it hurts, it even breaks your heart. But that’s okay. The journey changes you; it should change you. It leaves marks on your memory, on your consciousness, on your heart, and on your body. You take something with you. Hopefully, you leave something good behind.” - … Continue reading 🇰🇪 Nairobi – Boxing Day
🇲🇾 Kuala Lumpur – Batu Caves
“To travel is to live”- Hans Christian Anderson September included a trip to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. I had bidded for this as it was somewhere I really wanted to visit. When I say bidding, that means you get the opportunity to bid on destinations you would like to go to. You may not get everything … Continue reading 🇲🇾 Kuala Lumpur – Batu Caves