Jo

I don’t want to be sitting on a bus which is the same as the one that takes me to work, I want one with no windows and a lady with a goat on her lap. I don’t want burgers and pizza I want what the locals eat, even if its chickens feet! Different sounds, smells, languages, faces, food, transport, the heat, the cold, oceans, mountains, deserts, chaos, tranquillity, monks with mobiles.

I love everything about being at the beach whether its sleeping under a palm tree, swimming in new seas or chatting to a local pineapple seller. Its the most relaxing part of any trip and my favourite in the world so far has to be Saracen Bay on a little island off Cambodia. The whitest sand and the bluest sea I’ve ever seen and still unspoilt – no hotels just lovely basic cabins, no shops, no jet ski’s or hassle! Bliss.