Whistle stop tour of Lima

Carmel Stewart I REALLY admire people who can whistle. Not the standard put-your-lips-together-and-blow a la Humphrey Bogart but that carefully-crafted, finger, thumb, tongue and air combination which produces a head turning, ear blistering blast. The policemen and women in Lima have not honed their ability to whistle using digits and lungs but use the little […]

Women Traveling Solo – Ten Tips

I do a lot of solo traveling here are some things I do to keep myself safe. Try and arrive at your destination during daylight hours. When you arrive in the arrivals hall look like you know where you are going – even if you don’t. Don’t dither and don’t look lost. Organise your transport […]

Hippos

The photo we have used in the header was taken on a recent trip to Africa where we went on an eight day safari. We came across some hippos lazing around in a pool and two of the hippos were mating. I took a whole series of shots to capture the moment which I will […]

Seaside Waffle – Belgium

This is a report of a trip I did recently – Enjoy, Carmel. THINK of Belgium and the words De Haan are unlikely to flit across your consciousness – lace, chocolate, waffles, Bruges maybe, but the coastal resort of De Haan… But it is a place well worth a visit and is well-suited to the […]

Why Not Dead Yet Travel

Hi there, welcome to our new website NotDeadYetTravel.com. Well first off we had better introduce ourselves our names are Kathy Colgan and Carmel Stewart, we are sisters, we live in different countries I live in Australia and Carmel lives in the UK. Around about every two years we meet up and go traveling together. We […]