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The Pressure to Perform in “Safari School”
When Henk and I decided to go to Tanzania on safari, I didn’t realized we had inadvertently enrolled in Safari School…
We Hope You Like the New Look!
It has been an arduous start to the new year since I decided to change the name and look of Grownup Travels and redesign the entire website from scratch...a task that I freely admit humbled this poor luddite (I won't deny it, there were days that I literally sat...
Want a more memorable trip? Go on a horse riding adventure!
Horseback riding in Cocora Valley, Colombia Like most little girls, I fell in love with horses when I was a child. Whether it was because they came the closest to a real live unicorn, or because they were just beautiful in their own right, I read about them, wrote...
7 Tips to Help Plan a ‘Bucket List Trip’
It's been a little while since Henk and I have planned a 'Grownup Trip', as we like to call them – you know, the kind that takes you somewhere super-special, and will probably cost you that bit extra since you figure you'll 'only do it once' (think safari in Africa,...




