About us

Mark and Jenny

We’re a couple from Hampshire on the south coast of England. This site is where we write up our trips: a day-by-day diary for each one, plus Things to Know pages and packing lists with the practical details we picked up along the way.

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Where we’ve been

Everything here comes from trips we’ve actually taken. If somewhere isn’t on the site, we haven’t been yet.

We usually travel as a couple and sometimes join a group tour for part of a trip. Our favourite days mix an early start for a sunrise or a boat trip with an afternoon by the pool.

When things go wrong

Not every trip goes to plan, and we write about those bits too.

Thailand · 2022

Ten days in Covid quarantine

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Iceland · 2020

A storm cut our last day short

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Taiwan · 2025

Weather kept us from Taroko Gorge

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Ibiza · 2026

Cloud hid totality at the eclipse

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Photos and films

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Photography

My Photography Butters

Mark takes most of the photos. He’s a landscape and travel photographer, and more of his work is on his own site.

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Films

YouTube

All of our trip videos are on our YouTube channel.

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Photos

Instagram

There are more photos from our trips on Instagram.

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Links on this site

Most links here go to the hotels, tour operators and official sites we used or recommend. The one referral link is for the Nomad eSIM on our Taiwan pages: if you use our code we get a small credit, and we say so wherever it appears.