Nature Archives - Runaway Brit

Kayaking on the Danube in Bratislava

April 25, 2020April 25, 2020 Bratislava, City Break, Europe, Expat, Expat Life, Featured, Nature, Tourist Attraction, Travelling, Working Overseas Bratislava, danube, kayaking, lake, Slovakia

Peeping through the trees ahead of me, the iconic shape of the castle reminds me that although I am kayaking in the countryside, I’m actually still in the city. That’s the beauty of Bratislava, one

Lofoten: A Winter’s Dream

April 17, 2020April 17, 2020 Europe, Expat Life, Featured, Nature, Photography, Tourist Attraction, Travelling lofoten, norway, photography

Waking long before daylight, we found our car concealed beneath the icy shroud of the first winter snowfall. Once outside and puffing impatiently into my hands to enjoy a momentary sensation of warmth, I opened

Cyprus: Birthplace of a Goddess

October 22, 2019October 25, 2019 Europe, Featured, Nature, Tourist Attraction, Travelling cyprus, Greece

Most people visit Cyprus during the summer, but you shouldn't avoid this charming Mediterranean island during low season. Known for being the birthplace of Aphrodite: the Goddess of Beauty, Cyprus has much to love -

Europe Travel: Eight Lakes in Six Days

July 24, 2018August 13, 2018 Europe, Featured, Nature, Tourist Attraction austria, balaton, bled, bohinj, europe, Hallstatt, heviz, hungary, lake, lake bled, mondsee, Slovakia, slovenia, wolfgangsee, zlaty piesky

"What do you want to see on our trip around Europe?" I asked my friend. "Mountains, lakes, or beaches" came the reply. Lakes, it is then. Because Europe is so compact, one of the best

A Snowy Weekend in the Tatra Mountains, Slovakia

January 15, 2018January 15, 2018 Bratislava, City Break, Europe, Expat Life, Featured, Nature, Tourist Attraction, Travelling Bratislava, Slovakia, Tatra mountains, Tatras, Tatrasky

A few weeks ago, I was tired of the rainy, grey, city sky. I desperately wanted blue sky, crisp air, and plenty of snow. I longed to see mountains; and for that, I would have

Gazing into the Blue Eye, Albania

January 1, 2018January 1, 2018 Europe, Featured, Nature, Top Ten, Tourist Attraction, Travelling Albania, Blue Eye, pool, Syri i Kalter, water

The unbelievably clear water of Syri i Kalter (‘Blue Eye’) in the South of Albania is beautiful, but it is not easy to reach. You have two options: 1) a laborious 5-hour journey along dilapidated

Hévíz: Bathing in Hungary’s Healing Thermal Lake

November 4, 2017November 4, 2017 City Break, Europe, Featured, Health & Fitness, Nature, Tourist Attraction, Travelling heviz, hungary, spa, thermal lake, wellness

If you’ve been to Budapest then maybe you visited Széchenyi thermal baths; but did you know that with over 1,000 hot springs, Hungary boasts more medicinal spas than any other European country? What’s more, it

Coastal Walk: the Lizard to Kynance Cove

August 27, 2016August 27, 2016 Beaches, Europe, Featured, Nature, Travelling, United Kingdom cornwall, hiking, Kynance Cove, united kingdom

When I was a child my family holidayed in either Wales or Dorset where we would camp, spend hours on the beach, eat picnics by the lake, and go for leisurely hikes. I spent these holidays walking

Mountain Flight Over the Himalayas

April 27, 2016April 28, 2016 Asia, Featured, Nature, Travelling annapurna, flying, himalayas, nepal, pokhara

What do you do when you want to see the Himalayas, but you don’t have enough time to trek to them? This was my dilemma when I visited Nepal. Due to work commitments, I had

Meet Arrowhead: Queen of Ranthambhore National Park

April 2, 2016December 16, 2016 Asia, Featured, India, Life in India, Nature, Photography, Travelling arrowhead, india, machli, rajasthan, Ranthambhore, ranthambore, Tiger, zone 4

I have done many amazing things during my time in India but seeing a tiger in the wild is definitely a highlight. Nothing sends shivers down the spine quite like the striking flash of orange emerging from

Glamping at Ranthambhore Tiger Reserve

March 27, 2016April 1, 2016 Asia, Featured, India, Nature, Travelling Incredible India, india, Jungle Safari Resort, Ranthambhore, Tiger, Tiger Safari

We arrived in Ranthambhore after a bumpy 3-hour drive from Jaipur airport, 160km away. The sun had set long before our GPS directions led us into a desolate area of scrub wilderness – pitch black

Aurora Borealis: 7 Things To Know Before You Go

January 31, 2016March 28, 2016 Europe, Featured, Life in Sweden, Nature, Photography, Swedish Climate, Swedish Tourism, Travelling arctic, arctic circle, aurora, aurora borealis, iceland, lapland, northern lights, northern lights apartments, porjus, sweden

Experiencing the Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) is on many people’s bucket list and, when seen, they offer a tantalising display of nature at her most beautiful. But, seeking the notoriously elusive aurora can be a

Yala National Park: On Safari in Sri Lanka

January 24, 2016March 28, 2016 Asia, Featured, Nature, Travelling birds, elephants, mongoose, safari, spotted deer, SriLanka, tour, wild boar, wildlife, Yala, Yala National Park

Sri Lanka has an impressive array of wildlife for a country of its size, and whilst most people tend to associate the tiny Indian Ocean island with honeymoon beach holidays, safari tours are equally big business. Of

Sri Lanka’s Best Beaches

January 17, 2016April 3, 2016 Asia, Beaches, Featured, Nature, Travelling beach, Blue Whale, Deliwala Mount Lavinia, Hikka Tranz, hikkaduwa, La Voile Blanche, Mirissa, sri lanka, SriLanka, turtle, unawatuna

I’ve been lucky enough to spend the last two Christmas holidays in Sri Lanka, the teardrop shaped island located off the coast of India. Living in Mumbai, I barely see the beach or even spend very much

Kare Ayurveda Retreat: Eat, Stretch, Love

October 25, 2015March 28, 2016 Advice, Asia, Featured, Food and Drink, Health & Fitness, India, Life in India, Nature, Tradition, Working Overseas ayurveda, health, iyengar, KARE, lifestyle, mulshi lake, pune, retreat, yoga

Life in Mumbai can get pretty chaotic: it’s a big city, filled with—literally—millions of people. Like Raj says in ‘Big Bang Theory’: ‘it’s hot, and it's loud, and there are so many people! You have

Copenhagen: Is it Europe’s Coolest City?

September 18, 2015March 28, 2016 Europe, Featured, Food and Drink, Nature, Travelling 7 reasons, Christiania, cool cities, coolest city in Europe, copenhagen, denmark, Nyhavn, travel

Few could disagree that Copenhagen is one of Europe’s coolest cities, if not the coolest. Somehow it manages to balance an old-world charm stemming back to childhood readings of Hans Christian Anderson fairy tales, with

Around the World in 26 Letters: My Travel Alphabet

April 12, 2015April 12, 2015 Asia, Beaches, Europe, Featured, Food and Drink, History, Japan, Life in India, Life in Sweden, Literature, Nature, Photography, South America, Swedish Tourism, Top Ten, Travelling army, asia, atacama desert, aurora, bolivia, bosnia, bucharest, caribbean, chile, china, colombia, dracula, edinburgh, estonia, europe, fuji, gotland, Greece, holi, iceland, iguassu, iguazu falls, india, isle of skye, istanbul, japan, Jökulsárlón, kleftiko, lapland, machu picchu, mary king close, mostar, Mumbai, new york city, northern lights, NYC, ogmore, ogmore beach, ogmore by sea, parque tayrona, peru, qatar airways, romania, rurrenabaque, san blas, scotland, skye, sri lanka, stari most, sweden, taj mahal, tallinn, terracotta warriors, udaipur, unawatuna, valparaiso, visby, wales, waterfalls, xi'an, yamuna river, zostel

I’ve been travelling the world, on-and-off, for almost 16 years—ever since an adventurous 4 week train journey took me through Germany, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic into Romania back in the days when

My Top 5 Wow-Factor Destinations

September 28, 2014September 28, 2014 Asia, Europe, Featured, Nature, South America, Travelling arctic, argentina, brazil, colombia, destinations, falls, iceland, iguazu, Jökulsárlón, lapland, parque tayrona, perito moreno, spectacular, sweden

According to the dictionary, spectacular is an adjective that means ‘beautiful in a dramatic and eye-catching way’; synonyms of which are striking, picturesque, breathtaking, arresting, glorious, and my two favourites, sublime, and awesome. Awesome as

Sustainable Tourism in India: Redstone Eco Centre, Mahabaleshwa

September 21, 2014April 21, 2015 Asia, Featured, Life in India, Nature, Tradition, Travelling ecotourism, farm, india, mahabaleshwar, organic, panchgani, redstone, self-sufficient, sustainable tourism

India is a country that forces travellers to question their lifestyle choices, which is why so many people come here looking for change; and in many cases sustainable tourism can offer a chance for the

Pigeon Purge

August 24, 2014March 28, 2020 Asia, Featured, Humour, Life in India, Nature, Travelling, Working Overseas anecdote, humour, india, Mumbai, pigeons

Before I moved to Mumbai I read many blogs about living in India, and became an avid reader of Rachel, the Hippie-in-Heels. She writes a regular feature called ‘This Is India’ in which she shares