Jo Barnes

49 Amazing Reasons to Visit Australia

Thinking about heading Down Under? I don’t blame you. I’m writing this from Brisbane, where I’m currently soaking up city life ...

I looked up, panting. The 11kg backpack on my shoulders felt like I was carrying three grown men, and my knees ...

Europe does history like nowhere else — but let’s be honest, the big cities get all the hype. Paris, Rome, Barcelona… ...

I’ve only done one major train journey so far — the Bernina Express — but let me tell you, I was ...

There’s something oddly thrilling about going underground. Like slipping into the secret layer of the planet and discovering a whole hidden ...

I’ve been lucky enough to visit Tokyo a few times now, and I love it more with every trip. It’s a ...

We only had a few hours in Antibes during our French Riviera road trip last summer, but it stole my heart ...

I’ve always had a bit of a soft spot for weird and wonderful places to stay – in fact, ticking off ...

The whole point of us coming to live in Brisbane for 9 months was so that my 18-year-old daughter could get ...

I only had 24 hours in Doha, on route to Thailand from the UK, but I was determined to pack in ...