by Bianca Halong Bay is a must-see if you find yourself in northern Vietnam. There’s a good reason why it’s the country’s number one attraction; it’s truly enchanting. At just over a three and a half hour’s drive from Hanoi, the UNESCO World Heritage Site is made up of somewhere between 1,000 – 2,000 small… Read More A Guide to Halong Bay by Boat
by Alice Mariscotti-Wyatt Hey you guys, did you know that Skye is seriously, seriously beautiful? I mean… I did, but I was still underestimating it. Cover photo & this photo credit: Ryan Bateman @rynbtmn After travelling up to the Scottish Highlands for a wedding at the impossibly scenic Eilean Donan Castle, I got to spend three… Read More Skye’s the Limit: The Most Impressive Sights of Skye
by Alice Mariscotti-Wyatt It seems like every country needs their own version of Venice. There’s Amsterdam, the ‘Venice of the North’, Alleppey in India is ‘Venice of the East’. Even the UK has a version of Venice. It’s Birmingham, apparently. So I thought I’d check out Portugal’s Venice; the small town of Aveiro, about an… Read More Here’s What You Should See in Aveiro, Portugal’s Venice
by Bianca On my recent travels to Southeast Asia, I seem to have developed a healthy obsession with smoothie bowls. This all started with my first taste of the tropical drink-in-a-bowl at a café called Aire, on the dreamy island of Koh Chang in Thailand. The Founder This is Natalie. She founded the Aire café and yoga… Read More Rockskippers Recommends: Aire Café’s Smoothie Bowls, Koh Chang
by Bianca A new baking queen has stepped onto the scene in Saigon. Make-up artist-turned-baker Quinn Tran, AKA Quinn of Cake, has partnered with writer and entrepreneur Nick Do to bring a new brand of delicate cakes to the southern Vietnamese city. On a recent visit to Ho Chi Minh City, or Saigon as its… Read More Quinn of Cake Takes the Throne, Vietnam
by Alice Mariscotti-Wyatt Recently my boyfriend and I were summoned back to his home in South Africa for his Dad’s wedding. Having been rather safaried out from our previous visits we thought we’d use this trip to see more of South Africa’s flora (and I snuck in some beaches too). Day 1: Port Elizabeth to… Read More Rockskipping Along the Garden Route
by Bianca City breaks are great but they always zoom by so fast. What do you do when time is short but the list of things to do and see is long? It can be tough to prioritise, but choices have got to be made… and quickly! Although I’m a big fan of the non-plan… Read More 48 Hours in Porto
by Alice Mariscotti-Wyatt Meet my Rockskipping mother, Grace. If she were to have a Rockskipper bio it would say something like: Eternally youthful Grace divides her time between historic Winchester and the sun-soaked Algarve, but her soul originates from the Andromeda Galaxy. So early to the wellness trend, Grace pioneered veganism, organic foods and mindfulness… Read More Raw Copenhagen
by Bianca Hidden away in a converted Hackney warehouse is London’s latest pop-up cinema experience, Cinema In The Snow. One of REVL app’s recommended events this month, Hackney Showrooms has been transformed by Pop Up Screens into a life-sized snow globe for 10 days only. We went along to a special preview screening to check… Read More Cinema In The Snow
We’re excited to announce that we’ve partnered up with new events app REVL to bring you the low-down on the best activities and events in London. Born out of a fear of FOMO (does that make it FOFOMO?), founder Brandon created the app to make sure you would never need to miss out on any of the exciting things happening… Read More REVL X Rockskippers
