CHINA | Saturday, 15 Feb 2025 | Views [42]
The People’s Republic of China (PRC) and I have always had a complicated relationship. She’s like that lady who likes to make her own rules and make everything difficult for some unknown reason, yet you still feel that you should give her ... Read more >
CHINA | Saturday, 15 Feb 2025 | Photo Gallery
It was -20 but I got outside and explored
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AUSTRALIA | Wednesday, 25 Dec 2024 | Views [25]
King Island is no ordinary place. Like a scene out of ET, getting here on a 4-seater plane is like flying on a bicycle through the air. There is no ferry, so flying is the only option unless you have your own boat. After all the years I've been in Australia ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Monday, 23 Dec 2024 | Photo Gallery
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AUSTRALIA | Monday, 9 Dec 2024 | Views [73]
Adventures with Miss Anikka Double-K would continue today. This morning I woke up a little bit emotional but she and I decided it's best to finish our visit on a high note, as she was excited for breakfast and a hike. It is been an absolutely wonderful ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Friday, 6 Dec 2024 | Views [123]
10 years ago, I met the lady who would change my life. Little did I realise that, on that train ride, I would meet someone who would remain so dear to me. Anikka is my bestie, the lady I love most, and my favourite lady in the universe. Speaking of which, ... Read more >
THAILAND | Tuesday, 5 Nov 2024 | Views [70]
Chiang Mai is truly one of my happy places; it's easily up there with Norfolk Island and Queenstown among places where I love and feel so happy and comfortable. After a tough slog in Southern Africa or gallivanting the Middle East, Chiang Mai, with its ... Read more >
OMAN | Saturday, 2 Nov 2024 | Photo Gallery
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KUWAIT | Thursday, 31 Oct 2024 | Views [108]
If something scary is gonna happen, it's bound to happen on Halloween, eh? What happened this evening had nothing to do with ghosts, goblins, or vampires, and I didn't dress up. It's rare that I have truly scary moments whilst travelling; being robbed ... Read more >
BAHRAIN | Tuesday, 29 Oct 2024 | Photo Gallery
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BAHRAIN | Tuesday, 29 Oct 2024 | Views [28]
Get it? Bah-Rain! There are no sheep and no storms here. It's perhaps the only country with "rain" in its name yet there's very little rain in this tiny oil-rich Gulf country. Most of these countries seem like they have more oil than water. For the past ... Read more >
SAUDI ARABIA | Monday, 28 Oct 2024 | Photo Gallery
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SAUDI ARABIA | Saturday, 26 Oct 2024 | Photo Gallery
At a mile above sea level, it rains and can be chilly. An antithesis of Saudi Arabia
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SAUDI ARABIA | Wednesday, 23 Oct 2024 | Photo Gallery
One of the Two Holy Mosques
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SAUDI ARABIA | Tuesday, 22 Oct 2024 | Views [380]
Jordan has Petra, Croatia has Dubrovnik, and Japan has Kyoto. In its fledging tourism industry, Saudi Arabia has Al-Ula (sometimes spelt AlUla, which is the spelling I prefer because that makes it a perfect palindrome), which is the gateway to Mada'in ... Read more >
SAUDI ARABIA | Monday, 21 Oct 2024 | Photo Gallery
Home of the Nabatean civilisation
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SAUDI ARABIA | Thursday, 17 Oct 2024 | Views [18]
Oh, how I wish I could soar like an Arabian falcon over what I saw today. How is it that I can be 40 years old and have 20 years of travel experience under my belt and still manage to find places that make my jaw drop in awe? The number of places is ... Read more >
SAUDI ARABIA | Thursday, 17 Oct 2024 | Photo Gallery
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SAUDI ARABIA | Tuesday, 15 Oct 2024 | Views [93]
Riyadh may be the only city in the world where I can't simply rely on a combination of public transport, a bicycle, and my own two feet. The capital of the Kingdom (KSA) sprawls for many kilometres across the desert and is a car-oriented city. This morning ... Read more >
SAUDI ARABIA | Monday, 14 Oct 2024 | Views [122]
My trip to Iran, which I'd been looking forward to for most of the year, was cancelled only the night before leaving! I even checked in online for my flight only to receive a message telling me that my flight to Tehran with Kuwait Airways had been cancelled.... Read more >
SAUDI ARABIA | Sunday, 13 Oct 2024 | Photo Gallery
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KUWAIT | Thursday, 10 Oct 2024 | Views [146]
Numerous travellers before me have described Kuwait as being about the most boring place they've ever travelled to. Would it be? I just had to find out for myself. Only yesterday did my planned CouchSurfing host, Mohammed, cancel on me due to a family ... Read more >
KUWAIT | Wednesday, 9 Oct 2024 | Photo Gallery
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NEW ZEALAND | Tuesday, 13 Aug 2024 | Views [19]
In '18 I braved -16 cold on a short journey to Scandinavia to photograph the aurora borealis (northern lights). My friend Craig has an aurora forecast app on his phone and told me there would likely be an "event" going on this evening. As I walked up ... Read more >
CHINA | Monday, 29 Jul 2024 | Photo Gallery
Stopover on the way from Budapest to Auckland
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HUNGARY | Saturday, 27 Jul 2024 | Photo Gallery
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SLOVAKIA | Friday, 26 Jul 2024 | Photo Gallery
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UKRAINE | Tuesday, 23 Jul 2024 | Photo Gallery
I visited Ukraine during the war, and life is going on as normal
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UKRAINE | Tuesday, 23 Jul 2024 | Views [296]
This may sound like I'm insane, but I'm in Ukraine. The war in Ukraine has been going on for more than two years but I've been here two days and you'd never believe that there was a war at all as I stroll around Lviv. Getting through the border was a ... Read more >
POLAND | Sunday, 21 Jul 2024 | Photo Gallery
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LITHUANIA | Sunday, 21 Jul 2024 | Photo Gallery
The first capital of Lithuania
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LITHUANIA | Friday, 19 Jul 2024 | Photo Gallery
Lithuania's majestic capital
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LATVIA | Thursday, 18 Jul 2024 | Views [72]
My whirlwind journey through the Baltic States continues. Estonia is in the books, and I'm now in Riga. Last night I arrived from Tallinn after a relatively easy hitchhiking journey (which included being picked up by two gorgeous blonde ladies), and ... Read more >
LATVIA | Wednesday, 17 Jul 2024 | Photo Gallery
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ESTONIA | Sunday, 14 Jul 2024 | Photo Gallery
Something straight out of a fairy tale storybook
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FINLAND | Friday, 12 Jul 2024 | Photo Gallery
Finland's capital
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ÅLAND | Wednesday, 10 Jul 2024 | Views [61]
Åland is a special place, that's for sure! For a long time, Åland was the only country in Europe that I hadn't received a postcard from. A couple from CouchSurfing named Maria and Ted agreed to send me a postcard during the ... Read more >
ÅLAND | Monday, 8 Jul 2024 | Views [68]
As the ferry sailed in toward Mariehamn yesterday I passed all these tiny islands called skerries; some of them so small you can't even build a house yet some have wind turbines.
Åland is an autonomous and demilitarised part of Finland ... Read more >
ÅLAND | Sunday, 7 Jul 2024 | Photo Gallery
Part of Finland, but they speak Swedish and have their own flag
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FINLAND | Friday, 5 Jul 2024 | Photo Gallery
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