This is Not a Holiday

I never thought I’d say it but I’m missing my Dad’s phone. Since my last trip I really hadn’t realized the extent to which technology had...

“There is only one possible thing that could happen,” my father said to me last year, “that would necessitate me having to cut short our...

It occurs to me that I haven’t yet explained anything about our actual trip. It’s been a longtime plan of mine to circuit the Caribbean...

I have been inside the mind of a warmduscher and lo, it was not good. Until this trip I had secretly harboured the suspicion that I may...

I'm on the road again - yeehah! So for the next 6 posts I have decided to experiment with a more traditional travel blog format....

[Short of time? Read the Haiku review instead] One of the great joys of travelling in the third world is not having to cook for yourself....

[Short of time? Read the Haiku review instead] Everything I ever heard about travelling in Japan indicated that most of the population...

[Short of time? Read the Haiku review instead] I’ve only been robbed once while on the road. I mean properly robbed; of course I’ve had...

[Short of time? Read the Haiku review instead] The trend in travel equipment today is firmly focussed on weight. Every item must be...

[Short of time? Read the Haiku review instead] So here’s the thing – I currently have gainful employment in a shop that sells trekking...