No cash, no gas, 40 kms from home

A spot of bother running out of gas in Mexico

Flying like Darth Vader with the people in white coats

Heavy breathing under a mask and wearing a visor. I’m now feeling like Darth Vader on a flight. I’m off … More

A couple of years ago I visited Assam, a state in north east India, and Myanmar on the same trip and noticed several similar objects.

It’s not all bad news. The airport queues are short, bookshops are a breeze and even wearing a face mask … More

We left the glimmering lake at Dodital to climb another thousand metres, ascending pine forests, crossing streams and meadows to … More

The Galata Mevlevi Museum | Istanbul | February 2020 *** A few months ago I had the good fortune to … More

It wasn’t quite how I imagined the start of my Himalayan adventure. This is the second part of the blog … More

The first post of a new blog series about going up the Himalayas mainly on Indian public transport buses. Taken … More

The final week of our amazing 90 days backpacking in southeast Asia arrived far too soon. In search of some … More

Or … why you can never really ‘do’ a country We’ve been back now for six weeks after our 90 … More