It’s Catherine’s birthday at the end of February so for the past few years I’ve taken her somewhere sunny to celebrate after the long London winters. This year’s EasyJet special was Palermo so that’s we where headed and it was a wonderful weekend to be warm, enjoy delicious...
Like millions of others, I’m a huge Elvis fan. So when Pauli told me he was getting married in New Orleans, I immediately thought of combining my trip with a visit to Memphis (Pauli and I met in India, he’s
Whose you know me, know that I enjoy my food and love eating. I think going out for a meal with friends is a super way to spend an evening and it is something I have been doing a lot more of here in London. Unfortunately, eating out is very expensive, particularly in this city. The gap...
I’m writing this blog by lantern by lantern sitting in a yurt on Lake Karakol in the Pamir Mountains in central Tajikistan. It’s spacious and warm inside and the bowl of water placed next to this lantern is an ingenious solution to the moth problem we were having. We’ve just finished a...
Vietnam had a number of motorbike firsts! It was the first time I’d ridden a fully manual bike having previously always rented either an automatic or, more recently in Laos, a semi-manual bike where we had gears to change but no clutch. This time we were riding “proper”...
Normally I travel to a country with no expectations. Myanmar (or Burma) was a little different for some reason. I was so super excited to visit and to be fair, it took me a little while to get into things. It wasn’t quite as isolated as I was expecting, a little more Western too. And a...
After almost three phenomenal weeks exploring Jordan, next up on the Middle East itinerary was Lebanon. With a two week trip planned but only a one week visa in hand (the embassy in Amman was adamant that’s all...
From Israel, Jenstar and I made our way to Jordan where for the first few days, we based ourselves in Amman and our days took on a familiar pattern. I’d spend mornings at the Lebanese embassy trying to sort out my visa (for various...
As mentioned in my last blog, I headed west from Thailand and made my way to the Middle East. The first stop was Israel and after two flights, a ten hour overnight lay-over in Bahrain (where, can you believe it, Gulf Air put me up in a hotel) and a fun-and-games border crossing from Jordan,...
If you visit southern India, you’ve got to head to Mysore. Aside from the awesome side streets that are perfect for wandering about and the very cool Chamundi Hill which gives one great views of the city, the Mysore Palace (in the top image) is incredible. Be sure to pick up the free...