“Do you know what the most significant battle in history was?” asked our walking guide, George. It was March and it was cold and damp and we were in Athens, learning about Greek history, of which there is a lot. “I don’t know, but did the Greeks win it?” said someone annoyingly. We all glared…
I’m not sure what “DHL” stands for, but I think it could be “Deliveries? Haha, Lol”, at least based on my experience trying to receive an international DHL passport delivery. Since 1969, DHL has been moving packages from Point A to point B, presumably with some success since they’re the largest logistics company in the…
If I had a bucket list, it would include getting a tattoo, snorting cocaine off somebody’s stomach, and setting up a business renting pets by the month for people who aren’t actually sure yet whether they want a dog shitting on their carpet. One thing my bucket list definitely wouldn’t include is roasting marshmallows with an Amish lady…
Everyone likes saving money. And it’s never more important then when on the road. So here are 5 simple tricks to save money when traveling. But first, how am I qualified to write this post? Well, I like saving money so much that if I want to buy something that costs over $100, I have…
Christmas markets in Budapest are, in principle, some of the most magical places you can be. In practicality, they’re busy and you slosh wine all over your coat. The snowfall was patchy and half-hearted, like a 50-year-old woman’s attempt at giving up her 40-a-day habit. It came down in a flurry for a few minutes…
If I get a ticket from place A to place B from a bus station, I expect the entirety of that journey to be made by bus. So when I bought a bus ticket in Peru from Puno to Cusco, I was expecting to heave my rucksack onto a bus, then curl up in my…
Back in 2009 volunteered with a conservation company in Peru. Or to put it another way, I spent three months living with cockroaches in the Amazon Rainforest. That’s where I lived for three months. No doors, no windows, no electricity, no phone lines, no hot water, no McDonald’s just round the corner. The photo shows…
I bet you take roads for granted. You use them in your car, on your bike, you might even skip down the middle of them at 4 a.m. after a particularly frivolous night out. You don’t think anything of them unless there are potholes and roadworks and traffic lights that are conspiring against you. You…
I like quiet places. I like libraries and bookshops, I like cycle rides into fields full of cows and big skies, and I’m pretty sure I’d like the eerie aftermath of a nuclear explosion. And talking of eerie, I also liked Lake Erie, the smallest of the Great Lakes in North America. Here’s what happened…
I love long bus journeys. Whether it’s getting from Venice Beach to downtown LA on a city bus that takes several hours to go a couple of miles, or a 30-hour cramped coach journey down the coast of Chile, I love every second. I said to my friend I travelled to Israel with, “I’ve never…