When I saw our planned schedule for visiting parts of northern Thailand included visits to various hill tribes, I have to admit to feeling a little uncomfortable. You see, I’m not really a big fan of seeing people as a tourist attraction. It often feels artificial, or contrived, or like we’re trying to preserve some […]
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In photos: From the Facebook Page Edition V
And we’re back with another round up of some of the most popular photos I’ve shared on my facebook page over the last month or so. The previous entries in this series have been some of my most successful posts to date, so why stop a winning formula! I also love how this series lets […]
SCOTTeVEST Travel Vest Review: Fourteen Years of Real Use
Back in 2012 I reviewed a brand new SCOTTeVEST Travel Vest, wore it from France to Thailand, and finished the review by promising to report back on how it held up over time. Then I mostly forgot to. Fourteen years and a second SCOTTeVEST later, here is that report. If you’ve not met one before, […]
In photos: Sukhothai and Si Satchanalai
We recently had the distinct pleasure of exploring the original Thai capital of Sukhothai, the place where the Thai language as it exists today was born, and where much of Thailand’s culture is believed to have originated. It’s also the place where the happiness of the Thai people is said to have started – Sukhothai […]
HostelBookers: it’s all about the accommodation!
I want you to conjure up an image of a hostel in your mind. It’s probably best for the purposes of this exercise if you’re the sort of person who wouldn’t normally stay in a hostel, filled as they are with unwashed backpacker types. Got that image in your mind? Rows of slightly unsafe looking […]
Getting (nearly) naked for charity
Charity. It’s a dangerous word. It’s the sort of word that makes people do things in its name. Crazy, terrifying, outrageous things. It also lets us do things that we would never in our wildest dreams have thought of doing. I’m looking at you, bottle of olive oil. This was all your fault. It’s also […]
Wine-tasting for beginners (or how to alienate the masters of wine)
Here I am, travelling my way through the world, always stumbling over offers to taste wine. The world is a gigantic vineyard, it seems. Until recently, I didn’t care much. To be honest, I had this terrible fear that if I actually knew how to distinguish a very good wine from a not so good […]
Hanging out with Lub d in Bangkok: a review
Industrial. It’s not necessarily a word I’d normally use to describe a place to sleep. Instead, I might associate it with somewhere like a steel mill. And experience has taught me that generally a place for making steel doesn’t normally make a relaxing place to sleep. Ok, I haven’t actually racked up that particular experience, […]
Hello, Bangkok. And thanks.
Well, as that incredible photo essay from Nomadic Samuel explained only recently, I’m in Thailand. And more precisely, I’m in Bangkok. A trip which, for a time there I have to admit, worried me a bit more than it excited me. The thing is, and this is a little strange to say, I was a […]
Visiting the Vall de Nuria in the Pyrenees
We have visited and explored many parts of the beautiful Catalonia region, from the beautiful rugged coastline known as the Costa Brava, through to the stunning Pyrenees region that borders France. In today’s post, we’re going to share with you one of our favourite parts of the Pyrenees region – the hidden away Vall de Núria. […]