Stories

The Czech Republic offers walkers an unspoilt and varied landscape to explore on foot, either under your  own steam or with organised walking tours.​ ​   If walking is your thing, put your best foot forward in Bohemia​. Here you’ll find all kinds of scenery that will stop Read More

We’ve all had our share of monkey business, whether been robbed by baboons in India or pissed on by an Orang-utan. We anxiously waited in the hot afternoon sun at Sepilok Rehabilitation Centre in Borneo. We had all paid an entrance fee, but only some of us would get more Read More

Ahh Bali. An island of Indonesia full of stunning beaches and surf, volcanic mountains and so many rice paddies and temples you won’t know what hit you! With so much beauty to see and so little time it can be overwhelming thinking about everything you want to do and see, but Read More

I asked Lucy from Lucy’smilesaway to write me a ‘short’ story about an interesting transport experience she’s had. In true Lucy style what I got was a long, yet amazing piece. Because of her awesomeness, I will not only allow it, but I will give her an Read More

Everybody has a story extracted from a hilarious, scary or crazy experience they had while taking public transport. Something about this mode of transport attracts interesting characters and a lot of confusion. In the second of this series we chat to three more travel bloggers Read More

This is the first of a series where I ask fellow bloggers about the craziest thing they’ve experienced while riding public transport. We all have funny/horror stories that we share with friends around a bar table. I am now collecting all those stories and bringing them to Read More

The Law All backpackers going through South East Asia must abide by the following law, referred to from now on as The Law. Any backpacker failing to abide, will result in swift, relentless seizure of flip-flops and possibly even further unoccupied pieces of clothing depending on Read More

I was chatting to another blogging friend of mine, making jokes about the fact that we’d been travelling for years and never managed to claim much at all on our travel insurance. As a professional traveller I get asked a lot about buying travel insurance, and do you really need Read More

After the case beginning in 1980 when a small child disappeared from a campsite in Central Australia, the line, always said with a thick Australian accent, “A dingo ate my baby!” became somewhat of a worldwide joke. Years afterwards, and to this day, Australians globally are Read More

Dear Jay from Jay Guest House, When we first met you we didn’t see through your pleasant demeanour and heavily made-up face into the small evil slits that were your eyes*. We were wooed by your high-pitched voice screeching, “Darling don’t worry, Darling!” And overlooked the fact Read More

“Would you like to see me naked?” A French accent purrs as I walk back into my hostel room one morning. “I promise you won’t regret this” he takes off his pants and proceeds to walk around the room naked, pottering about. This is is how I met Jon. And to our delight there were 2 Read More

Onsen; Japanese Hot Spring Bathhouse I knew very well that when I went to a public Onsen in Japan I was going to have to get naked. But it still wasn’t any easier. I was with my sister and her friend, and I hadn’t seen my sister naked for about 15 years. Not only that but each Read More