I landed in Edinburgh greeted with pouring rain and promptly ditched any ideas of seeing the city before heading to Penrith. My dad picked me up from the airport and … Continue readingLake District

There were two; one was a wedding and the other a minor sports competition that for some reason the Spanish went crazy about. On the 9th July, I jumped on … Continue readingCelebrations

I like Madrid, any city with a park the size of Casa de Campo in the middle of it has to be good. It’s a city where you can easily … Continue readingMadrid

I flew into Port Elizabeth on the morning of the England game against Slovenia and immediately came up against a problem. The hostel I was staying in had failed to … Continue readingPort Elizabeth

My visit to Polokwane was a quick affair, the bus left from Johannesburg Airport at 1 o’clock, we got there in time for the second half of the South Africa … Continue readingPolokwane

Arriving in Jo’burg, I didn’t have anywhere to stay so I went straight to the tourist desk and found a hostel. All the hostels in South Africa have tripled their … Continue readingJohannesburg

Singapore is a city, that’s pretty much all there is to it. But it is a fun city, the public transport is great but the place is small enough that … Continue readingSingapore

The second part of which is down the channels of the Mekong Delta, that is full of life. We cruised down the winding channels of the Mekong delta, past floating … Continue readingMekong Delta

On landing in Siem Reap my driver offered to take me on a dawn tour of the Angkor Wat temples the next day for a reasonable price. Unfortunately I forgot … Continue readingA Whistle-stop tour of Cambodia