Every once in a while I share a brief funny/weird/cool/unfortunate story from my many travels around the world. Rather than providing you with a guide to the destination or experience, these are just my travel short stories to show you what can happen when you go to explore the great wide world.
When you plan a trip up around the Arctic Circle, there are a few things you immediately want to see and do. They’re the kind of iconic experiences that places like Lapland in Finland are …
What would you be prepared to do in exchange for a ride when hitchhiking? Because my friend and I received a rather strange request when hitchhiking in Kosovo. Don’t worry, it was nothing sinister and …
Early on during my time visiting Georgia it became clear that food was going to be an important part of my experience there. Like many things with Georgia, the cuisine was unlike anything I’d really …
While venturing through Andalusia, Spain last year I decided to make a quick side trip to Barcelona to meet up with friends from Australia who were holidaying in Europe. Organised rather hastily, I hadn’t done any …
While visiting Colombia in 2015, I was keen to head up the Caribbean coast to see Parque Tayrona, which I had heard was quite special. I had only initially intended on seeing Cartagena and Bogotá …
As someone who has travelled for most of my life, I’ve had the good fortune to fly many, many times. However, in all those years I had never experienced flying in a light aircraft. Last …
Border crossings usually aren’t very much fun. They’re generally stern places, home to queues and bureaucracy. And tedious! I just want to get that passport stamp and get excited about venturing into the next new …
The Honduran island of Roatan lies off the country’s coast in the Caribbean Sea and was one of many fun places I visited on my tour through Central America. As can be expected for a …
One of the big sights when visiting Peru and Bolivia is Lake Titicaca, the highest navigable lake in the world. One of the true highlights of visiting this region is Isla del Sol, a beautiful …
One of the fun activities to do when visiting Finnish Lapland, besides seeing the Northern Lights, is to go dog sledding with Siberian huskies. With a spare day in the city of Rovaniemi in northern …