I wrote this blog post almost two years ago, but I’ve adapted certain aspects to make it slightly more time-appropriate. Bank continues to be one of my best friends, and someone who I took great pleasure in meeting up with in his home country of Thailand when I was in Bangkok in August last year. …
I’d just finished a gym session in Taiwan and was making my way back to my apartment through some rather persistent rain. It came as a welcome relief from the sweltering heat that we’d been facing for weeks on end and it was also a cooling agent for my over exuberantly flushed face; fresh from …
After tramping around South East Asia with nothing but a small backpack full of clothes and essentials to keep me going, it was a welcome relief to finally arrive at the last destination on our journey; Hong Kong. It was also where we would make our long awaited reunion visit with a great friend of …
Have you ever had an idea which you’ve wanted to share with the world? An idea which you felt would have an over-arching impact on society and the planet as a whole? Maybe you’ve identified a problem in society and have also figured out the solution that will remedy that problem? Ever wondered how to …
When I opened my ‘Travel With Me’ competition, I did so with the sole intention of finding someone unique and interesting to join me on a journey. Someone who had the same amount of passion for travelling as I do and who’d be able to offer me a different dynamic to life on the road …
In April 2014 some friends and I took a trip to Valais, in Switzerland, where we stayed in a Chalet which was situated on top of a mountain. Five of us went from The Netherlands to Switzerland in my car, which took us around eight hours – and a sixth friend; Olivia, flew down from Dusseldorf …
Where in the world would you expect to watch a man take the shoes off your feet, produce a manky old toothbrush, dip it in some soapy water and then scrub the mildly dirty rubber on your footwear for less than two minutes, all before looking you dead in the eye and demanding twenty-five of …
I WAS BORN WITH AN EXTREMELY RARE genetic disability that affects every joint in my body from head to toe. At birth, I was one of only four individuals to suffer from my particular syndrome in the whole of the UK. The way in which my disability impacts my day-to-day life includes such things as …
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Te Papa National Museum is the No.1 tourist attraction throughout the whole of New Zealand, with in excess of 1.5 million visitors passing through the doors on an annual basis – an impressive number indeed when considering that the population of New Zealand stands at a modest 4.5 million. As you make your way through …
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I hope you enjoy reading about my previous misfortunes when it comes to dealing with visa’s. I really ought to have learnt my lesson by now! I have a real problem with visa’s. Call me lackadaisical, call me forgetful, call me whatever you want, but the fact of the matter is, I consistently fail to …