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Is Eindhoven the coolest city in The Netherlands?

by Geordie TravellerAccessible Travel Reviews, The Blog August 7, 2017January 7, 202121 Comments

Toronto, Sydney, Wellington, Eindhoven, – you’d be forgiven for assuming that the latter city doesn’t belong in such company, but then again, you’d be wrong. What causes me to group these four cities together has nothing to do with size, climate, or geographical location, but rather that all four of these awesome cities share the same hip and cool vibe, mixed perfectly with a dash of style and the arts and finished off with a …

Tackling Tokyo in a Wheelchair

by Geordie TravellerAccessible Guides May 7, 2017January 7, 2021Comments are Disabled

Since returning from Tokyo the most frequently asked question I’ve received has been; ‘how was Japan?’ or ‘what was it like tackling Tokyo in a wheelchair?’. After carefully considering my response, my condensed answer is now always; ‘Japan was beautifully unexpected’. Despite never having prioritised visiting Japan in the past, once I caught wind of the fact that Cathay Pacific UK would be keen to send me to Tokyo to investigate accessibility ahead of the 2020 …

CitizenM Tower of London: Is this one of the capitals coolest hotels?

by Geordie TravellerAccessible Travel Reviews March 26, 2017April 27, 20202 Comments

A few weeks ago I was offered the chance to stay at citizenM Tower of London, which is a wonderful centrally located hotel, right in the heart of London town. I’d previously heard a lot about the chain and there many hotels – stemming from New York to Amsterdam – and I’d always been keen to check out what all the hype was about! Their website boasts of welcoming you to a ‘new kind of …

2016 – a year in review

by Geordie TravellerThe Blog January 8, 20174 Comments

I saw in 2016 absolutely smashed, in a bar in Taiwan, chatting with a group of guys from a Kazakh circus troupe and impressing them with my limited Russian and my (apparently) humorous use of Russian swear words. That particular night ended in a hearty discussion with a guy named Steve – an awesome Kiwi bloke who was just full of knowledge on a mass array of topics, from rugby to the legend that was David …

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Clinton Campaign Event, Visiting an Air Base and Sleeping in a Car!

by Geordie TravellerThe Blog December 12, 2016Comments are Disabled

So the last you heard from me I was recounting the story of stopping off in Pennsylvania and almost getting myself in trouble with the police. As mentioned in my previous post I then drove on through to Dayton Ohio and dropped off the passenger I had travelling with me, before making my way to the ladies house where I was staying for the night thanks to the awesomeness of Couchsurfing. After a great first …

Avoiding the cops in Pennsylvania

by Geordie TravellerThe Blog November 23, 2016One Comment

I know, I’m crap at keeping up to date with my blog. I’m sorry for any of you who actually noticed my absence. I suppose a good place to start would be from where I left off, last time. If you check my last post, I was explaining how I rather embarrassingly crashed my rental car whilst driving through the outskirts of New York City. If you haven’t already read about this hilarity, you can …

That time I crashed a rental car in NYC

by Geordie TravellerThe Blog October 29, 20162 Comments

After 48hrs in NYC I knew it was simply too expensive to stay there. Although getting around the city had been fairly easy in my wheelchair (apart from a few subway stations where the elevator was out of order), the cost of staying in any of the accommodation choices on offer was just way too astronomical. As for Couch Surfing in Manhattan – fat chance. So on my third day in New York I headed …

Homeless in NYC!

by Geordie TravellerThe Blog October 8, 20165 Comments

Just a quick note before today’s blog post, if you haven’t already seen the entry from yesterday then please click on the following link > goo.gl/9BDdnf < in order to catch up to where we’re about to begin from today! So, after a quality sleep at the Sofitel Hotel in Terminal 5 I boarded my rearranged flight and headed across the Atlantic Ocean to the USA! I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t nervous. …

First time I've ever missed a flight!

by Geordie TravellerThe Blog October 7, 2016Comments are Disabled

A little under three weeks ago I set off on a journey to the United States. This was my first visit in over twenty years, and when counting countries, I’d always included the US as I had actually been to San Francisco when I was 6 years old. But this trip to New York City was an opportunity to ‘officially’ check the USA off my list seeing as I was returning for a 2nd time …

One of the worst days I've had – British Airways to the rescue!

by Geordie TravellerThe Blog October 2, 2016Comments are Disabled

What started out as being one of the most emotionally challenging days of my life has quickly become one of the best travel experiences I’ve ever had. The day’s antics started a little over 24 hours ago, with a frantic trip across NYC as myself and Emilija tried to make it to Newark Airport in time for her evening flight to Oslo. We barely made it, however; a slight delay to her flight meant that …