View of beach and mountains in background, in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, South America

A South American Adventure Begins

It recently occurred to me that I haven’t ventured further than mainland Europe in over five years. A fact which I found somewhat alarming. This is hardly the form of a man who has previously boasted about wanting to visit every country in the world.  It goes without saying that the pandemic hasn’t helped matters, …

The Negative Side to Travelling as a Wheelchair User

Seeing as it’s been quite some time since my last blog post, I thought I’d ease myself back into it by writing a piece on some of the less-advantageous aspects of travelling the world with a wheelchair. Truth be told, aside from flitting back and forth to the Netherlands for exams/dissertation business, I’ve not really …

Accessible Romania: part two – with Sano Touring.

For those who read the first installment of this blog post: Accessible Romania : part one, welcome back. For those who haven’t – also welcome! Have you ever thought about visiting Romania? Would you be interested in finding out more about Accessible Romania and Sano Touring? Well, you’ve come to the right place. What can I …

Chasing Castles and Extreme Weather en route to Romania.

Have you ever been faced with a mammoth challenge, just as you’ve started to come down with a heavy cold? Well how about tackling a 1,700 mile (2,735 kilometre) drive from Newcastle upon Tyne in the UK to Cluj, Romania? This feat, is something which I’ve just pulled off – coughing and spluttering my way …

“How do you manage to travel with your wheelchair?”

A little while ago I wrote a blog post answering what was then the most popular question posed to me; “why are you in a wheelchair?”. If you’d like to see my answer, you can do so by clicking HERE! There’s now a new question which is possibly overtaken the previous as my new most …

How to get from Hanoi to HaLong Bay: a wheelchair users experience.

As we approached the start of a suspension bridge that connects Vietnam’s north-east mainland to the small island of Tuan Chau, the bus we’d been travelling on for the past three and half hours came to an abrupt stop. My friend and I were then ushered off and handed our bags; it had an air …