These Corners of the World

My African Safari - Day 12 (The end of the road)

While I wasn't due to leave Africa just yet - future plans included exploration of the area around Kilimanjaro followed by a few more da

My African Safari - Day 10 (Lion prides from Serengeti to Ngorongoro)

Driving cautiously around the back of Pride Rock, we caught an even more majestic sight - an enormous male lion, bulging with muscles, lay q

My African Safari - Day 5 (Getting up close and personal with white rhinos)

A few days later I befriended a different guide, and I asked him what kind of dangerous situations he had encountered as part of his job. He

My African Safari - Day 4 (Escaping death by lion)

Never in my life will I ever forget the sound of that poor gazelle's bones crunching and compressing within the jaws of that fearsome ca

EuroTrip 2017 - Week 4 (Making friends in Dracula's Romania)

In Romanian mythology, the Strigoi were the troubled spirits of the dead rising from the grave. Some strigoi can be living people with certa

EuroTrip 2017 - Week 3 (The time I got stranded on a bear- and wolf-infested mountain in Bulgaria)

started to walk a little bit further away from him. He followed. He asked me something in Bulgarian. I said no. He began to gesture to the

EuroTrip 2017 - Week 2 (Vienna and Budapest)

While I was saddened to leave the beautiful landscapes and laid back vibes of Bratislava, Austria was calling. For transport between the...

Dubai - Day Three (Souks and Temples)

You will get a lot of people coming up to you trying to sell you watches and handbags and scarves, but they are not very aggressive and will

Dubai - Day Two (Fun at the water park!)

Those daring to get on the ride have to step into these see through tubes. The door is then closed around you, and locked. A button is press

Cycling the Camino de Santiago - Day 21 (Exploring Santiago de Compostela before heading home)

I'm afraid I didn't leave myself much time to explore Santiago de Compostela. I was due to fly out only a day after rolling in. But, I'm...

Cycling the Camino de Santiago - Day 20 (The end of the road)

It took me almost three weeks, but I finally made it to Santiago de Compostela. Rolling into the outskirts of the city, dusty and hungry...

Cycling the Camino de Santiago - Day 19 (Sleeping in a monastery)

This morning I was bitten by a dog... and tonight I am sleeping in a monastery. Today is a strange day. It started routinely enough. I...

Cycling the Camino de Santiago - Day 18 (My first flat tyre)

I've been on the road for almost three weeks now, and managed to avoid getting a flat tyre. Unfortunately, that streak ended today. I was...

Cycling the Camino de Santiago - Day 17 (A long slog up to O Cebreiro)

I've noticed somewhat of a strange phenomenon taking place recently. It seems the longer I go on for, the further I get, the less I seem...

Cycling the Camino de Santiago - Day 16 (In the eye of the storm at the top of the Camino)

Today was a long, long day. And an incredibly wet one. I knew in advance that today was going to be tough. All the guide books agree...