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I love going on an adventure. I’ve had the travel bug so long as I can remember, there’s something about discovering new places and flavours that I absolutely love. Here you will find tales of travel and adventures that almost always involve food, drinks and some mildly ridiculous story. Enjoy.
I’ve landed in Kuala Lumpur. It’s early evening, the sun’s just setting and it’s 31 degrees. It takes me less than an evening to realise why people fall in love with South East Asia. Endless sunshine, temperatures that don’t seem to…
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I aways new my time in Hong Kong would be limited, so could I really justify taking a day out of that time? Well, for a day trip to Macau it seemed like a good idea. In the end, well,…
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Landing in Hong Kong is an experience. You know you’re coming in to land, you know there are mere seconds left in the air, but the descent is over water. And you’re still over water. Which is far closer to…
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Sitting on the wall outside a hotel I’m not staying at when it’s 6:30am and -8ºC. That is when you start to question your choices. You suddenly start to wonder whether it’s all that impressive, if it will be worth…
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I don’t know about you, but the Beijing Olympics came at just the right time to intrigue me about Beijing. It looked strange, mysterious; a combination of this world and a mythical one filled with dragons and temples. I guess I’ve…
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There are some days when life just doesn’t seem to be on your side. I had one such day last Wednesday. Unfortunately it was also the morning I had to get across Shanghai before I had any coffee, to get to the…
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How does the metro system cope? The Shanghai Metro seems to be utterly packed, regardless of the time of day. My big bag certainly isn’t drawing welcoming looks - that is until my hood slips and my dirty blond hair (for…
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Packing in Beijing feels odd. It’s the end of my time on the Chinese Mainland, and it’s both a good and a bad feeling. I’ve had an amazing time here and in Shanghai - I’ve seen the glittering lights of…
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At the risk of stating the obvious, there are differences between Abu Dhabi and Edinburgh in January. Normally you spot cars from outside the city by the snow on them, here it’s the layer of sand and dust. A city…
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