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After ‘where was your favourite place?’, the next most common question I’ve been asked since I’ve got back is about the food and what I ate. The answer includes kangaroo, llama, steamed buns, curries, peanut butter, cocoa leaves, sorbets, civiche,…
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When the builders go home, the city of cranes falls eerily silent. With this much space and so many building sites it’s not really a surprise - there isn’t really the infrastructure to have bars, restaurants and the other entertainment that…
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Dunedin is a weird kind of a place. Everywhere I walked the street name was the same as back home, but the city has a very different feel. It was a flying visit out of curiosity, tagged into my trip…
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There’s always a big push for people to visit Sydney - it’s showcase sights (the Harbour Bridge, Opera House, etc.) are really what we think of when Australia is mentioned (if you’re super-alternative and think something else, well aren’t you…
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You know one of the first things I did when I got to Byron Bay? I messaged a couple of friends about ‘marvellous hippies’. Except the first word was an expletive virtually the antithesis of marvellous and began with an…
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Alice Springs is a curious sort of a place. It has real significance to some, it’s the closest this vast country has to a centre, and yet, well yet it’s got the decided feel of a place that no one…
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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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OK, so here’s the long and the short of it – I’ve quit my job, handed in notice on my flat and I’ve got a plane ticket that’s going to take me part way round the world at the start…
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