Bucket List: Running of the Bulls

EDIT 28TH SEPTEMBER 2016: I’ve rethought this and I admit my mistake. Barbaric, hugely wrong and should be banned. I’ll leave the info below to show how wrong I was, I’m sorry 🙁 Straight to the top 10 in my...

Tuesday’s Travel Rant: Walking escalator things

I’m not sure about the name of these things, but you know what I mean right? The conveyer belt things you find in airports and malls, where you walk on them and they move in the same direction thereby taking you to your destin...

Motivational Monday: Our Best Shot of Happiness is to Be True to Ourselves

Of course none of us know the meaning of life but I can tell you guys one thing, a good shot at it is to feel truly happy in what you do and to be truly happy with the person you are, after that the rest is a breeze. It sounds so simple yet...

When Is Oktoberfest, and what is it anyway?!

When Is Oktoberfest, and what is it anyway?! Anyone self-respecting backpacking boozer will know exactly what, when and where this amazing festival is held. However, on the off chance it’s slipped your mind through some drunken stupo...

Tuesday’s Travel Rant: Ordering Food

I don’t speak your language, and for that I’m sorry, and I do appreciate that you’re trying to speak to me in English. The menu looks good, I’m absolutely starving, I’m going to order exactly what I...

Motivational Monday: Your time is finite, but it belongs to you

Loy Krathong Festival – Thailand

Another Awesome Thai Festival: I’ve waxed lyrical about the Thai festival ‘Song Kran’ on my site countless times before, but Loi Krathing is another festival that should demand your attendance too. Less chaotic and fast...

The Top 5 Places to Visit in Cairo

The Top 5 Places to Visit in Cairo I spend a lot of time in Cairo these days. It’s my hop-off spot for the tours that I run to Socotra, Yemen so I know the city pretty well these days. If you want to know how to spend 1, 2 or 3...

Tuesday’s Travel Rant: Tuk Tuk Drivers

Getting from A to B shouldn’t be so difficult, nor should it cost double the real fare. Furthermore, if I want a tuk-tuk (which is unlikely), I’ll search for one. There are few things more infuriating in the world than getting...

Spend the afternoon. You can't take it with you

Motivational Monday: “But I’ll be jeopardising my future if I do that”

You’ve always wanted to see the world. You constantly see pictures of the most amazing sights, and you dream of being the one who took them. Your mind floats to the Serengeti, Peru, the Northern Lights. You want your friends to be je...

Tuesday Travel Rant: Air Conditioning in South East Asia

Ok Mr Businessman, you have spent $500 on a brand-spanking new air-con unit, well done. And yes, it is bloody hot outside like someone just had a new boiler installed and using the air-con unit is completely acceptable. However, it’s...

Follow your inner moonlight, dont hide the madness

Motivational Monday: Don’t Miss Your Opportunity

It’s Monday again and the weekly grind may be kicking in round about now but it doesn’t have to, not if you really want your life to be something different, something exciting, something fun. It’s scary but it’s...