8 hours in Bangkok
Bangkok is a bit like eating your favourite meal in a sauna full of sweaty men: Deliciously uncomfortable, invading all the senses. From the moment you touch down and the sweat starts forming you are assailed from all sides: The air that lays heavy in your mouth as you breathe it in, its scent a [...]
I was a sunrise virgin
We rose at 430am and were on the road by 5am, reaching the entrance some minutes later. Then it was just a breathless 20 minute trek to the summit. Beneath the light of the full moon the beautifully barren, lonely landscape was suffused with its own ethereal, extra terrestrial glow. To the right the path [...]
Snowfall
The last time I was in Switzerland was December 2006 and a white Christmas it was not. No frost, no snow capped mountains, no snowflakes. Not one. This time I was hoping for snow. And I was not disappointed. There’s something quite magical about falling snow in the countryside. The air becomes muffled and inert, [...]
Cycle Dodging
Amsterdam is a city for walkers and cyclists. Sorry, motorists, but you don’t stand a chance. Tiny cobblestoned allies sit wedged between numerous canals and lopsided houses. The greatest danger you’ll face while out and about is being taken down by one of Amsterdam’s bicycle wielding citizens or losing yourself to itself famous haze. I [...]
Concrete Art
In 2007 I lived in Geneva for two months. It was weeks of wanderings and discovering the city but at the time I had no camera to document my rambles. I returned in February 2010 to a overcast, frozen city that my feet still knew their way around. Check out pictures from my daily wanders [...]
Jet Stream
The skies over Zurich are never clear. From dawn till dusk and all through the night trails of jet stream criss cross the sky. People come and go from Zurich all day. Some arriving, others departing and a few lost in a transit. I chose to stay awhile and explore its streets. I only managed [...]
How Now, Macau
One hour by boat from Hong Kong is the ex-Portuguese Colony of Macau. A strange blend of Asian culture, old Portuguese architecture and a Las Vegas attitude to gambling it provided a highly entertaining 12 hours. My attitude to gambling is generally “But…I like my money”, however with a little convincing from Kyle I decided [...]
Khmer Rogue
When I was twelve years old I found this book at the library. It was full of images and information about stunning natural and man made phenomena around the world. And I devoured it. I dutifully copied out, alphabetically and sorted by continent, all the places I wanted to travel to when I grew up. [...]
Solo in the old iron curtain
In November 2006 I farewelled my University life. Two weeks later I was on a plane to Europe. For six months I lived in Switzerland and then Ireland. In the summer, I embarked, solo on my Eastern European adventure. Berlin will always be a city in my heart. Poland was too little time for too [...]
Its all gone Hong Kong
Slick, stylish and modern, with pockets of tradition still hiding out in Kowloon, this is Hong Kong.
