The traffic, the markets, the street hawkers, the grime; the food carts, the temples, the madness, the crime… it’s what makes this iconic South-East Asian capital buzz. It’s what you think of when you hear the word ‘Bangkok’. But way above the steam and noise of Bangkok’s sprawling, festering street life, serenity can be found. … Read more
Why is Australia so damn freaky?! We’ve travelled a fair bit around this amazing island continent and it has never failed to impress me with its weird-ass beauty. It’s the Cameron Diaz of countries: sometimes it looks like a class A model, other times it’s so strange, it just looks wrong. Early explorers didn’t have … Read more
Growing up in England, the only swimming pools I knew of were the municipal ones, full of verrucas and floating Band Aids – and the outdoor one of my preschool. That’s right, my preschool had an outdoor pool. In England. Teachers would make us children learn to swim in this horrible chlorine-rich soup in the … Read more
Tell me you don’t like the idea of a Pacific island holiday and watch me laugh in your face! Everyone does. There’s no theory, reason, or evidence that you could produce that would make me change my mind. I tell you what, let’s do it the other way round. Let me tell you some things … Read more
Here we are again. Monday. But it’s not all bad. Here are some amazing photos of a far-away place that’ll grease the rails to help you through the week. This Monday, Vanuatu in the South Pacific. Click here for our full review on Efate Island and Port Vila – Vanuatu’s capital. If you want to … Read more
Want to see something beautiful enough to drag you out of your weekday funk? Ready to unshoulder the burden of work for a little while? Escape with us to Zante, Greece – just for a little while! Zante – or Zakynthos to its locals – has a rare coastal treasure. In 1980, the Greek navy … Read more
“Let’s just stick a pin in a map and go there.” It’s a romantic idea, isn’t it? But have any of us really followed it through? Whenever I try it, I usually hit an ocean or a desert or a slum. Fail! Well, there is a place that, wherever the pin lands, you’re guaranteed incredible … Read more
The dust on the road was thick enough for us to look back and feel like spacemen. Our footprints, three inches deep, showed us the progress we had made as the sun burnt down and Tanna Island dared us to find our private piece of Vanuatu. It’s only a 45 minute flight south from Vanuatu’s … Read more
The drive to Perugia from Rome really isn’t a big deal. If you’re Italian. I’m not Italian and it was an escapade that – although surrounded by the most beautiful scenery you can imagine – was heroic. It’s a word I like to use about my driving as often as possible. As we made our … Read more
We’re driving through an industrial estate somewhere in Tuscany and our GPS doesn’t even know where we’re going, sending us down a dirt lane way. We’ve been driving a fair bit through the Tuscan countryside already by this point, so we’re not put off by the unsealed road. Here’s our post on how to spend … Read more