
Shivering in the cold, I hopped onto the mountain bike, awaiting the go-ahead to start the 3700-metre descent. I gripped the handlebars, my white knuckles…

Photo by Karl Fredrickson. I’m an atheist. It’s never normally hard for me to admit that. But last time I settled myself in a city overseas,…

I trudged up the stairs to my house, listless and exhausted after nine hours in my cubicle. After a half-hearted hello to my father sitting…

A great deal can be learned about a country from a single train ride. If the eyes are the window to a person’s soul, then…

oIt was 7am in the Sahara Desert, the sun was about to rise and I was going to miss it because I could no longer…

I woke most mornings at sunrise – mainly because Thailand has a way of helping you get to the toilet in a hurry. I’d shuffle…

We were staying in a nomad camp in the middle of the steppe. There were about 10 bottles of vodka in the back of the…

There’s a thump, and the sound of skidding tires. A muffled screech makes its way out of my mouth as I furiously clutch at the…

Alright, so you’re in Amsterdam and your crew is mobilised and you’re all ready to embark on a psychedelic journey of the senses, or whatever…

We may have got our travel timing a little wrong on our last day in Iceland, which meant we had a meagre two hours to…

As an Australian, I’m accustomed to approaching all living things in the wilderness with trepidation, fearing that any bite, scratch, or sting could well be…