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…
My Spanish teacher in Puerto Escondido dressed like the Fonz and liked to flaunt the collection of selfies on his blackberry. The photos were always edited in really outdated camera…
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…
