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Binga Waterfalls
Angola
Sri Lanka in Feb 2018 was one of my fave ever trips, as much for the place itself (which I’m sure...
Philopappos Hill
Athens
Three reasons for this post: 1) My phone of five years is gradually dying, so I’m conscious of...
Bamboo Train
Battambang
 I’ve been missing Cambodia a lot lately.   Obviously, I left a big part of me behind upon departure...
Mount Fuji
Mount Fuji
Made a typically eleventh-hour decision to climb Mount Fuji last week. It was actually my second choice...
Chichén Itzá
Mexico
GETTING IN 4:20am in San Ignacio and I was getting ready to scamper out onto the main highway (conveniently...
San Ignacio
San Ignacio (Belize)
Acatenango and Tikal were among Central America’s foremost highlights for me, but my experience...
Acatenango
Guatemala
GETTING IN As mentioned here, after receiving a spiritual battering courtesy of Nicaragua’s chicken...
La Unión
La Unión (El Salvador)
After Nicaragua, my goal was to speed through Honduras and reach Guatemala ASAP. This wasn’t anything...
Ometepe
Nicaragua
GETTING IN Despite my best efforts, I was unable to convince staff at the Monteverde bus terminal to...
La Fortuna
Costa Rica
GETTING IN I woke up at 5:30am in Boquete, Panama, to catch the first bus heading to David, the main...
Guna Yala
Panama
BACKGROUND Mexico and Central America have long formed the most glaring ‘gap’ in my map of...
Solitaire
Namibia
Astonishing, alien landscapes. A scam artist with a busload of Zimbabwean migrants. The most magical...
Charyn Canyon
Kazakhstan
WHY? ‘Why Kazakhstan?’ was a constant question from friends as well as locals in the country...
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Mount Kilimanjaro
I’ve been fortunate enough to have suffered a whole array of near-death experiences at this stage...
Wanaka
New Zealand
New Zealand may well be the most important trip I’ve ever taken. Rewind back to late 2023. After...
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Torres del Paine
It had taken over three decades of existence, but by early 2019 I’d gotten myself to a stage where...
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China
I’ve forever been a guy who swings between ridiculous extremes, so after years of living modestly...
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Cambodia
It all began in Cambodia.  Actually, it began many years earlier – I’d had a tome called Wonders...