Foreigners Need Vaccinations Too
While most countries in the world are keen to get travel and tourism off the ground again, families are being reunited and digital nomads are back on the move after […]
While most countries in the world are keen to get travel and tourism off the ground again, families are being reunited and digital nomads are back on the move after […]
Travelling is all about discovery – and I just love to find new things. The good news is that they’re usually positive experiences: a little restaurant on the beach in […]
If you think you can avoid McDonald’s when you travel then you better be going to North Korea or Cuba. McDonald’s “restaurants” look the same everywhere: cheery decor; bored staff attending […]
Long before air conditioning, ATMs, email and mobile phones travelling was a tricky, lonely, expensive business – it still can be. Indeed, we travellers tire of out-of-touch homebodies telling us […]
Long journeys are never easy to endure but following a few basic guidelines makes it more comfortable for you, your fellow traveller and the airline staff. Most of these tips […]
The characters that one meets in bars around the world are truly fascinating. Indeed, I have met many friends in this manner. This most recent  international “freakspotting” was in Taipei, […]
It’s the question that most regular travellers despise more than “would you please step this way for an intimate body search?” The most unneccessary, the most irritating and the most […]
Ahmed, a 27-year-old Syrian passport holder living in the UAE was denied a visa to the UK to attend uncle’s wedding 3 years ago. He had a good job in […]
Here we grow again! Another year and another big thank you to you for carefully researching your next overseas adventures with me. Even if you are killing time at work […]
There were two of us who moved into this squalid little hole in Asakusa, a studio apartment. It was mid-summer many, many years ago. We needed somewhere for our last […]