I know I have not yet posted anything on the four-country drive we undertook a few days ago, or about our stay in Cannes -- still to come. I just had to post a quick few shots I took last night coming home from sushi in Moncao... I will say that the road trip continues: today we leave Cannes (and the largest collection of D&G, Chanel and Dior Sunglasses in the world) and head back toward the UK. I am hoping we will real Lascaux tonight so we can see the caves in the morning. [View Full Entry]

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My arrival back in London, or actually my flight over Paris on the way to London, marked my first ever complete “round the world” experience. To recap, in the past 6 months I have travelled roughly this route (I say roughly because there are a few side trips I have left out): London - Paris - Miami - Vancouver - Kelowna - Vancouver - Los Angeles - Tokyo - Hong Kong- Singapore - Bali - Lombok - Gili Trawangan - Bali - Bangkok - Phuket - Bangkok - Bali - Jogjakarta - Bali - Gili Trawangan - Bali - Bangkok - [View Full Entry]

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Sorry the late listing. I have had no access to the net and in fact I am not even sure if this listing will show as the net access I am using is some old-fashion thing called "dilup" apparently! Anyway, I flew rather uneventfully home with my recently injured (possibly broken metatarsal) foot and passed through Joburg in my shortest ever visit to South Africa. One thing worth of note is that Joburg International has, as well as the normal international duty-free and obligatory African curio shops, a small place (turn left after passport control) where you can get a 20 [View Full Entry]

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Driving into Ngorongoro crater is unlike anything else in the world. I often joke that Ngorongoro is really more like a zoo than a nature reserve but when we crested the crater wall and looked down into the crater I felt chastised -- it is one of the most glorious and stunning pieces of land in the world, without question. The crater is something like 20 miles across and when you are in the middle you can see the crater wall towering above you on all sides - it is quite an experience. Ngornogoro is exactly how I have always imagined [View Full Entry]

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Not much to say... just wanted to share a few more pics.... [View Full Entry]

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I have been to some of the great wild life areas of Africa like the Kruger National Park, the Okavango delta and many others. I had even visited the Serengeti plains, the Ngorongoro crater and Lake Manyara but I had never before been to Selous. Selous is a massive park, bigger even than Kruger and 2 years older. It is pronounced ‘se loos’ and was named after an English soldier, Frederick Courtney Selous, who was shot in the park during a skirmish with German soldiers in World War One. Just like many of my destinations of the past few months, I [View Full Entry]

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I decided to go for a walk outside the hotel. The sun was pounding down, and the air hot and sticky. The streets were crowded with people buying and selling a variety of things from fresh fruit to strappy sandals. I saw a small stall selling sugar cane - yes please, I will take two. I put on in my pocked and ate the other. The one in my pocket was a bit too long and protruded by about half its length. My phone, normally clipped to my belt at the back, was not attached at the front as a [View Full Entry]

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What a long day. It started in Bangkok yesterday when I boarded my flight to Singapore. A four hour wait, and some excellent electronics shopping (including an underwater case for my IPOD Nano!) and I boarded the long flight to Joburg. It was a treat though with lie-flat beds and in-seat power for my laptop so I could get in a few episodes of ALIAS before I fell asleep for the rest of he flight. Arriving in Joburg was strange because I had not been to SA in such a long time (normally I am there every few months). But more [View Full Entry]

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So my friend Jesse says, "What are you doing tomorrow?" "No plans," I say. "What you got in mind?" "I am going to the Bangkok Hilton -- you wanna come?" Well, since I was already staying at the Bangkok Hilton I assumed he meant The Tiger (the infamous Bangkwang Prison). Yep, it turned out he was planning to go and see one of the Canadians serving a Life Sentence. So off we went, two quick boat rides, a not so easy taxi ride (they are never really easy in BKK) and a short walk later we arrive at the Prison. And [View Full Entry]

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The day started two days ago at the Bounty - a backpacker bar/club in Kuta. No, actually, it started at the memorial (Bali Bomb II) just down the street from the Bounty. Having been here several times in the last two months I have seen the Memorial several times. In fact, it is where I met Jack Augusto, the man who would later go on to steal my van and abandon me in Yogya -- see earlier article). When I had seen the memorial before -- and the empty lot where Paddy's used to be -- I had read the names [View Full Entry]

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