Following Cambodia and Thailand earlier in the year, another short trip was in order to ensure that this year's holiday quota was used for interesting purposes. Instead of going on my own, this time I went with my friend from school, Richard. Flying via Helsinki (to keep the cost down) Finnair delivered us in a safe and timely fashion into Delhi, the only downside was that it was 1am in the morning. We grabbed a taxi to Main Bazaar and the look on Richard's face when we got out the taxi was priceless. The filth and squalor was a bit of shock I think but totally as I remembered it. After refuting accusations of picking the worst location possible to stay at and reassuring Richard that the whole of India is in a similar state, we ... read more

Lots of sea, sun and great food. A quick week with Malin and Jim before heading home. Well worth the journey. Bali is great. ... read more

After an overnight bus journey from Bangkok to Nong Khai, I crossed the Thai Laos Friendship bridge over the Mekong River and into Laos. A short bus ride and I arrived into Vientiane, the capital city. After sleeping for most of the the day I had a look around, there is not much too see apart from the river and a few temples. Life in Laos relative to Thailand is a lot slower, for example there is hardly any traffic on the roads and given that Vientiane is the capital you would expect a little bit at least! So as I was on the roof of my hotel drinking some beers when I met a couple of Candian girls called Jen and Corinna, I ended up travelling with them for the duration of my stay in ... read more

So after an arduous 2 day journey out of India to Nepal I finally arrived in Pokhara only to be struck down by food poisoning, never mind... Before the horrific onset of the liquid conditions I did manage to get chatting to a couple of English guys called Gerry and Daren who were in Pokhara obtaining their Paragliding licences', I was exceptionally interested in their accounts of flying and so the seed was sown, I had to give it a try... After recovering I arranged to go trekking around Pokhara in the mountains and foothills of the Annapurna range for 6 days. Bisho, the manager of the Holy Mount Guesthouse where I was staying was great and arranged a guide/porter for me. There was no way I was going to carry my own bag and after ... read more

Copenhagen is home to 1 million people including all the suburbs and is a really cool city. The weather was amazing when I was there which according to Katrine with whom I stayed (my friend from India) is unusual for this time of year. There certainly is plenty to do here, you need a big wallet though as it is even more expensive than London!!! There is a law that no building can be higher than 5 storeys in the city and being that Denmark is virtually all at sea level you don't get many opportunities to see the city from a vantage point. There is however a very tall gothic church in Christian Town called Vorfrelsers Kirke (Our Saviours Church) which was well worth the climb as the views were excellent. It does not look ... read more