Even at 5.30 am, Delhi’s Nizamuddin Station is a kaleidoscope of color. A maddening cacophony of sounds seething with waves […]
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Cycle Touring Australia and Beyond
I love bicycle touring and have ridden from Melbourne to Darwin, Melbourne to Adelaide, Melbourne to Cooktown, Pert to Melbourne and toured around Victoria and Tasmania. In 2015 I rode around the world! In 2017 6000kms half way around Australia then another 4000kms Helsinki to Athens via Scandinavia. Where to next?
Bye Bye Bangkok
Vientiane gives off a particular aroma, I pinned it down to a heady mix of duck soup Mekong River weed […]

Laid Back in Laos
At Chiang Kong, Thailand, we crossed the Friendship Bridge to Houayxay, Laos. Excited to be taking the slow boat along […]

Thailand to Laos it’s all Part of the Plan
It was relaxing rocking away to the rhythmic swaying of the number 1 overnight train from Bangkok to Chiang Mai. […]

Trains through Thailand
What kid didn’t want to grow up and drive trains? I met a guy once who was a train driver […]

Bangkok Sans Bicycles
It was cold in Paris; all hunched shoulders and hard faces. Europe is turning in on itself closing the borders […]

Plan B: Boxed up in Bordeaux
The sleepy seaside village of Ares has been beautiful. How quickly we become creatures of habit. Over the week here, […]

The Call of the Camino
It’s difficult to make small talk in a language you’re not competent in, especially if you are the only one […]

Avast Me Hearties!
The Bay of Biscay was once a notorious hunting ground for all kinds of Pirates and privateers. Those murdering raping […]

Autumn Cycling Across the Seas
I’m in the autumn of my life, cycling the last of the Canal de Nantes a Brest. Sticky ripe acorns […]