Tomatoes can be the most rewarding of vegetables. They are easy to grow from seed, and can be grown in… [more]
Just some of the sea life encountered on my last trip to the Camel Dive Club in Sharm El Sheikh. It's… [more]
Does Palau live up to all the hype? Well, yes it does. With a travel distance of over 13,000 km and… [more]
Just returned from another excellent diving trip to the Red Sea. Apart from the slightly cold weather,… [more]
Two weeks staying at Barefoot Cay - in between French Harbour and Brick Bay. Photo's are now up on flickr.… [more]
After a rather effecient taxi service (thanks to the Brophy) everything went downhill! Poor scanning and a mass drug search at Gatwick meant appalling queues and little time for a beer. Departure on time was followed by an incredible roller coaster ride(with a couple of hysteric Latvians) and a diversion to Tallinn – not the...
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With an altitude change of 5000 meters in two days, altitude sickness is a potential issue....
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If I haven’t already tried out some stupid sports, this ranks high up the list. An outfit called Bigfoot Hostel’s offer a Volcano boarding package at around $28. This 4.5-hour excursion will have you climbing to the top of Nicaragua’s ominous Cerro Negro volcano, only to mount a sit-down board and travel at speeds...
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While in recovery mode, I thought I'd look into a nice time filler - a round the world(aka rtw) trip. Avoiding the usual rtw flight tickets, I thought I try and integrate a number of overland routes.
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Not content with plugging my MacBookPro into the TV to watch movies, slideshows and the BBC iPlayer(and now SkyPlayer) I decided to splash out on a MacMini and AppleTV.
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Just a short boat ride from the resort is the small village called Labu Aji. Home to a small indigenous population, it’s the starting point for an exhilarating jeep ride into the jungle. Labu Aji is very traditional in make up, only recently having an electricity generator installed. The huts are of a rustic...
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