Every now and then it’s good to do something different. It’s December and the 25th is rapidly approaching where most people are either still attending christmas parties, stressing about presents, preparing to travel home for christmas or just sick of the whole prescribed experience (mostly the shopping and cookery programmes). So, what can you do [...]
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Where to buy quality gourmet sausages in London
The summer is here which can mean only one thing, rain. However, even in the UK we do have a couple of good days which necessitate the unboxing of the rarely used BBQ. Ignoring the usual fish and steaks, sausages are probably the best barbecuing food – only if the sausage is of top quality. [...]
Photosynths taken in and around Cyprus
Just got back from a quiet but pleasant week in Pissouri, Cyprus. Pissouri is a quiet little village away from the holiday hot spots of Paphos (Pafos), Limassol and Larnaka. Set up in the hills, you have easy access to several significant archaeological sites dotted along the B6 cost road. In the town itself, there’s [...]
How to pledge on a Kickstarter project from the UK
Kickstarter is the online threshold pledge system for funding creative projects. Kickstarter has funded a diverse array of endeavors,ranging from indie film and music tojournalism and food-related projects. I’m currently backing two of the projects -the Coffee Joulies and GoPano Micro for the iPhone both of which have already met their respective funding targets. Great [...]
Guilin, the forest of Sweet Osmanthus
As with most of the newer airports in China, Guilin airport is clean and efficient. Unfortunately, the taxis waiting outside are not! Why is it that you can provide chinese translations of both hotel name and address but you still have to endure the inevitable phone call with the drivers friend who speaks perfect English [...]
Moscow – Trains and Ladies
Arriving at Leningradski station bang on the schedule time is a pleasant surprise – getting a taxi is not! So, being from London I head straight for the Tube. Ah, first issue with maps and guides printed in the west – they’re all in English and don’t have a Russian Cyrillic translation. So it’s a [...]
Palau, Malapascua and too many airports
Traveling to Palau is no easy task – I chose to fly Emirates to Manila via Dubai, then Continental Micronesia to Palau. On paper the stop overs looked a good idea, break up the travel, eat some food, do a little shopping but in the end it more than doubled the travel time.Something to bear [...]
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