Category Archives: 2011 Nomad Adventure

Nothing better than when at 39,000 feet to reflect on the travel that has been and experienced. Again a ridiculous honour and privilege to undertake something like travelling. An incredibly humbling, fortunate and obscenely lucky thing to do. Once again … Continue reading →

So I have returned to Singapore for another week after trooping about SE Asia, China and Taiwan for three weeks in between. This time in Singapore, I didn’t come having to love it and find the positives in everything… and … Continue reading →

I knew I had limited time to get to Beijing from Laos for a spot of work but still, after being on the road for a while it was a question of what do I do in China for a … Continue reading →

The most amazing phlegmming, snotting, spitting, hawking place on the face of the earth and anywhere to deposit it is fine – restaurant, train floor, next to your foot, anywhere! The men are pigs at best and have this brashness … Continue reading →

Not sure about my overall impressions of Laos as they got dictated to by the number of days I was there. Spent a couple of days in Vientiane the capital which was pleasant but I was stationed in the middle … Continue reading →

My highlights of Thailand Spending (not enough) time with three English teachers 1.5 hours away on the outskirts ofBangkokand seeing their world Camping at a military base on the beach with the only other campers being a group of local … Continue reading →

I like manners and feel lucky to have been brought up with a pretty good set of strict manners. When it is drummed into you from your mother it is a reminder and never a happy thing but in the … Continue reading →

After a lesson in border control and international diplomacy (being sent back on the flight from Singapore to Hanoi after not having a Vietnamese visa on Monday) I thought it best to get my Chinese visa now ahead of the … Continue reading →

As a part of my recent travels I was lucky to spend a couple of weeks in Germany. Mainly to visit my best friend and his family and Rach’s German family from yester-year but I also got a strong sense … Continue reading →

With only a day on the countryside and two days in Prague how good could Czech be? Bloody great! A mentioned in Poland it was a walk over the border into Czech. There we jumped on a train with no … Continue reading →