It seems my body really doesn’t want to go to Costa Rica – for the last week it been fighting against me. Whether its backache, headache, toothache or a last minute cold, an unhealthy dose of Lemsip Max got me onto the plane without the officials grounding me under suspicion of Swine Flu. The second [...]
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Bangkok – Day One – Bangkok, Thailand
At security it’s very noticeable they’re checking everyone by race. The only white guy that got checked was someone who thought it would be a good idea to go through a metal detector in cowboy boots with a two-inch metal heel. He got through security but was shortly carted off by the fashion police instead, [...]
Sleepy – Cancún, Mexico
After a ridiculously hectic week and nearly 4 days without sleeping I jumped in a cab at 6pm on Friday night and headed off to Heathrow and the sun. Having taken the last flight into JFK I was somewhat dismayed to discover that it seems to shut down at midnight and the people who have [...]
Light switches – Mumbai, India
Arrived in Mumbai at 4am and got to the hotel about 6.10am. The hotel room was fine but seemed to have an awful lot of switches on the wall – 10 unmarked switches for each of the various lights, two for the ceiling fan and two random others. In an effort to get some sleep [...]
Arrival – Shanghai, China
Heathrow Terminal 3, London Well I’ve made it as far as Heathrow…journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step and all that. What’s the first thing I do at the airport?* Log in to a computer and update my blog. * After a bit of shopping, breakfast from the deli bar, fruit juices, [...]
Arrival in Cape Town – Cape Town, South Africa
Completed the 12 hour flight into Cape Town this morning. Dropped off the luggage at the guest house then headed off down to the waterfront for a look round and a few beers. Managed not to buy any tacky souvenirs yet. About 6pm all the different travellers convened at the guest house to meet Michele [...]
Fire and Ice – Reykjavik, Iceland
Five day trip to Iceland, if you count landing at 11.55pm as a day. The first proper day we jumped in a Super-Jeep and trolled around the thermal vents used to heat the island and generate all their power. Unfortunately it was unseasonably warm so Iceland turned into Greenland as all the snow rapidly disappeared. [...]
Work trip to Tokyo – Tokyo, Japan
Travelled out to Tokyo for 4 days with work – ended up staying for 28 days, which meant my luggage was somewhat underequipped. Unfortunately my colleages over there worked far too hard from 7am to 7pm and had a 2 hour commute each way so we didin’t get much time to go sightseeing, but the [...]
Pyramids – Cairo, Egypt
This was a trip of firsts – first donkey ride, first hot-air balloon ride and first Wonder of the World. Starting in Cairo we travelled from Aswan to Luxor by fellucca, a simple sailing boat with little or no protection from the 40C heat.
