Hello there Mr. Diarrhea Pill!

Last night as I began clearing the innards of my bloated backpack, streamlining the contents and finding what can be passed as clean for the last two days, I began getting a touch sentimental. I haven’t had the opportunity to really dig into my travel companion for months and as luck would have it, I […]

The Travel Bug Bites Back

I had travelled for seven months without so much as a common cold or mosquito bite, but it seems that as I near the finish line my luck is finally running out. I don’t easily get sick. Even once in the year is fairly uncommon, but the past few weeks my body feels like its […]

Travel and Characters

I’ve been backpacking for over seven months now through Central and South America, and whilst by and large the backpacker scene can be fairly samey, with the same 5-6 characters recurring, the most memorable people I have met have been when I’ve been taken off the beaten track. When I write, I try and draw […]

Losing Excuses, Finding Time

These past two months have probably been my most creative and productive when it comes to writing fiction. Bizarre, given the fact that I’m currently travelling around South America, staying in hostels (mainly dormitories) where the opportunities to write and space to type are virtually null. That being said, despite many obstacles in my path […]