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 Shanghai Tea Scam
It was my last day in Shanghai. The uneventful six days leading up had been filled with the usual tourist jinks – dining out in local eateries (my favourite being the steamed bun with crab meat and pork stuffing), being harangued on the popular shopping strips by shady vendors who approached under the guise of […]
My Year of Living (and Travelling) Without a Mobile Phone
The circumstances that led to the parting with my treasured mobile phone were not premeditated. If anything it was just good timing. That and the copious amounts of cheap alcohol consumed at an Irish bar in Edinburgh which resulted in yours truly waking up drunk in the middle of the night and pissing in the […]
The 10 Uncomfortable Truths of Travelling in Central + South America
Tomorrow is the eight month anniversary of my backpacker travels through the continents of Central and South America. Since arriving in Cancun, Mexico back in October, I was gently exposed to a new culture and way of life. As I’ve ventured off the gringo trail and gone deeper into the heart of the eleven countries […]
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 […]