First Impressions…
It’s a big bike. A very big bike. A tall, chunky trail bike, so high my feet would barely touch the ground, its heavy-duty engine...
Category: Travel Lifestyle
Travels with a Ten Year Old
Today is Take Your Child To Work Day, so a bunch of lovely folk who travel with a wildly varying selection of spawn — from...
I Get A Driving License!
“When is it acceptable to leave the scene of an accident?” the question asks. “A) When you have been involved in a fatal accident and...
Sunday in Seminyak
We are almost at the end of our time in Bali — and, boy, will we miss it. So what better way to spend our...
Two Dinners and Four Goodbyes
“You need a ticket to come in,” says the briby man at Denpasar airport. “I don’t have a ticket,” I say. “My son is flying....
7 Practical Things To Do Before You Start Longterm Travel
1: Sort Out Banking Check the expiry dates on all your cards and apply for new ones if required. Ensure you have internet banking enabled...
The Sound of Silence
On Saturday, town was so quiet you could literally hear the silence. Not the usual raucous night-time non-quiet, the squawking yabber of geckos, the surprising...
Learning to Love Our Motorbike
It didn’t take sharing a road with the Bali Merzy Motorcycle Club, arguably the best-behaved bikers on the planet, to teach me that there’s nothing...
All Dollars Are Not Created Equal
When it comes to travel money, there’s a general assumption that good old US greenbacks will work almost anywhere in the world, even beyond the...
Temple Monkeys: The Devil’s Work
To anyone with an evil sense of humour, hanging out at a temple with monkeys is a guaranteed source of entertainment. Gasp as a tourist...