May 21, 2019
Silence of the Sand
"After the heat, the first thing that hit me was the silence. I couldn’t miss it. There was nothing to absorb sound. No trees, no buildings. Just orange sand stretching…
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May 14, 2019
The Typhoon on Mt Fuji
It was around 4pm on a summer evening, when a latent hangover started digging its heels into the flanks of my brain. Why we decide to stay in Shibuya's Senta-gai…
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May 7, 2019
Misheard in Mexico
A veteran travel writer retells a family travel legend with a comic twist. My taste for travel was honed at an early age in the safe, secure and staunchly middle…
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April 29, 2019
No Rules Vietnam – An Unexpected Local Encounter in Hanoi
While travelling in Hanoi, Vietnam, a surprise offer on a Couchsurfing appleads to an unfiltered experience of local life. It was a fairly normal travel day; chaotic, hot, sweaty, disorientating.…
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March 18, 2019
Twenty Thousand Kilometers of Nowhere
It happened again. An old man this time. Long white hair melting into his beard. Eyes glazed over. The plump woman shouted “Oi! You gotta pay for that!” She ran…
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March 11, 2019
The God of Snakes – Scaling The Himalayan peak of Nag Tibba
I was walking. I kept walking through the rocky trail as my body could feel the weight of every step I took. The sun shone bright, but the air was…
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February 26, 2019
Madrid – Mysteries Overlooked
Madrid is a languid rush. As in all big cities, people look ahead and walk with purpose. Yet they move slowly. Pedestrians habitually pause in the middle of the street,…
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February 19, 2019
The Volcano at Dawn – Trekking Bali’s Mount Batur
As I scrambled upwards through dirt and weeds in the pitch black, I started to feel extremely faint. Our local guide Eddie was quick on his feet, bounding ahead across…
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February 5, 2019
Returning Home after Long Term Travel
It’s a tough one, returning home from an extended trip overseas. 10 months in Europe; 88 beds in a year; travellers’ exhaustion. It couldn’t be more different than leaving. Everyone…
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January 16, 2019
Soul Searching in Sri Lanka
One Tuesday afternoon in Mirissa, a small tourist town in the southern province of Sri Lanka, I slouched my sandy self on a beach chair, gazing at the clear blue…
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