Every day life in the Netherlands has brought me many more a giggle over the past year than I had initially expected, and this was, and still is my number one! Every country suffers from badly translates signs, poorly marketing gimmicks and naturally a different way of addressing their culture, but this [...]
Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya
Having found myself in Nairobi, Kenya over a weekend with very little to do I looked into some tourism options. I was recommended Lake Nakuru national park, a smallish national park with a vast array of wildlife, but no elephants. I was picked up from my hotel at 7am, [...]
Drum tower in the snow
We mainly went to see the terracotta warriors but mostly saw a lot of snow. We booked a warrior ‘tour’ with a guide and yes, that’s not gonzo but it included the transport there and a visit to another site as well. The guide was called [...]
Whilst on an eight day tour of New Zealand’s South Island, one of the first activities planned was the journey from Christchurch, on the east coast to a town called Greymouth on the west coast. This involved an amazingly scenic ride through the ‘Southern Alps’ on a fairly rickety train. The views were [...]
Ok this was actually ages ago, long before andyfied started demanding travel stories from everyone he’s even been the proximity of for a minute to contribute to his ‘website’.
Well over a year ago I found myself in India on a business trip with a few days to spare between meetings. I [...]