By Z-Man, on 31st January, 2010
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, [...]
By Z-Man, on 10th December, 2009
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 [...]
By Z-Man, on 26th November, 2009
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 [...]
By Z-Man, on 26th November, 2009
800m tall building
Through yet another set of uninteresting events I found myself in Dubai with an afternoon and evening to spare. My local associate recommended a ‘desert safari’. I wasn’t sure how that worked, given my only experiences of Safaris were in Windsor Safari Park. Still I agreed to go along fairly [...]
By Z-Man, on 26th November, 2009
Wow, my photo looked just like the brochures
Through another set of uninteresting events I found myself in Peru with (having travelled there via Amsterdam and La Paz, Bolivia). I thought I shouldn’t waste this opportunity by spending all my time in smoky bars and decided to do a [...]