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Victoria Falls – Big and Wet

Z-Man — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 11:16:23 +0000

Big and Wet

As my time travelling to random places on a regular basis is over (new job), I thought I’d try and put together some more random thoughts on places I’ve been to over the past couple of years.

One such place was Zimbabwe. Not exactly the number [...]

Kenya: Better than London Zoo

Z-Man — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 11:27:34 +0000

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 [...]

Fizzy Ale?

Z-Man — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:53:45 +0000

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 [...]

120 miles didn’t seem that far…

Z-Man — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:14:31 +0000

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. [...]

Desert Safari

Z-Man — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:48:20 +0000

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 [...]

Machu Picchu, the Lost ‘City’ of the Incas (and guinea pigs)

Z-Man — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:10:17 +0000

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 [...]

Total Hotel Review: IBIS in Central Amsterdam

Z-Man — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:39:37 +0000

Corridor from lift towards my room

This is just a quick one, just wanted to point out the lunacy that is the IBIS, billed as being near Amsterdam Central station. I needed a place to stay for one evening in Amsterdam in order to make a connecting flight to South America. I was meeting [...]

Review: Limbe Zoo, Cameroon

Z-Man — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 06:35:34 +0000

Through a set of random and completely and utterly uninteresting events I ended up in Douala, the largest city in Cameroon with a spare day before my flight home in the evening. So rather than waste the opportunity by spending a day on the internet in the hotel (or indeed a [...]