By Irregular Guest Author, on 17th February, 2010
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 [...]
By Team GT, on 30th October, 2009
Our good colleague andyfied is not the only member of his family to be a seasoned travelist. He has found and transcribed some of the letters and journals of his Great Uncle Melville. Many of these papers are in a poor state and most of the dates on them seem to be obscured by blood, [...]
By Captain Oats, on 11th February, 2009
I was settling down for an afternoons drinking in an unremarkable bar on the sweaty tourist hellworld of Khao San Road, Bangkok, when I met the most travel-beaten individual I encountered during my long trip.
This shell of a man hobbled towards me, accompanied by my friend who had met him weeks [...]
By Baron AzA, on 19th January, 2009
If you missed part one you can read it here – Spain and the Sea | Part One
…and now to the heart of the thing dear friends.
Ah yes, culture. Finding culture in a place like this is hard let me tell you. The closest we got was when myself [...]
By Baron AzA, on 13th January, 2009
There are many things in this world that scare me, even terrify me to tears, and let me tell you the wonders dear reader of the Spanish coast. Somewhere between Torremolinos and Banalmadena sandwiched between the cruel salty sea and the dusty red mountains lays the real Wild West. These are frontier towns where [...]