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Cactus if ya Can…

´About twenty percent of people throw up after drinking the medicine´ the Shaman told us as we sat in the garden of a Peruvian mountain house, having slugged the contents from our stainless steel cups. A New Zealander named Rob, two young Americans Tim and Jon, an [...]


Munich Loves You. And Football. And Bells.

This is just a quick post about a two day trip to Munich. It’s a nice city and if I don’t write this today, there will be no articles for August 2009.

"I don't trust the guy in the corner looking like Viggo Mortensen, Mr Frodo."

My good chum, The [...]


The Worst Hostel in the World – Little Fir – Harbin

Maybe not the WORST, we haven’t been to them all – that would be retarded/unfeasible but this one is pretty shit, as well as being indisputable PROOF that monopolies are EVIL, as it’s the only hostel in Harbin – Northern China. So the ‘good’ news is that if you’re planning to go there [...]


More Bangkok Nights

After travelling through Russia, Mongolia and China during winter, and especially after the worst snow storm China had seen for 50 years, I was ready for some warm weather. Thailand seemed to be a good choice to hang out while I organised gainful employment. I was really running low on money at this [...]


Platzkart or How to Keep Warm in the Russian Winter

Some of you who know me may know that i have had a small jaunt down to Asia via the trans Siberian express in the past year-ish. I am not from a military background unlike my travel buddies, the Captain who has an uncanny knack of finding food in any climate and can [...]