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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 [...]

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 [...]

Cactus if ya Can…

Irregular Guest Author — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 20:55:42 +0000

´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 [...]

Kuching in Sarawak, City of Cats My Arse!

Captain Oats — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 08:28:42 +0000

One cat, one bloody cat – ‘City of Cats’… yeah, city of one cat… But I’m not bitter.

That cat wasn’t even a good cat, as cats go it was pretty shit. As was the cat ‘monument’ located on a roundabout in the middle of town.

Looks like these anatomically incorrect cats were lifted [...]

Travel Can Kill

Captain Oats — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 22:26:22 +0000

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 [...]

Spain and the Sea | Part Two

Baron AzA — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 21:04:43 +0000

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 [...]