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What Have You got in Your Pockets? | Part 1

Just because the authors on this here travel website are Gentleman and Lady adventurers, doesn’t mean we’ve had an easy upbringing. The Captain was brought up in a gutter with 27 other families (it’s part of why his favourite number is four) and the Major spent 8 years thinking a highland mountain [...]

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 point, [...]

Sack Them/Government Stealth Tax

So as snow causes transport problems around the UK, people are looking for someone to blame and summarily sack. Since it’s a bit hard to punish the weather front that caused it, fingers are again being pointed at transport bosses and the government for failing to expect the unexpected. Of course if tax payer’s [...]

Spain and the Sea | Part Two

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 and [...]

Spain and the Sea | Part One

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 the [...]