By andyfied, on 30th May, 2010
“All I’m saying is,” the Captain said while stuffing another fried egg loaded with rice into his greasy great face “When are we going to be back here again? This could be our last opportunity to enjoy this.” He was of course referring to the excellent aromatic duck to be found in the hutongs [...]
By Z-Man, on 10th December, 2009
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 were spectacular, [...]
By Z-Man, on 26th November, 2009
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 do a little [...]
By Z-Man, on 20th November, 2009
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 [...]
By andyfied, on 31st August, 2009
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, [...]