Dell Alienware M11x Review: Portable Gaming Heaven?

Dell Ali­en­ware M11x Review: Port­able Gam­ing Heaven?

When I was con­sid­er­ing tak­ing a year off, I star­ted look­ing around for a com­puter that I could take with more

The Harsh Judge

The Harsh Judge

For most mar­tial artists, being mugged in broad day­light is an unlikely occur­rence. Fit, aware and con­fid­ent look­ing people do more

Goa: The Beach Life

Goa: The Beach Life

I lay on my back and tried to relax. The sound of rolling waves crashed back and forth in the more

The Ellora Caves

The Ellora Caves

One of the unique things about India, and one that you never quite come to terms with, is the trains. more

Sunset in Mumbai

Sun­set in Mumbai

The Novem­ber ter­ror­ist attacks on Mum­bai was some­thing we had wor­ried about before land­ing in the city, but to look more

Wudang Mountain: A Basho Film

Wudang Moun­tain: A Basho Film

In 2009 Cesca and I vis­ited the amaz­ing slopes of Wudang Moun­tain. The moun­tain is loc­ated roughly in north­west­ern part more

Is the Insanity Defence Itself Insane?

Is the Insan­ity Defence Itself Insane?

As with my first art­icle expound­ing my polit­ical thoughts, philo­soph­ical views and reli­gious meth­ods, a reader has kindly taken the more

This is India

This is India

I flipped out my phone and called the hotel. We were wait­ing out­side the Mum­bai air­port, it was late, dark more

Our Pilgrimage to Gandhi

Our Pil­grim­age to Gandhi

**UPDATELOTS OF NEW IMAGES!* Wel­come back to the travel blog­ging. Our amaz­ing, 12 month, around the world jour­ney had more

Killing for Pleasure?

Killing for Pleasure?

This post is a break from the nor­mal sched­ule. It is a corol­lary to the “Philo­sophy Bites?” post a few more

Bangkok and the Railway of Death

Bangkok and the Rail­way of Death

Many people speak of trekking in the north of Thai­l­and, but such over-popular options are not the fla­vour we go more

Philosophy Bites? (Killing in War)

Philo­sophy Bites? (Killing in War)

I reg­u­larly listen to the pod­cast Philo­sophy Bites presen­ted by Nigel War­bur­ton. In each epis­ode, a new and inter­est­ing topic more

Bangkok, city of a thousand names

Bangkok, city of a thou­sand names

Thai­l­and, again we arrived in Thai­l­and, but this time by air. The siege of Bangkok air­port, which had messed us about more

Hanoi, Halong Bay and Tet New Year – Part Three!

Hanoi, Halong Bay and Tet New Year – Part Three!

The travel blog­ging is back! Note: This is the third part of a com­plete three part art­icle that com­pletes our time more

Basho's 5 Amazing Spider Encounters From Around The World

Basho’s 5 Amaz­ing Spider Encoun­ters From Around The World

Trav­el­ling in the hot­ter parts of the world brings you face to face with all sorts of creatures that you’re more

Operation Zulu

Oper­a­tion Zulu

The DA’s have played some unusual games over the years, but this was a first for us: this was the more

Hanoi, Halong Bay and Tet New Year – Part Two

Hanoi, Halong Bay and Tet New Year – Part Two

Note: This is the second part of a com­plete three part art­icle that com­pletes our time in Viet­nam. We con­tinue more

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

Call of Duty: Mod­ern War­fare 2

The grav­ity caused by this game has promp­ted many developers to move their game’s launch dates so as not to more

Hanoi, Halong Bay & Tet New Year: Part One

Hanoi, Halong Bay & Tet New Year: Part One

The travel blog­ging is back! Note: This is the first part of a final three part art­icle that com­pletes our time more

Basho's Roast Lamb Shoulder Recipe

Basho’s Roast Lamb Shoulder Recipe

This is a recipe based on one by the great Jamie Oliver and the ori­ginal is avail­able online at his more

Vista to Windows 7 Upgrade: Basho's Experience

Vista to Win­dows 7 Upgrade: Basho’s Experience

There is a pop­u­lar, and per­haps even fac­tual adage, which goes like this: “Never upgrade a Win­dows product; always do a more

Rohan pillow talk: Guest Post 3 for Rohan Clothing

Rohan pil­low talk: Guest Post 3 for Rohan Clothing

This is a cross post writ­ten by Basho, ori­gin­ally pos­ted on www.rohantime.com Why this train? This night on this train? The Cal­cutta more

Rohan Anywear Always – Guest Post 2 for Rohan Clothing

Rohan Any­wear Always – Guest Post 2 for Rohan Clothing

This is a cross post writ­ten by Basho, ori­gin­ally pos­ted on www.rohantime.com Shimla, Himachal Pra­desh, North­ern India. Escap­ing to the cool more

Transition Book Review

Trans­ition Book Review

Basho reviews the latest from Iain M Banks, or is it Iain Banks?

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Magpul PTS AEG - Part Two

Mag­pul PTS AEG — Part Two

Part two of the Basho review, the gun in play!

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Band of Delta-Alpha : A Basho Film

Band of Delta-Alpha : A Basho Film

The Ground Zero Week­ender is the biggest yearly event on the UK Air­soft calendar.

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Varanasi: City of Gods – A Basho Film

Varanasi: City of Gods – A Basho Film

How does it make one feel to be in one of the most “holy” cit­ies in the world?

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Tactical Man Watch?

Tac­tical Man Watch?

Basho weaves a watch strap out of paracord

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Tokyo Marui Pro Goggle Review

Tokyo Marui Pro Goggle Review

How well do the new TM goggles hold out?

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The Men Who Stare at Goats

The Men Who Stare at Goats

Para­psy­cho­logy Spe­cial Forces and the War on Terror

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The Buddhist Wallpaper Collection: Free To Download!

The Buddhist Wall­pa­per Col­lec­tion: Free To Download!

Donate to orphans and down­load now!

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Hoi An and Hue

Hoi An and Hue

The gems of Vietnam?

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Vietnam: Co Chi, the Mekong and Nha Trang

Viet­nam: Co Chi, the Mekong and Nha Trang

We meet with the crazy Cao Dai!

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Hong Kong City Blues : A Basho Film

Hong Kong City Blues : A Basho Film

The magical night sky­line of Hong Kong

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Vietnam – Cambodia to Ho Chi Minh city

Viet­nam – Cam­bodia to Ho Chi Minh city

Our men­tal his­tor­ical maps get changed forever

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Laos, the gem of Indochina - a cultural connection

Laos, the gem of Indoch­ina — a cul­tural connection

The miss­ing Laos post by Cesca is found

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Guest post for Rohan clothing

Guest post for Rohan clothing

A few weeks ago the CEO of Rohan cloth­ing emailed me and asked if I would write them a guest post about for their new web­site Rohantime.com.

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Cambodia – devils and angels

Cam­bodia – dev­ils and angels

Des­pair and hope in the Cam­bod­ian capital

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Khmer Temple Photo Special

Khmer Temple Photo Special

Khmer temple images from our collection

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Cambodia – Journey to Angkor

Cam­bodia – Jour­ney to Angkor

Spiderville stands between us and the wats, can we escape the 8 legged freaks?

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The Day the Earth Stood Still” review (1951 & 2008 versions)

Rule 1: Don’t ant­ag­on­ize alien super-robots!

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Temples of Angkor : A Basho Film

Temples of Angkor : A Basho Film

We visit the amaz­ing Angkor Wat, Cambodia

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Laos P.D.R. – Mekong meanderings

Laos P.D.R. – Mekong meanderings

Life is a musical thing and you’re sup­posed to sing or dance along the way”

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Tracking the Predator : A Basho Film

Track­ing the Pred­ator : A Basho Film

Get up close with a wild Tiger!

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Laos PDR – history & heart

Laos PDR – his­tory & heart

Our Jour­ney con­tin­ues into the Heart of South East Asia: Laos!

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The American War

The Amer­ican War

The after effects of the war in South East Asia

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Zen and the writers desktop – 7 Steps to writers freedom

Zen and the writers desktop – 7 Steps to writers freedom

Where I go to get away, not where I want to get away from!

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An Island Nation

An Island Nation

Exist­ence by vir­tue of land and sea

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ATC 2K video camera review

ATC 2K video cam­era review

I review the BASHOCAM! water­proof video camera

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Kingfisher Diver-Pro review

King­fisher Diver-Pro review

Pre­pare to want one!

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Malaysia: Highlands to Langkawi

Malay­sia: High­lands to Langkawi

Heaven is but a boat jour­ney away…

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Malaysia: Melaka to Kuala Lumpur

Malay­sia: Melaka to Kuala Lumpur

Tuk Tuk, sir?”

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Singapore: Gateway to SE Asia

Singa­pore: Gate­way to SE Asia

The hot­test cold city in the world!

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New Zealand WWOOFing at Furneaux Lodge

New Zea­l­and WWOOF­ing at Fur­neaux Lodge

Will the second time be any bet­ter than the first?

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The Volcanic Heart

The Vol­canic Heart

Cent­ral North Island sim­mers and steams, bubbles and spews…

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Mountains of New Zealand

Moun­tains of New Zealand

Bilbo: “I want to see moun­tains again, moun­tains Gandalf!

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Northland: Part Two

North­land: Part Two

Basho and Cesca meet Tane Mahuta — The God of the Forest

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North to Cape Reinga

North to Cape Reinga

We visit New Zealand’s great beach — 90 miles of freedom!

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Fear is the mind killer

Fear is the mind killer

Cesca sky­dives 15,000ft and Basho jumps the 134m high­wire Nevis bungy!

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Auckland

Auck­land

Basho and Cesca visit the largest city in New Zealand

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Welcome to New Zealand

Wel­come to New Zealand

We fall in love in the real MiddleEarth!

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Maxpedition Rolly Polly Extreme Review

Max­ped­i­tion Rolly Polly Extreme Review

Maxpedition’s latest is put through its paces

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Travel Blogging Kit List

Travel Blog­ging Kit List

A writers guide to what to take!

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Melbourne

Mel­bourne

Victoria’s mighty city of lights!

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The Great Ocean Road: from Adelaide to Melbourne via the Grampian Mountains

The Great Ocean Road: from Adelaide to Mel­bourne via the Grampian Mountains

A driv­ing jour­ney of great beauty

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The Ghan train, finding Franco and Adelaide

The Ghan train, find­ing Franco and Adelaide

A train ride to remember!

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A Basho Film : Australia

A Basho Film : Australia

A short fun film high­light­ing our trip to Aus­tralia, show­ing some of the fant­astic things we saw in this won­der­ful more

Kangaroo Island WWOOFing

Kangaroo Island WWOOFing

WWOOF­ing for the 1st time on KI

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The Sanctuary

The Sanc­tu­ary

We find bliss in the rain forests of Australia

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Uluru and The Outback

Uluru and The Outback

Beat­ing about the bush! AKA: “A dingo stole my marshmallows!”

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A Basho Film: Australia Zoo!

A Basho Film: Aus­tralia Zoo!

The latest Basho film: our visit to Aus­tralia Zoo! Enjoy, Basho

Byron Bay

Byron Bay

The won­der of Byron Bay!

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The Great Barrier Reef

The Great Bar­rier Reef

Diving on the PADI Advanced course!

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Australia Zoo

Aus­tralia Zoo

We visit the home of The Cro­codile Hunter, Crikey!

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The Hunter Valley

The Hunter Valley

All praise the god of wine!

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Four Shades Of Black

Four Shades Of Black

My review of a new classic

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A Basho Film: Sydney Harbour!

A Basho Film: Sydney Harbour!

Thanks for all the fant­astic feed­back on the last Basho Film!  Here is the latest, I present Sydney Har­bour! There is already more

The Blue Mountains

The Blue Mountains

I can see my house from here!

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Sydney

Sydney

Fant­astic! Yeah, that’ll be right!

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San Francisco

San Fran­cisco

24 hours in “The City!”

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Karate Summer School 2008

Kar­ate Sum­mer School 2008

3 days train­ing in the forest

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Basho's ricotta lasagna recipe

Basho’s ricotta lasagna recipe

My ricotta lasagna recipe, you can make it either veggy or non-veggy. Very tasty!

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Sarah Connor? - Basho's WA Hardballer Review

Sarah Con­nor? — Basho’s WA Hard­baller Review

The shop was fresh out of Phased Plasma Pulse-Lasers in the forty watt range

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What does it mean to be a man in the modern world?

What does it mean to be a man in the mod­ern world?

Put­ting an argu­ment for­wards for our sport.

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