Come see the ever changing colours of Uluru in all its unbelievably rich and mesmerising splendor at sunset. Followed by the next morning as the sun rises and the colours grow as the sun bathes the rock faces in light.
The magic of the temples of Angkor are almost beyond imagination. I met many people on my travels who have [...]
A journey to Wudang Mountain; the small mountain range in the northwestern part of Hubei, China, just south of Shiyan. [...]
After watching LOTR for the first time I started a long journey of the heart. The first steps were the [...]
Endings are actually beginnings too. This is what I told myself as I sat in the tiny, oh so tiny, [...]
The bullet train pulled smoothly and serenely into the station, totally belying the speed it had demonstrated when blistering through [...]
4am in Tokyo, Japan trickled around and we were ready to go. We skipped breakfast and headed down to the [...]
Tokyo, like Beijing and especially like Delhi, is a city that one could spend a lifetime in and never feel [...]
I have always looked at maps of the world and wondered if they skew perspective. America appears massive while Australia [...]
"So," said Cesca loudly and clearly, just as I was drinking from a water bottle, "What's all this about China [...]
Everyone loves Pandas and at the Panda Conservation Centre near Chengdu, China is probably the best place to see [...]
In China, Daoist temples atop mountains are so numerous that there must be something about these high places that answers a [...]
Flanked by several enormous mountains, Tiger Leaping Gorge is top contender for the deepest gorge in the world. The upper [...]
"You have to imagine," said the man in broken English, "that this..." he gestured his hands at the view in front of us, "big lake... flood wide and deep... great water!" He broke into a wide toothy smile.
At one point in our journey I actually advocated to Cesca that we skip China. That she didn’t listen, and [...]
Certain cities in the world are instantly recognisable from hundreds of classic movies that have been set there. No one [...]
When you travel through a country, especially if you are using a published travel guide, you are walking a well trodden path. Indeed maybe a thousand people are doing it with you simultaneously. This has a very strong effect over time, as more and more guest houses start catering only to the backpacker and spring up all along the route, which had myriad knock-on effects. Such as: taxi services who know the guide books better than you do and hordes of travellers at ever corner all "experiencing" the local atmosphere; all the time failing to realise that they are in a "bubble" like a Disney theme park ride.
I sat on the balcony and considered the view. The remote 7800ft high mountain town of Shimla flowed over the [...]
Jaisalmer is a town located 575 m west from the state capital Jaipur. It lies in the heart of the [...]
As a traveller you know, and even expect, the unknown to occur. You want this; for some it’s the whole point of leaving their home in the first place. It’s usually to do with the fun stuff like walking the Great Wall, eating Sushi in Tokyo Fish Market or jumping off a bridge in New Zealand with only an elastic band to prevent your death.
Many Indian cities are a jumble, a mix of the ancient and modern, but nowhere [...]
There was only one time in our journey around India that I didn’t feel entirely safe, one moment where I [...]
Eating food in India is no joke. On one hand there are high-end coffee cafes that have prices that could only make sense to the gainfully employed. High-end coffee needs to be carefully metered out as it is too comforting and familiar a western experience to eat in such a cafe. Not only does it take you away from your local-encounters in this mighty country, but also takes a large amount of Indian coin from your purse and that directly affects how much you have to spend on the fun things.
There are two questions I am most asked about travelling the world. The first is, “What was [...]
Varkala is a very popular tourist destination with western travellers. Similar to Goa in many respects, it is a large [...]
Kerala the beautiful; the green of a million palm trees, the blue of warm waters. Kerala the red of the [...]
Welcome back! This is the second podcast in the This Is India collection. It tells of Cesca and my [...]
In India, catching a tuk tuk and negotiating the fare – or even the simple existence of the destination – is a national pastime. Not one driver, in three months, took us where we wanted to go without comment, argument or an all out fight. At first, this grates on the nerves and then you cant help but be brought down by it. Then you feel victimised for being western and (relatively) rich. You start to think that they are all out to get you personally. However, it is none of these; it is an official sport. Take it as a sport, a sparring match, and you suddenly find it fun.
Hello and welcome to an experiment! Cecsa and I have sat down and recorded a podcast of our time [...]
The most common question I have been asked by people after returning home is, “which was your favourite country to [...]
I lay on my back and tried to relax. The sound of rolling waves crashed back and forth in the [...]
One of the unique things about India, and one that you never quite come to terms with, is the trains. [...]
The November terrorist attacks on Mumbai was something we had worried about before landing in the city, but to look [...]
In 2009 Cesca and I visited the amazing slopes of Wudang Mountain. The mountain is located roughly in northwestern part [...]
I flipped out my phone and called the hotel. We were waiting outside the Mumbai airport, it was late, dark [...]
**UPDATE – LOTS OF NEW IMAGES!* Welcome back to the travel blogging. Our amazing, 12 month, around the world journey [...]
Thailand, again we arrived in Thailand, but this time by air. The siege of Bangkok airport, which had messed us [...]
The travel blogging is back! Note: This is the third part of a complete three part article that completes our [...]
Note: This is the second part of a complete three part article that completes our time in Vietnam. We continue [...]
The travel blogging is back! Note: This is the first part of a final three part article that completes our [...]
This is a cross post written by Basho, originally posted on www.rohantime.com Why this train? This night on this train? [...]
This is a cross post written by Basho, originally posted on www.rohantime.com Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, Northern India. Escaping to the [...]
How does it make one feel to be in one of the most “holy” cities in the world?
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Spiderville stands between us and the wats, can we escape the 8 legged freaks?
After spending 3 days over Xmas 2008 in Siem Reap, and recording over 2 hours of footage of our exploration of these amazing structures, I couldn't help but make a short film to celebrate them.
