A Leaf on the Wind
I recently re-wrote an old story, submitted it to Christopher Allen’s travel writing competition ‘I Must Be Off’, and it came first place! The story is about a bizarre day […]
I recently re-wrote an old story, submitted it to Christopher Allen’s travel writing competition ‘I Must Be Off’, and it came first place! The story is about a bizarre day […]
One day recently, I was picked up by a lovely young couple whilst hitching in the back-dam of Sarawak. They were Singapore-born Australians who had been living in the longest […]
After a week in Brunei, I was getting to the end of my tether. It was Ramadan in a strictly Muslim country. From sunrise to sunset, most restaurants were closed, […]
It was a blank space on my map. The backpackers I asked had never heard of it, and the locals I asked had never been. All I knew was its name […]
“Remember,” whispers Mr Wong over my shoulder, “You must believe!” Ten pairs of eyes glint and the alleyway sinks into silence. In the shadows, something knocks an empty bottle and […]
In the south-west of Colombia, just a hop, skip and jump (5 hours) away from Bogota, is a pueblo called Neiva. Forty-five minutes away from there is a pueblito called Villavieja. Surrounding […]
Palomino is a small town on the Caribbean coast of Colombia that exists for little more than backpackers. If you get a local bus there, you are dropped off on […]
We have all seen some funny signs in our time. Usually they are a result of god-awful translations in countries like China and Vietnam. Very occasionally, though, they are not […]
This is one of my favourite photographs from Colombia, which surprised even me, since it was taken in a city. A beautiful park called Parque de las Luces (Park of […]
The Georgetown-Lethem bus was something we had been anticipating with anxiety since we first arrived in Guyana. Having been at each other’s political throats for centuries, Venezuela and Guyana don’t […]