Posts in category ”Travel destinations”
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The streets of Paraguay
There are places that you will rarely receive a postcard from. Paraguay is one of them. Tucked between louder neighbors with flashier attractions, this landlocked backwater doesn’t scream for attention.
At the Igauzu waterfalls
Some places humble you. Iguazu doesn’t even bother with humility, it hits you full on with humidity and something that existed long before we learned how to pave roads and build houses.
Lost in São Paulo
We said thank you to our driver, spilled out of the car into a part of São Paulo that looked like it had been left off the map. We pulled out our paper map and picked a direction at random, figuring that civilization must be that way.
Smelling the croissants in Paris
Paris is a lucid dream wrapped in a pocket of reality, garnished by endless amounts of dog litter. I’ve trod these dirty pavements before, but the city always gives me something new.
Legends of the Lake District
When some explorer rolled through Cumbria in ages past, he must have a sudden rush of bad inspiration. Yes, the Lake District is full of lakes, but come on. Surely there must be another name available to use?
A fistful of haggis
As we drove south from Glasgow, I had many things on my mind for this odyssey through Great Britain all the way down to Brighton. Walk around the lakes of Lake District. Stay in a castle with almost proper plumbing.
One night in Bangkok
Bangkok doesn’t sleep. It sweats, it hazzles, it seduces. It’s a neon fever dream that hits you like a tuk-tuk running red lights at 3 am. A city with no filters, no cares and certainly no apologies.
Diving at the Similan Islands
Out there, somewhere off the Andaman coast of Thailand, are nine chunks of granite scattered like a careless god’s afterthought. The Similan Islands. Remote, wild and blissfully ignored by the sunburned herds sipping cheap cocktails in Phuket.
Finding the beach in Phi Phi Islands
Thailand is one of the most popular backpacker destinations in the world. People arrive in droves to eat the delicious food, enjoy the sun and take a swim at the beautiful beaches. Everyone I speak with claims to have visited a very special beach, and I guess some of this talk comes from “The Beach”.
The temples of Chiang Mai
Chiang Mai is the biggest city in northern Thailand, but far more friendly than it’s chaotic sibling Bangkok. Up here in the north, the heat is less suffocating than Bangkok’s chokehold, but it still clings to your skin like a bad Nickelback song.