Posts in category ”Travel destinations”
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Passing through Paraty
Paraty is one of those colonial towns frozen in amber, where the streets were laid by sadistic masons with a grudge against ankles. Cobblestones the size of baby skulls, slick with centuries of rain and regret.
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, hazzles and 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 are remote, wild and blissfully ignored by the sunburned herds sipping cheap cocktails in Phuket. This is where you go when you crave the silence of the deep.
Finding the beach in Phi Phi Islands
Thailand has long been one of the great stops on the backpacker pilgrimage. People arrive by the planeload for cheap food, cheaper beer, relentless sunshine and beaches so offensively beautiful they seem designed specifically to make everyone back home hate you.