Happy Birthday! It's Briby Time!
As I set out to collect my spawn from the airport, on my birthday, I am feeling quietly smug about not having paid a single...
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Travel Hacking: What To Book (And Not To Book) Online
Four Things To Book Online 1: Cheap Air Fares Many discount airlines are not listed on comparison sites, although Skyscanner has good coverage. Even where...
11 Years, 11 Reasons: Happy Birthday, Blue Dot!
Eleven years ago today, I woke up, vomited copiously, bought a pregnancy test, and sat, with my best friend and flatmate, in the kitchen waiting...
Two Dinners and Four Goodbyes
“You need a ticket to come in,” says the briby man at Denpasar airport. “I don’t have a ticket,” I say. “My son is flying....
7 Practical Things To Do Before You Start Longterm Travel
1: Sort Out Banking Check the expiry dates on all your cards and apply for new ones if required. Ensure you have internet banking enabled...
Is this the Ultimate Touron?
So I am sitting in the pizzeria which is my regular local base for “work”. Or, more accurately, that mixture of social media, gibbering quietly...
Travel Photo: Bamboo Umbrella Frames
Handcarved from bamboo, umbrella frames create an abstract pattern of light and shade in Bo Sang, near Chiang Mai, Thailand.
In Which I Lose A Child and Gain a Motorcycle
If there is one thing more disconcerting than being woken up while sleeping al fresco under a mosquito net by a chap who wants to...
Homework, AKA Shouty Time
“Do you have homework tonight?” “Yes. It’s quite hard.” “Oh.” We are in our local pizzeria, for a change. The homework thing, after a year...
9 Blindingly Obvious Ways To Stay Healthy Travelling the Tropics
1: Eat fruit and vegetables to keep your vitamins up. 2: Get enough sleep. Late-night drinking and early morning buses are a toxic combination. 3:...