Temple Monkeys: The Devil’s Work
To anyone with an evil sense of humour, hanging out at a temple with monkeys is a guaranteed source of entertainment. Gasp as a tourist...
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From the Bowels of the Beast: The World’s Most Expensive Coffee
Ever heard of kopi luwak? It’s the world’s most expensive coffee. Because It Comes From the Bowels of the Beast. Yep. Kopi luwak is processed...
A Cremation in Bali
The three giant black bulls had been sitting in state outside Ubud Palace for a day or so, golden necklaces adorning their necks, their dangling...
The S Word
When the lovely Colin and Tracy asked me over appropriately, err, lubricating quantities of beer, to put together a piece on sex on the road,...
The Sunday Six: Europe’s Furthest Frontiers
1: The Canary Islands The Canaries? They’re in Spain, right? Well, technically, yes. These volcanic outcrops, laden with palm trees and beaches, sit off the...
Help! I'm Location Independent
“Location independent” is a phrase I, frankly, loathe. Though, with its implication that anyone who’s not travelling has somehow failed to think about what they...
5 Documents No Single Parent Should Travel Without
1: Travel Insurance Policy Unless you’re an EU citizen travelling within EU countries which offer free healthcare to other EU citizens, travel insurance is one...
The Sunday Six: Sydney Bars
1: Shady Pines Saloon A New York hipster bar with an Aussie sense of humour. Country and Western plays, skulls adorn the bar, a fine...
A Walk in the Rice Fields
When she was a little girl, Su’s father built her a little tower on stilts in the rice paddies. Not to play houses — unusually...
Confession: I’m a Rubbish Traveller
Meeting up with a couple of travelers t’other day, it dawned on me that, actually, I’m quite a rubbish traveller. Not, so much, when it...