"Short stories and travel reports from my life adventures around the globe".
Things to See and Do in Sarajevo: More Sights Worth Your Time. November 2021. I’ve really enjoyed sharing our Sarajevo adventures with you over the past few months. Across six articles I’ve revealed the city’s essential attractions, along with some of our favourite experiences. Now, it’s time to gather up the rest in one comprehensive […]
Read MoreOld Jewish Cemetery Sarajevo. We were into our final week in Sarajevo, at a loose end one afternoon with about an hour until sundown. On a whim we decided to walk up to the Old Jewish Cemetery, a site that had so far escaped being crossed off our list. We’d seen no shortage of cemeteries […]
Read MoreMemory and Resilience: The Museums of Sarajevo. October–November 2021. As my Sarajevo series eases into its fifth instalment, I’d say it’s time for something a bit different. Sarajevo isn’t the first city that springs to mind when you think of Europe’s great museums. However, spend even a few days here and that assumption soon falls […]
Read MoreTrebević: Hiking the Sarajevo Olympic Bobsled Track. November, 2021. After four solid days exploring the Bosnian capital, Sladja and I decided it was high time for a change of pace. An afternoon out in nature would be just the ticket, and for fresh air, tranquility and some fabulously unique history besides, we looked no further […]
Read MoreBaščaršija: Exploring Sarajevo Old Bazaar. October-November 2021. For visitors with just a few days in Sarajevo, the city’s Old Bazaar, known locally as Baščaršija, is somewhere to prioritise. Immediately captivating, visually rich, and dense with five centuries of history packed into a web of cobbled streets, it rewards every hour you give it. Imagine, then, […]
Read MoreKovači Cemetery, Sarajevo, Bosnia. October 2021. After three wonderful months exploring Montenegro, Sladja and I had mixed feelings about finally saying goodbye. On the one hand we were definitely going to miss it, particularly its spectacular coastline. On the other hand, we were excited about moving on to a new country. As misfortune would have […]
Read MoreHuangluo Yao Village & the Longji Rice Terraces. Guangxi Autonomous Region, China. May 2010. Cover photo courtesy of xiquinhosilva. After my cycling and cooking adventures in Yangshuo, I returned to Guilin by bus, where, reluctantly, I boarded a large coach for my day trip into the mountains. I had hoped to avoid a group tour, […]
Read MoreExploring Misty Yangshuo, Guangxi Autonomous Province, China. May 2010. Cover photo courtesy of Chensiyuan. As I arrived in Yangshuo, so often described as the most beautiful place in China, I carried a quiet caveat with me. It was something I’d read in a travel guide months earlier: this might be the most spectacular thing you […]
Read MoreSnippets of Guilin, Guangxi autonomous region, China. May 2010. Cover photo courtesy of Shujianyang. Looking back, I do wish I’d spent more time in Guangxi, China’s impossibly beautiful, storybook province. But by then, my trip was already beginning to wind down, and I had just a week left to take in a handful of highlights […]
Read MoreWarriors and Walls: Exploring Xi’an. May 2010. I arrived in Xi’an by train from Pingyao, the journey gliding by in a smooth, slightly hypnotic two hours and forty-five minutes. It was great, another quiet triumph for China’s high-speed rail. One moment I was watching Shanxi’s muted landscapes flicker past, the next I was stepping out […]
Read MoreA Visit to the Ancient Walled City of Pingyao. Shanxi Province, China. May 2010. After a year teaching English in a small language school on Beijing’s northeastern fringe, the simple act of leaving the capital felt like letting out a long, deep breath. China’s roads were calling again, thus I answered with an inventive route […]
Read MoreA Visit to the Overlooked Town of Bar in Montenegro. October 2021. Our three-month odyssey around Montenegro was beginning to draw to a close. As our final days in Budva slipped quietly away, we realised there was just enough time for one last field trip before we packed up our lives and moved on. After […]
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