"Short stories and travel reports from my life adventures around the globe".

Category: wanderlust

Alone in the Halls at The National Museum of Cambodia.

The National Museum of Cambodia, Phnom Penh. September 2020. Imagine having a national museum all to yourself. A private audience, so to speak, with a nation’s most treasured historical relics. That’s what Sladja and I got to experience when we stopped by The National Museum of Cambodia during our final few days in the country. […]

Read More

The Leafy Wat Phnom Temple in Phnom Penh.

Wat Phnom Temple, Phnom Penh, Cambodia. September 2020. We were into the last few days of our seven month adventure in Cambodia. Having finally gotten through the capital’s essential but mentally draining genocide sights, I figured we needed to lighten the tone. When I first read about Wat Phnom my initial reaction was: Do we […]

Read More

Cambodia’s Horrifying Choeung Ek Killing Fields.

Choeung Ek Killing Fields, Cambodia. Please note: You may find the story and images presented in this article deeply upsetting. Thus I wouldn’t blame you for sitting this one out. For those of you who do proceed, I’m guessing this is going to be as difficult to read as it was for me to write. […]

Read More

The Unthinkable Horrors of Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum.

Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Please note: You may find the story and images presented in this article deeply upsetting. Thus I wouldn’t blame you for sitting this one out. For those of you who do proceed, I’m guessing this is going to be as difficult to read as it was for me […]

Read More

A Restless Night at Hatters Hostel in Liverpool.

Hatters Hostel, Liverpool. May 2019. I’ve stayed in some incredible hotels and guesthouses during my travels over the past twenty years. But unfortunately, it can’t always be glitz, glamour and sweeping balcony views. After an amazing couple of nights at The Hard Days Night Hotel, I decided a cheap and cheerful downgrade was in order […]

Read More

The Double Fantasy Exhibition in Liverpool.

Double Fantasy – John & Yoko Exhibition, Liverpool. May 2019. No matter what time of year you come to Liverpool there’s virtually always a Beatles exhibition or three to compliment the city’s established Fab Four sites. During my stay in the city, The Museum of Liverpool was hosting the outstanding Double Fantasy – John and […]

Read More

Mad Day Out Beatles Taxi Tour (Part II)

Mad Day Out Beatles Taxi Tour, Liverpool. Before reading you might want to start with my article: Mad Day Out Beatles Taxi Tour (Part I). May 2019. What an incredible morning we’d had driving around Liverpool with Ian Doyle and his Mad Day Out Beatles Taxi Tour. We’d seen Ringo Starr’s childhood home in Admiral […]

Read More

Mad Day Out Beatles Taxi Tour (Part I).

Mad Day Out Beatles Taxi Tour, Liverpool. May 2019. Coming to Liverpool and seeing all The Beatles sites was a dream come true for me. Having toured The Beatles Story, visited the Double Fantasy Exhibition and caught some live music at both The Cavern Club and The Cavern Pub, it was finally time for the prospect […]

Read More

2 Nights at the Hard Days Night Hotel in Liverpool.

Hard Days Night Hotel, Liverpool. May 2019. As a diehard Beatles fan who’d come to Liverpool to conduct as much Beatlesy business as I could, there really was only one place to stay. It just had to be the world’s only Beatles inspired hotel. When I was planning my trip to Liverpool, I simply couldn’t see past […]

Read More

A Few Beers at The Cavern Pub in Liverpool.

The Cavern Pub, Liverpool. May 2019. It was early evening when Steppers and I mooched onto Mathew street, the beating heart of Liverpool’s world famous Cavern Quarter. We had of course come to see The Cavern Club, the legendary music venue where The Beatles cut their teeth in the early 1960s. However, while The Cavern […]

Read More

A Lifelong Dream Fulfilled at The Cavern Club in Liverpool.

The Cavern Club, Liverpool. May 2019. It was early evening on Mathew Street and I was about to tick off another holy grail sight in Liverpool. Finally, over thirty four years since I heard my first Beatles record (I think it was Rubber Soul), I was heading into the Cavern Club for a night of history, […]

Read More

A Visit to The Beatles Story in Liverpool.

The Beatles Story, Liverpool. May 2019. The whole idea of making Liverpool the centerpiece of my 2019 travels around England was to fulfil a lifelong desire to see the city’s legendary Beatles spots. If you’re into The Fab Four, there’s a serious amount of stuff to check out. So much so, it’s actually a good idea […]

Read More