Silk Road cycling: Kyrgyzstan 18 July 2012 The first stop on a Silk Road journey through Central Asia: Kyrgyzstan, the land of... read more
10 awesome gap year trips 9 July 2012 There's so much more to a gap year than just heading to the nearest beach.... read more
The joys of travelling 4 July 2012 Travelling. It ain't glamorous but it's certainly worth it. Only a couple of weeks before... read more
10 taboo destinations and why you could visit them 22 June 2012 Here are 10 taboo destinations - places that people knowingly avoid - and reasons to... read more
What’s in Chinese 5 Spice Powder 17 June 2012 Chinese 5-Spices provides a myriad of flavour bursts and can be found in a wide... read more
A journey across the road in Bangkok 18 May 2012 Shuttling between three neighbouring hotels in Bangkok's Khao San area gave us a sense of... read more
Palaces, peacocks and paneer in Rajasthan 20 April 2012 The second blog from my five-week assignment in India: my highlights from the colourful and... read more
Clipper Round the World Yacht Race: Almost at the finish! 1 April 2012 We have just 189 nautical miles left until we reach San Francisco! Fingers crossed we'll... read more
The scoop on some of the world’s most expensive poop 27 March 2012 A recent hype about the exorbitantly priced panda poop tea got me thinking... what other... read more
The best cocktail for an adventurer 26 March 2012 I'm racing a Clipper yacht almost 6000 miles across the North Pacific Ocean, from Qingdao,... read more