Podcast #015: Travel with Hand Luggage

Welcome to Episode 15 of my “Travel Tales From Beyond The Brochure” podcast. In this episode…

Fifty Shades of Travel: Giving Up Control

Dhaka is a very large, crowded, and busy city. In fact it’s one of the most…

#ThisGuyCan – A Challenge to Toxic Masculinity

This post, about toxic masculinity, is one of the first of a new section of my…

Beer in the USA

People on Twitter have always asked me ‘Why am I not a beer blogger?’, given that…

Travelling Even Lighter – Backpacking With As Little As Possible

A couple of years ago, I wrote a blog post about how I tend to travel…

Confessions of a Travel Blogger

I am not a travel blogger. Now, that might sound like a strange thing to say,…

Travelling Light – Backpacking with only carry-on luggage

“Travel Light”. It was in my tagline, and it’s one of my blog’s ‘niches’, but what…

The hidden fixed travel costs of having a house

There are a lot of posts around on travel blogs talking about how to save money…

Older People Can Backpack Too!

It seems to be a given that the travelling community is made up of wide-eyed twentysomethings…

The £800 travel mistake

As I write this today (30 April 2015), it is exactly a year since I ventured…

The Other Dead Sea

The Aral Sea shoreline. It’s pretty cold; I’m even wearing socks. The sky above, coupled with…

What to expect on buses in West Africa

Have you ever been tied up? Seriously. Have you ever had your partner tie you, with…