Let’s talk recipes for a moment. In the 2,500 metre above sea level kitchen of Lalibela, Ethiopia, bring together a generous dash of Orthodox Christianity, mix in a few thousand metres of white, cotton cloth, sprinkle in a bit of day and night chanting and bring to a boil in a cross-shaped bowl filled with …
One may have noticed that I have travelled a smidgeon in the Middle Eastern countries of Syria, Jordan and Egypt over the course of the last few years, and politically mapped boundaries (set out by the English and French ages back without consideration to history or cultural traditions) must be hopped over multiple times in …
OK … the title is groaner, but what the hell, right? On this fine day, dear travellers and readers of blogs, I would like to draw your attention to my cosy home-away-from-home in Olomouc, Czech Republic … the “Poet’s Corner Hostel”. Yes folks, for a few days out of the year, I actually leave behind …
After two weeks of near constant rainfall, the levies are no longer holding. The train from Bochnia to Kraków is still in operation, but the lands surrounding the tracks are filling with river-water and submerging homes and roads. We are lucky being atop a hill, but the waterworks for our town is out of commission …
Simplistically, when you hear the word “Egypt”, the thoughts that bombard your skull tend to include the staple examples like “pyramid”, “mummy”, “Pharaoh”, “Nile”, “Cleopatra” and “Tutankhamen”. All well and good, if you ask me. These are what the crowds come for. These are the country’s pied piper, so to speak. Who would not want …
Iceland … a tiny place, but definitely with aspirations for world domination! I feel bad for Iceland and its economic woes, I really do. The collapse of their banking system put many of Bjork’s fellow countrymen in dire straights, and I even think Damon Albarn from Blur lost out on his property value and might …
Why does it seem all flights I have to take leave at an hour where most piss-heads come home tossing their cookies up from the pub? OK, I admit, the hour of actual departure was not so bad; it’s just the getting up three hours beforehand to make it to the airport for their “reasonable” …
Ask anyone that knows me well and I am sure they will tell you that they don’t really find me the religious type, but I do try to have a sincere respect for anyone and everyone’s beliefs, and I try to keep my mind open. I truly feel that we should let people be as …
Thirty kilometres in two hours. It just wasn’t fair. They claim that one in every four people of driving age in Moscow has a car, and the ungodly traffic on the ring roads circling this city of nine million and leading to the airport add tremendous weight to this statement. The rain was also pissing …
The preparation is actually the toughest part of the trip. Research, applying for visas, adjusting to any changes in the itinerary, checking the budget restraints, making sure the local guides will be who you want, sorting out an idea of restaurants and meals ahead of time, making sure your multiple flight connections are good – …