Bishkek - Kyrgyzstan It’s 8.15pm at the end of day four of a six-day trek with 75 kilometres knocked out so far. I’ve just finished tidying up the latest photos and I’m thinking it’s time for bed. I grab my water bottle and head out of the tent to go fill it from the river …
Seoul - South Korea Trying to navigate Seoul the old way without constant access to the internet is absolutely doable but I can’t lie, it’s not easy. As was becoming habit, I started my day sat in Starbucks making sure I had notes and screenshots of all the information I needed to get to my …
Seoul - South Korea Day 30. Exactly halfway through my trip and I can’t help but smile looking out of the window as the plane launches down the Mongolian runway under a bright blue sky despite the guy sitting next to me insisting on leaning against me for some unknown reason. I have a vague …
Ulaanbaatar - Mongolia As we drove away from our nomad camp, I returned to being impressed with how our drivers navigate through a terrain with no roads, signs, obvious physical features, or sat nav. The Gobi Desert was particularly flat and featureless with almost constant wind that was strong enough to carry off pee before …
Mongolia After a good five days of driving without the assistance of a tarmac road we finally popped out of the wilderness and cruised along a well-maintained highway for 300 metres before our driver abruptly turned off, bounced along some grassland, and parked up outside a shipping container that had been conveniently turned into a …
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