Sandakan - Malayasia It seemed like a good idea at the time. Our tour leader had offered to take us on a ’40-minute’ walk at 9am the day following our Mt Kinabalu summit in order to get the legs moving and so that’s what I mentally prepared for. In what was proving to be our …
Mount Kinabalu - Malaysia I feel that telling people how many countries I’ve travelled to is like revealing how many people I’ve slept with. For some it may be impressive, for others it might be bragging, then there are others who could see it as disappointing. However, unlike sexual encounters, people are a lot happier …
Tian Shan Mountains - Kyrgyzstan Never have I had a guide knock on my hotel room door and waltz in with his assistant asking that I reveal the kit I intend to travel with for the coming week. Building up to the trip, the online forum constantly reminded us to pack for weather usually reserved …
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 …
Taranaki - New Zealand Qantas flew up the rankings as one of the most useless bloody airlines I’ve flown with this year after delaying my flight by three hours, giving me a food voucher for the airport that didn’t work, and demanding I get a visa to transit through Sydney from Seoul on my way …
