Fifty and none the wiser! I stood at the cash machine for bloody ages trying to work it out. Translated into Icelandic currency, the ATM either offered between 10p and £1.50 or £120 and £1,000! Thankfully after starring at the transaction summary for some time I came to the conclusion that I was in …
Heaven and Hell. Some fun Filipino facts. They love basketball! It's everywhere. The kids don't play football or, beat kittens to death with a stick no, they play basketball, You may be thinking, 'are people from South East Asia short though?'. Yes, yes they are but, apparently this does not deter them from playing a …
My favourite Asian country. I booked the Philippines on a whim. I wanted to go to Sri Lanka. Like, really, really wanted to go to Sri Lanka but, the tour I wanted to do was cancelled and there was no other alternative that I wanted to do there. I had already booked my holiday slot …
Up Up Up. The challenge was set, 550m up up up to the top of a peak which offered stunning views of the island and, a chocolate cake for anyone who could get there in under one hour. There was two ways up, minibus or, pedal power, with only pedal power getting you the chocolate …
The Blessed Foot. I like to get political in the countries I visit but, Greece is politically boring or, at least the Ionian islands are! A bunch of islands wholly dependant on olives, grapes and, tourism. The residents must have an average age of 117 years. The reason we can do a lot of cycling …
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