My 5 alternative winter holiday suggestions for you 

I’ve travelled a good bit in the past few years, so a frequent question from old friends and new is “what’s your favourite country?”. It’s a tough one so I’m going to do a top 5; luckily for you, Northern Hemisphere folks, they all happen to be good winter destinations… get your passports out… Japan….

What the Indian Police think of the Scottish Police

I stumbled upon the Hampi Police Station today – out of town as it is, it seemed an extremely quiet, relaxed place, relatively far from the tourist centre of the village. I stopped to chat to a policeman and his first question was, inevitably, which country are you from? Well, the excitement when I said…

5 things you want to know…

Well… maybe you don’t… but as I am on the last day of my 6 month round the world trip I thought I’d answer the questions I’ve been asked most by friends, locals and travellers alike in the past few months… 1. How much did you pay for your ticket? £2274  ($3400) for a one year round…