Later this week I’ll be heading on my longest trip to date. A four and a half month adventure around Asia. Over the first month I’ll be travelling from Milton Keynes to Hanoi, Vietnam by train, through Russia, Mongolia and China via the Trans-Siberian railway. The remaining few months will see me continue overland through south-east Asia, exploring the tropical regions of Cambodia, Thailand and Malaysia, finally ending up…
5 surprising observations on my first trip to New York City
Ah, America. It’s been a while. Actually, it’s been 13 years since an obligatory kids-visit to Disneyland Florida, so you could say it’s my first trip in living memory! This time it wasn’t Mickey Mouse luring me across the pond, but rather an exciting opportunity to meet my team from work in New York City. For a week I was mainly based at the office in Midtown Manhattan, after which…
Holocaust memorials and museums of terror. Sounds like the makings of an exciting adventure! As you can imagine, Berlin bears horrific scars from World War 2 . It was the capital of Hitler’s regime from 1932 to 1945, with all of the Nazi party directing their military chess pieces from the Reichstag (German parliament). When the regime capitulated, virtually the whole city was obliterated by…
Mauritius. Yes, it’s a little touristy (I didn’t get much of a say) but I wouldn’t say no to doing two weeks of…well, pretty much nothing! In case you’ve not heard of Mauritius, it’s a tiny tropical island located in the Indian Ocean south of the equator. It’s a tiny country – no bigger than London; you could drive all the way round in a couple of hours….
Singapore is a small independent island the size of Greater London, straddling the coast of West Malaysia. It’s a dense country comprising only of a city of the same name in what many term as a “melting pot” of cultures, with locals comprising of Chinese, Indian, Malay and British citizens. Founded by the commander Sir Stamford Raffles in 1819 under British rule on and off…
Part one of my winter escape to Malaysia & Singapore
Back in October I headed out to Malaysian Borneo and Singapore for a couple of weeks to retreat from the inevitable cold and darkness in Blighty. I’ll start by giving some Kudos to Singapore Airlines for great journeys both in and out of Singapore. As a keen aviation enthusiast travelling on an Airbus A380 for the first time was a great experience – particularly given the…
Is Switzerland the most beautiful country in the world? At the very least it’s definitely a good candidate, let me say that. Only in Switzerland could the public infrastructure get you round the whole country in a little more than a weekend. Well, maybe I did it over a couple more days, and didn’t see every sight, but what I did see was truly breathtaking..here’s…
My latest travels took me to Barcelona, the capital city of Catalonia in Spain. And what a city is, the place to me is a brilliant reminder of the incredible diversity of character in western Europe. Las Ramblas I was based not far from Las Ramblas, one of the most famous shopping parades in the world and bustling with tourists right from the 1 mile…
An autumnal trip to Munich and the Bavarian countryside
Here’s some pictures from my trip to Munich/Bavaria from mid October. It’s an awesome city that I recommend anyone visit, and the surrounding alpine landscapes of Mittenwald and Garmisch-Partenkirchen were really beautiful. As a petrol-head, a great highlight was visiting the BMW museum and factory alongside the Winter Olympics park. I also visited the WW2 Dachau Concentration Camp which was a real reminder of the…
Back in April this year, I was fortunate enough to visit India for 3 weeks. I’ve been meaning to write up my experience of this incredible country, and thought now would be a great time to start as I sit in the luggage compartment of my horrendously delayed Virgin train from Milton Keynes to London Euston. So, where to start? Well, let me give a…
