Finding Dory
Setting out on a quest to actually Find Dory and how doing so, somehow felt reaffirming and calming. How a simply dive, calmed my soul. Continue reading Finding Dory
Category: Travel
Travel stories from around the world
Continuing adventures in solo diving (the day of the frogfish)
A solo dive filled with cute little and monster sized frog-fish… you never know what a day will bring (even those that start on a bit of a low and self-reflection). Continue reading Continuing adventures in solo diving (the day of the frogfish)
Solo Diving
Why on earth would I want to do that?! One of the first things you learn is as a diver is “never dive alone” or even “dive alone, die alone”!! So not really confidence inspiring when you realise that solo diving is an option. But of course it’s an option, and of course, when you sign up, which ever organisation you do the course with … Continue reading Solo Diving
Diving in Atauro… the world’s most biodiverse reef
These past few years I can hardly complain that I get a bum deal in terms of where I live for work. A few months ago I applied for a post in Timor Leste. A tiny island nation at the far end of the Indonesian archipelago (and to my embarrassment I had to look up on the map). Although I was prepared to go diving … Continue reading Diving in Atauro… the world’s most biodiverse reef
Dating in Cairo
Moving to new cities is never easy. Add that to moving to a new country, with the prerequisite of new culture, customs, currency, language, climate, home, routines, making friends, and new work/workload, and it becomes rather overwhelming. I don’t think I’ll ever get used to it, even though I’ve been doing this for 14 years or more. I’ve found that two things help me. Finding … Continue reading Dating in Cairo
The Circle Train
In the 1950’s the British colonists built a 50km double railway line around Yangon, and it still serves 100-150,000 commuters daily. With 39 stops it takes about 3 hours to complete the loop. For a tourist or outsider it’s not about commuting but provides a wonderful alternative view of the city and it’s people. We boarded at Parami Station, just over a kilometre from my … Continue reading The Circle Train
Life in a Drought
There are so many aspects of travel that astound me, both negatively and positively, but it’s human nature that truly makes the strongest impression. From ignorance, stupidity, and hatred to wisdom, joy, love, and overwhelming resilience. Sadly, there seems to be an uncanny correlation between money and the negative aspects of human nature. Having driven through a semi-arid landscape for two or three hours, passing … Continue reading Life in a Drought
Brush with fame
This story is an on/off affair that bridged two countries and a couple of years. It all started with Couchsurfing, the interesting community that connects people throughout the world for the purpose of making new friends and literally seeing if they have a couch to sleep on. Back in the day when I was working in Yangon I had created a Couchsurfing account, knowing that … Continue reading Brush with fame
Wandering the Olympic Peninsula (Pt.1)
It was quite the feat to get going in the right direction… wayward plans resulted in a delay or a day, although I was later to be amazed by how the timing of my journey would set me on a path that has changed my world (a titivating thought to keep you coming back perhaps). I’d crossed the continent in just 5 days, perhaps too … Continue reading Wandering the Olympic Peninsula (Pt.1)
Broken horizon
Broken Horizon The story of the road-trip continues, despite a poorly excused break… Montana provided a sobering reminder of road deaths in the form of little white crosses that popped up from time to time along the highway. I think the saddest of them was a little cluster of 5 at the side of a railway crossing. A scene that I dare not imagine. Other than these morbid … Continue reading Broken horizon
