A Week in a Tokyo Capsule Hotel
Japan (as far as I know) invented the capsule hotel. Nobody else would, or could. These are places where a wandering non-gazillionaire or random...
Christmas in South Korea
Christmas had come once again and, as was tradition I told my wife it just didn't feel like Christmas. Once again she asked what exactly...
An Omani Road Trip
Distance: 2,492 km Duration: 58 hours Vehicles destroyed: 0
All in all, having already been hit twice while driving during my...
Serbia: Saints and Sljivovica
The Serbs seem to have an awful lot of Saints. The nation doesn't seem overtly religious as a whole (though it does have a...
A holiday in Iran
The world is a scary place. That's what I keep hearing anyway, and right now, the omnipresent threat to my personal safety, freedom, employment,...
Latest Posts
How Australia Dug its own Hole
That some guy in an Australian mine has somehow managed to run over his own truck, in another truck that kinda...
Most Commented
A holiday in Iran
The world is a scary place. That's what I keep hearing anyway, and right now, the omnipresent threat to my personal safety, freedom, employment,...
‘This Isn’t Happening’. Prostitution in Korea. Does it actually exist?
A young Korean friend asked for a little help with a short essay he had written for his university English class. We chatted over...
The World’s Worst Mass Murderers
By this title I don't mean of course to speak of people who decided for whatever reason to go on a killing spree but...
Christmas in Oman
It may not shock to hear that life in the Middle east is a touch different to that in the west. We all know...
I had a White People Problem in Africa
I finally stepped out of the airport, breathed the fresh air and looked up at big, blue African skies. Three seconds later I lowered my gaze and...
