The World’s Smallest Town: A few Beers in Betoota, Outback Australia
Central Australia is the home of the road train. The world’s largest and heaviest road-legal vehicles, many exceed 50 metres (165 ft) long and...
Airbus A380… Everyone’s a Comedian
Recently I caught an Airbus A-380. It's a rather large airplane, which carts about the population of an Australian inland city. Funnily enough, it's...
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...
Venice: It has Canals
1,600 years ago a bunch of people fled their homes in what is now northern Italy. They were escaping social and political turmoil surrounding...
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...
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A young Korean friend asked for a little help with a short essay he had written for his university English class. We chatted over...
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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...
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...
