- Relaxed Diving
- Meeting an international group
- 30 degrees C air and sea temperatures
- Cheap two hour massage
- Spicy Thai food
Which other country can offer the attractions of Thailand?
A combination of factors
Barcelona – so civilised and European
What more needs to be said. It accepts Euros: a certain standard of civilisation. Walking for 4-5 hours a day admiring the achitecture and enjoying a football match.
I don’t need to buy a teapot!
The benefits of having a break are well known. A normal work and home life routine suddenly disturbed by the chaos of Djemma el Fna market square in Marakesh, Morocco. Values are reassessed and time stands still with black coffess, sitting with the local old men accompanied by warbling snake charmer tones. Another few days all this will seem normal. What constitutes a top city break is quite personal but undoubtedly the Easyjet fare to places like Morocco or Turkey give an astonishing opportunity to experience a complete cultural change. Hopefully it is only a matter of time before the Easy and economical airline companies link up around the world. I have heard that some describe the culture here as naive. Alternatively they may know how to live, what’s important in life and have the apparent naive ability to learn new things often superior to mature isolated cynicism. I’m just amazed by it all.
A message to people who hijack WordPress blogs
Please get a life and pursue another hobby. What about world peace, space exploration, feeding ducks or discovery of some clean ubiquitous source of energy? This would be far more beneficial to mankind than wasting peoples’ time in clearing out malicious php scripts. Or better still, do some traveling and spend less time at your computer creating these annoyances.
UPDATE January 2019: Just had to do a cleanup again.
Tech Alert: Blog playing up in Internet Explorer
My sidebar disappeared completely in Internet Explorer but was fine in other browsers. This was all down to hidden characters pasted from Word into the text post which have now been removed.
By the way, anyone want to buy a piano? (£100, London)
Breaking News: The Travel Map 2 Published!
Following on from “The Travel Map” I have just published the second travel guide book, fully documenting my more recent trips. Together the two books describe in detail 10 round-the-world trips and a separate trip to Africa, from naive beginnings many years ago to experienced backpacker status. Hundreds of photos and 1156 pages in total! Hopefully you’ll find them inspiring. Please enjoy the trip.
