Readers Stories – Worst Travel Experiences Competition

Recently I posted a blog about my Top 5 Worst Travel Experience. For fun I ran a competition to hear about your own stories. Here are the three lucky winners stories, as I decided to award them all first prize. Along with one more story. Each of the winners will receive a call from me, […]

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My Top 5 Worst Travel Experiences

Having just been through my travel nightmare, that was China. I thought I would share my Top 5 worst travel experiences, and add in a little competition to show I’ve still got my sense of humour. 1. Trapped in an inescapable travel nightmare China Overland Just a few weeks ago I suffered...
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Laos – Lovely and Luscious, A Real Forest Retreat

After China, Laos was always going to be about rest and relaxation. If there is a better spot than South East Asia for doing exactly that, then tie me down sport, and call me an Aussie!!. The instant you enter South East Asia the shackles come off, the pressure dissipates, stress disappears, you...
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A Pack Rafting Adventure on the Mekong River

While I was in Luang Namtha, Laos I had the pleasure of meeting a fellow Kiwi called Stuart Biggs. Stu and I discovered we were both fans of the adventurer Alastair Humphreys. Stu was so impressed he had taken a leaf out of Alastair’s book and decided to go on a pack rafting adventure....
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China Part 1 – Unhappy Campers, Bike Wankers and Butt Spankers

My apologies if the following 3 part series on China comes across as petty and spiteful in places. It was a tough section of the trip. Much tougher than I’d anticipated. As a result, it’s only since I’ve left China that I’ve been able to write the story, as I have started...
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The Boris Interviews – Jonny meets a Kirghiz Tribesman

While on my way along the Pamir Highway I was flagged down by a local herdsman desperately looking for a ride to Murgab. The locals had helped me out many times along the journey so I thought it was only fair to return the favour. Neither of us understood what the other was saying. This […]

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