I’m writing this from 40,000 feet in the air with 1 hour and 43 minutes to go until we land into Manchester. It’s been 32 hours since I left the place I was staying in Helensvale, Australia and I must admit, I am completely disorientated. The journey has been quite a number of hours longer coming back than it was going, both in actual hours and ‘feels like’ hours…
There is something about the ear popping, pressure in your head feeling of driving up a mountain that just makes me feel absolutely at peace with myself. I can’t really explain it,…
I’ve been M.I.A for a few days due to poor internet conditions in the first apartment I was staying in on the Gold Coast. So much has happened over the last few…
Dear Maleny, I stumbled upon you two weeks ago as a recommendation from a friend, and booked 3 nights without knowing very much about you… I arrived 3 nights ago, and instantly…
“Solivagant: rambling alone” is what I did today, and I guess what I’ve been doing for 3 weeks now. 3 weeks. I can’t quite believe it’s been that long, but at the…
One thing I absolutely LOVE doing when travelling, is heading out in the morning with no real plans – and that’s exactly what I did yesterday morning. I haven’t actually been feeling…
Is the airport a place of arrival, or a place of departure? I’m sat here in a pub called ‘Down Under’ (original, eh?) in Auckland International Airport pondering this very question. I…
This is the first time I’ve had the chance to take some time out to really stop and think about everything I am learning / have learned since leaving the UK two…
“Flâneur” – the man of leisure, the idler, the urban explorer, the connoisseur of the street. This french term is often used to describe the act of ‘wasting time’ or ‘wandering without a destination’,…
So the last few days have been rather busy, hence I haven’t posted – so I have a bit to catch up with…