Why Portland Might Be The Best City In America 1

May

15

2013

Portland is a city of ‘interesting’ people. I say interesting since it incorporates weird, wacky, quirky and just plain strange under the one banner yet leaves the reader with a feeling of intrigue. Fitting, given we’re talking about Portland, one of America’s more quirky and often overlooked travel destinations. Do you have a full beard, ...
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Lesson From Travel #1 – Just show up 1

May

2

2013

It’s just about closing time in a random corner pub in East London. It’s packed and I’m about as drunk as I can get without trying to order a kebab from the table opposite me or attempt to select ‘Piano Man’ on the ATM machine in the corner… Sitting in front of me is a ...
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Thoughts On The Nature Of: Home 1

Apr

25

2013

  What is ‘home’? Something funny happens when you have no fixed address and you move around from place to place; the meaning of home changes to become something other than just the ‘cave’ you took for granted and stepped out of at the start of your journey.. essentially our definition of ‘home’ changes as ...
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Top restaurants in Vegas – The Vegas Dining Experience

Apr

18

2013

Last week, I talked a bit about how that Las Vegas was an American paradox. One topic that I failed to touch on is the Vegas food scene. Many do not know that Las Vegas has quickly become a must-visit city for food lovers from around the world. While I didn’t get a chance to ...
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Vegas: The American paradox.. 3

Apr

12

2013

Upon entering the lobby of almost any Vegas hotel your senses will be assaulted with a barrage of sites (and smells) that will amaze, shock and disturb you forever. Like Hunter S Thompson described in Fear and Loathing, Vegas is the climax of the American dream, the ultimate adult experience where sin is definitely still ...
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How to Beat Homesickness Abroad

Apr

4

2013

Real travel has to be one of the most amazing experiences I think a person can have in their lives. Seeing the world through another cultures eyes, exploring new places, meeting new people and generally learning more about the world through new experiences is humbling, interesting and amazing all at once. However during any long ...
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long Distance Travel – Trains Are All About The Journey 4

Mar

29

2013

    When you travel long term you have plenty of time to ponder the big questions. Maybe that’s why philosophy and travel go so well together. You finally have the time to really think about what the hell Confucius and Plato were trying to get at.. Maybe that’s why for any form of long ...
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Travel Better: The Zen of Sake and Learning

Mar

22

2013

What do a sexually promiscuous drunken Zen master and world travel have in common? Well, actually quite a lot in my opinion. Ikkyu the gentleman in question was a 15th century Japanese monk, allegedly the Emperors illegitimate son who, after being raised in the strict traditions of Zen philosophy, grew up to travel ancient Japan ...
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Sanity, safety and serial killers: Bus rides in America 2

Mar

7

2013

It is 2:00am, almost nothing good happens at 2:00am. The guy sitting next to me reminds me of Charles Manson. He smells like tobacco, body odour and criminal insanity. Maybe it’s something to do with the animated discussion he was having with himself in the line; maybe it’s just that he genuinely looks like he ...
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Long Term Travel is Not a Magic Bullet (Werewolves Don’t Exist) 1

Mar

1

2013

  Last week I joined a discussion on The Huffington Post about leaving a career to travel the world. During our discussion Alex, from Milk The Pigeon was asked about a post he wrote titled ‘5 reasons why not to quit your job and travel the world’ I’ve been nursing my own philosophies on this ...
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