Mine and Harri’s latest adventure took us from West London, after a week in the Lake District, to Yangon (Myanmar/Burma) via the old British outpost Hong Kong. After a 13 hour flight we landed in Hong Kong in the early afternoon and after the usual arrival procedures we hopped on a bus and went to … Continue reading En Route to Burma
The 317 Km journey was always going to take longer than 6h 22 mins that Google Maps said, I had read that the journey should take somewhere between 8 and 10 hours, so with that in mind I left the guesthouse at 0615 and paid for a tuk tuk to take me into the Old … Continue reading Freetown to Conakry
Whilst planning this trip back in the UK I had set aside two days for this epic journey from Robertsport in Liberia, across the border, to the Sierra Leone capital, Freetown, however I decided to give it a shot in one day. I had woken at 0430 and having packed the night before I only … Continue reading Robertsport to Freetown
Arriving into a new country is always an exciting experience and each time its completely different, there is nothing like stepping off an aircraft and walking down the plane stairs to a waiting shuttle bus and getting that first smell of a different land, landing into Liberia at Roberts International Airport on the outskirts on … Continue reading Monrovia
We arrived in New Delhi late at night after briefly stopping in Munich and after cruising through passport control we walked out of departures and were hit by the heat. My girlfriend Harri has been to 37 countries and India is my 79th however neither of us had experienced humid heat like this before. I … Continue reading Indian Adventure
We had a bit of a lie in and then went back across town to the Acropole Hotel to organise visiting the pyramids in the North of the country. We left $290 lighter in the pocket but with a driver booked for tomorrow to take us to four different ancient Nubian sights. Not far from … Continue reading Exploring Khartoum
I arrived in Khartoum last night and Nick (a friend I work with), who had already landed, met me at the airport. We dropped my things off at the hotel and went out for an explore and some food. We ended up at a restaurant which had the Sweden vs Germany football game on, we … Continue reading Sudan
