Asia, the south east 2009( 9 items )
Sunshine, beaches, traffic, genocide and secret wars, strange food, Angkor Wat.
Middle East 2007/2008( 17 items )
A slight change of plan (it always happens...) but still on our way to Angkor Wat and dreams of Cambodia (and now eating much better local food, to be grateful for the little things, although Alison refuses to eat horse).
This is one crazy idea, I will agree. Going overland from Cape Town to Angkor Wat, the ancient temple complexes in Cambodia. Using whatever transport we can find. People have done crazier things.
Insane Ideas( 5 items )
The highest pendulum swing in the world, shark cage diving, whale watching, jumping out of an aeroplane...
Asia 2004/2005( 20 items )
Shanti shanti. I learnt many things in my travels through Asia but the one that stands out the most is the Indian concept of shanti shanti. There is a wisdom in the things that are happening. Not that we must blindly accept these things - for I have realised we have more power than most to change our realities - just that things happen for a reason, and we must follow the reason. Peacefully. If it hasn’t killed you yet, it probably won’t. Asia has always appealed to me. This was my second trip to the continent and it is still, for me, a place of deep spiritual intensity and grace.
Book Reviews( 50 items )
I am an avid reader. When I came back from Asia I discovered travel books – books by people who travel, just like me – and I have devoured their pages, their adventures, their descriptions. Some writers have the most insane ideas, and yet the ideas are possible, great epics of imagination and perseverance. I know that, to travel, you need the strength to move mountains. And people with the added patience to write about it and inspire armchair and intrepid travellers alike, well, they have my respect.