And I am not referring to the antipodean one but the country on the West Coast of Africa, known as Ghana. [History time: Ghana was the first African country to gain independence from the British empire. It was, and still is known as the Gold Coast because of the wealth...

When travelling finding a decent toilet is always going to be a lottery, and more often than not you're not going to be anywhere the jackpot. If anything you're going home with the booby prize. But, when you are overlanding the odds definitely lessen and that jackpot (...

Our trip to Central Asia was decided and agreed to during an evening in the pub. Would I never learn? I decided to climb (the not so wonderful) Kilimanjaro after an evening in the pub, a feat I shall never repeat. Oh well, this trip was cheap, someone else would be in...

One thing that is glaringly obvious in Central Asia (Turkmenistan & Uzbekistan so far) is that there are no black people. Not a one, not even another bloody tourist. We are a rarity, and it seems one to be recorded on a sly photo taken on phone (I can see you), or by t...

I have wanted to do the Coast to Coast, walking from St Bees on the west coast of England to Robin Hood's Bay on the east coast, travelling through the Lake District and Yorkshire dales, for a couple of months. I bought the maps, and books and dehydrated food. Now this...

Elks are majestic animals, graceful, strong...and really bloody annoying. So, what was the Elk Attack? We had arrived at our campsite in Jasper the previous evening. The site was in the forest, with the river nearby, and other campers hidden amongst the trees. Our site...

It has been a while since I last sat down to write a post, and for that I have to apologise. The fault is not all because we were hiding out in a jungle, or up a mountain or being robbed (a non-violent robbing the best to have) or visiting hospitals. It has mainly been...

Otherwise known as our time in Rurrenabaque. Since I was small and first came across Tarzan Lord of the Apes or Master of Greyskall, I have always loved the thought of the jungle. I have always imagined myself swinging through the trees and being the Jane that Tarzan d...