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How to get sponsorship for your cycle tour
Adventures, Personal, Road, TransportWhen planning an extended cycle tour, many people go in search of corporate sponsorship. Some come back empty-handed. Some are successful.
August 24, 2010
What has happened to travel?
Adventures, Opinions, Personal, Social, TechnologyTechnology enables us to make better informed, faster decisions and hopefully saves us some money as a result, but sometimes as a traveller I wonder how this all impacts on the intrinsic value of travel.
August 4, 2010
Moving forward from vanilla cycle touring
Adventures, Personal, Road, TransportFive years ago, I invented cycle-touring. After rejecting backpacking out-of-hand as a fulfilling post-university form of escapism
August 1, 2010
A day in the life on an overland safari
Adventures, Places, Road, TransportAt the crack of dawn you are woken by a knock on your tent and a cheerful “good morning happy campers” from your overland guide as she goes about preparing breakfast on the open wood fire in the middle of your camp.
July 28, 2010
Jump on da Bixi bikes in Montreal
Environment, Road, TransportTo my great excitement my Bixi key arrived in the post last week. Bixi is the name of the public bike system here in Montreal. (Bike + taxi = Bixi.)
July 28, 2010
A night on the Caledonian Sleeper train
TransportSometimes it’s hard to summon much enthusiasm for travelling by train in your own country. The association with a frustrating and deadening commuting routine can be hard to shake
July 23, 2010
The real inspiration for ‘The Beach’
Books, PlacesThese days, untouristed beaches are few and far between, so we can all see the appeal of a story like The Beach, which follows a utopian community on a remote Thai island untouched by tourism.
July 19, 2010
Experiencing the Townships in South Africa
Cultural, Places, Political, SocialAt the turn of the 20th century racial segregation became prominent in South Africa and the history of community removals and marginalisation had begun.
July 19, 2010
Offline networking: tips for travelling solo
Cultural, Places, SocialDuring my recent stay in Miami I decided to take my travel networking offline. How? With the oldest trick in the book. It goes a little something like this…
July 15, 2010
A journey into South Africa’s apartheid era
Featured, History, SocialSikhululekile, the new luxurious Robben Island ferry, cruised across Table Bay at a strong 25knot pace with a full load of 285 passengers.
July 14, 2010
