How to Travel to Jaco Island In East Timor! Soft, white sand. Crystal clear water. Pristine coral reefs. And not a soul in sight. Does that sound tempting? Well, that’s what you get if you make the epic journey across East Timor from Dili to the remote,...
Is Mindanao Safe To Travel To? Earlier this year I made the decision to book a plane ticket to Cagayan de Oro, the largest city in Northern Mindanao. I wanted to see the Philippines’ second largest and second most populous island, yet I knew almost no travellers...
Hiking To The Top Of Mt Tapyas Coron might be a small town, but the locals are so confident in the awesome beauty of their surrounding islands that they’ve gone so far as to build a giant Hollywood style sign on the top of Mount Tapyas advertising to visitors...
Photos From The Road: The Amorita on Panglao Beach In Bohol It’s been a few weeks since I posted a Photos From The Road update on the blog, and that’s because I’m back home in England, enjoying the summer sunshine while it lasts for a few more days...
Sunsets And Beers At The Maquinit Hot Spring In Coron Coron in the Philippines isn’t necessarily the first destination you might think of when imagine you sitting back in boiling hot springs for a spot of relaxation after an arduous day’s travel, after...
Cliffs, Caves And Shipwrecks On Black Island In Coron The limestone cliffs of Black Island Coron grew ever larger on the horizon as the wooden outrigger boat crashed through the waves and sped ever closer to our destination. We were far out in the northern Calamianes...
Pass Island: Coron’s White Sand Paradise Pass Island Coron is one of the whitest, sandiest, tropical islands I’ve ever travelled to. Imagine pure white silica, soft underfoot, and tall, green palm trees towering skywards and casting blissful shadows over...
The Remains of the Dutch Colonial Fort of Maubara in East Timor The old Dutch colonial fort of Maubara was hidden beneath creeping vines and overgrown trees on the main highway that extends from Dili to the border of East and West Timor. I stopped at the fading brown,...
The Ruins of the Ai Pelo Prison in East Timor The crumbling ruins of the Ai Pelo Prison in East Timor stare hauntingly out to sea on the windswept coast twenty five kilometres west from Dili. This stone walled and weather beaten prison is a colonial stain on the...
Things To Do In Musandam and Khasab The Musandam Peninsular is one of the most rugged, mountainous and remote places in Arabia. It’s part of Oman, but Musandam is an exclave separated entirely from the rest of the country by oceans, mountains and the United Arab...
Along the Borders chronicles my multi-year journey along Britain's borders, boundaries and frontiers. Published by Penguin Random House, and available now!
