In Cappadocia, I went underground with New Goreme Tours. Cappadocia is renowned for its surreal, at times even psychedelic landscape. The wind and the rain have for millennia shaped the contours of this land into an hallucinogenic, other worldly spectacle, while the...
The Balloons of Cappadocia. Cappadocia, a contorted landscape of surreal rock shapes and psychedelic stone patterns. It’s a place that displays the randomness and beauty of nature’s creative abilities, in an open air forum that never...
Here’s my travel round up for March! I’ve been on the road a lot since my last ‘proper’ round up of events in January, when I headed on over to Bali for a few weeks in the Sun. I explored an abandoned theme park, did a spot of SCUBA diving and...
“Care! Radiation!” The sign warned that I was entering the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. There was no turning back now. My documents were checked, and the armed guards waved us across the security line, straight into the fallout area. The Chernobyl disaster...
Amed is a long way from the nightclubs and surfer beaches of Kuta. In the far north of the island of Bali, this ramshackle collection of villages lies on dark, black sand beaches, and underwater, the seabed is littered with the haunting remains of shipwrecks. I dived...
From Slovenia to Bulgaria, the Balkan nations form one vast and vague geographical region. With an intricate history, delicate international relations and a volatile collision of politics, culture and OUTSTANDING natural scenery, it’s the next big thing in...
Finding freedom in Prizren. “Who wants beer?” It was more of a statement than a question as the hostel owner came charging in, clutching plastic bags full of cheap two litre bottles of Kosovo’s finest brew. Everyone was getting beer. “And who...
Transnistria. The perfect location for a get away holiday. Far from the madding crowds, really far from anywhere at all in fact. There’s beaches, cognac and KGB agents. The breakaway republic truly is a destination like no other. Read on if you too want the...
A Tale of Bears and Lakes in Shkoder. “Is that a bear?! That’s a bear isn’t it?!” We were driving down the main street of the Albanian town of Shkoder, and all in the car were clambering at the windows for a desperate view of the street...
I travelled through all the countries of the former Yugoslavia in my journey across Europe. I travelled through Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Kosovo, and then finally Macedonia. These independent nations were all united under the communist...
Along the Borders chronicles my multi-year journey along Britain's borders, boundaries and frontiers. Published by Penguin Random House, and available now!
