Horseback Archery at the World Nomad Games in Kyrgyzstan Arrow after arrow thumped home into the targets as the horses galloped across the field and the competitors from Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Turkey, and the USA battled it out for glory in the women’s finals of the...
I’m in Kyrgyzstan! Hello travellers, it’s been a while since I’ve given you a real time travel update, and that’s because I’ve only just hit the road again, and I couldn’t be more excited. I’ve just landed in Bishkek and I’m getting ready to explore this mountainous...
The Kennedy Range: Unknown Landscapes In The Aussie Outback The high, red ridges of the Kennedy Range National Park rose unexpectedly out of the ground on the edge of the horizon like some monstrous, rocky beast. The surrounding land was unnervingly flat. Flatter than...
How to Chase Waterfalls on Camiguin Island Camiguin is a beautiful, volcanic island of towering mountain peaks and lush green vegetation that is dotted with spectacular waterfalls. I was visiting from Northern Mindanao, just across the water to the south, to discover...
The Sunken Cemetery Lost Beneath the Waves As the ferry edged ever closer to Camiguin Island and the Sunken Cemetery I was in search of, the towering volcanic peaks began to cast their long shadows over the ocean ahead of me. This is the Island Born of Fire, a...
The Bluff Knoll Hike in Western Australia The mist swirled around the summit as I drove under the shadow of the huge mountain that I was travelling towards, in order to begin the Bluff Knoll hike in Western Australia. The Bluff Knoll hike is one of the best walks in...
Along the Borders chronicles my multi-year journey along Britain's borders, boundaries and frontiers. Published by Penguin Random House, and available now!
