The following links are to some of my favourite articles, which I’ve written for various publications across the world. The casual reader is welcome to have a look through to discover something they perhaps didn’t know. Any editor is welcome to get in touch with me regarding republishing the articles/ commissioning me to write something similar for truckloads of money.
Africa
Senegal: Wedding on the Sine-Saloum Delta
South Africa: Adventure Walk at Durban’s new stadium
Australia
Aboriginal Australia: From Terra Nullius to today
Adelaide: Central Market Tour
Adelaide: Meeting Cheong Liew
Broken Hill: School of the Air
The bush mail run: Playing postie in the Australian outback from Broken Hill.
Byron Bay: Tour to Nimbin
Canberra: Activity options
Canberra: Questacon
Lord Howe Island: Travel guide
Melbourne: Meeting the stars of Neighbours
Mornington Peninsula: Point Nepean
Northern Territory: Daly Waters Pub
Northern Territory: Devil’s Marbles
Perth: Kings Park Indigenous Heritage Tour
Port Stephens: Sandboarding on Stockton Beach
Queensland: 4WDing on Fraser Island
Queensland: Gold Coast theme parks
Sydney: Kayaking on Middle Harbour
Sydney: Outdoor activities
Sydney: Yoga at Bondi Beach
Western Australia: Feeding dolphins at Monkey Mia
Western Australia: Pemberton climbing trees
Caribbean
Dominica’s Carib comeback: The revival of Kalinago culture in their last major homeland.
South Pacific
Playing kirikiti: Cricket the Samoan way
Savai’i, Samoa: The South Pacific’s natural wonder
UK and Ireland
Hotel review: Hard Day’s Night Beatles theme hotel in Liverpool
Europe
Europe travel tips: Exchange rates; Italian rip-offs; cheap UK train tickets; World Heritage sites; Getting lost; Budget airlines; Language barriers; Key words in European languages; Budget airline costs; Finding internet cafés; worst food; non-Euro destinations; tipping; overrated cities, Cheap weekend hotels, Eurovision, Guide books, smallest countries, football, high speed rail, countryside, worst airports, cheap London accommodation, buses vs trains, best month to travel, charter flights, online booking problems, Edinburgh festivals, best nightlife, worst drinks, Design hotels, winter travel, night trains, advance planning, sexiest people, best language to learn, bad things, hostel sex, chain hotels, ethnic food, overrated cities, best places to visit, Christmas markets, cultural tourism, European stereotypes, Eastern Europe highlights, flight tips, budget tips,
Crossing Nicosia’s Green Line: The world’s only divided city
Kiev, Ukraine: Tour of the Chernobyl Nuclear Exclusion Zone
Innsbruck, Austria – Climbing the Alps
Vienna, Austria – Bizarre Museum trail
Amsterdam, Netherlands – Anne Frank House
Belfast, Northern Ireland – Antrim Coast Road
Berchtesgaden, Germany – Salt Mine tour
Brussels, Belgium – Europe in miniature
Zagreb, Croatia – Discovering Croatia’s overlooked capital
Kutna Hora, Czech Republic – Alchemy Museum
Cesky Krumlov, Czech Republic – Bohemia’s Best Hideaway
Prague, Czech Republic – The Communism Trail
Helsingor, Denmark – Hamlet’s Castle
Copenhagen, Denmark – The World’s Oldest Theme Parks
Keila-Joa, Estonia – Chasing Waterfalls
Helsinki, Finland – The Friday Night Party Ferry to Tallinn
Tampere, Finland – From Industry to Bizarre Museums
Besançon, France – Forts and Fairytale Good Looks
Compiègne, France – World War II, Joan of Arc and Napoleon
Dijon, France – Testing the local delicacies
Paris, France – Jardin du Luxembourg; Sewer Tour
Metz, France – Mysterious museums and bizarre bars
Montpellier, France – City Highlights
Nancy, France – Art Nouveau architecture trail
Aachen, Germany – Spas, horses and hangover monsters
Berlin – Street art and alternative culture walking tour
Berlin, Germany – Review of Propeller Island art hotel
Bonn, Germany – Beethoven, Rhine cruises and the Museum Mile
Cologne, Germany – Kolsch and the cathedral
Essen & The Ruhr, Germany – From heavy industry to European Capital of Culture
Leipzig, Germany – Partying like it’s 1989
Munich, Germany – Third Reich walking tour review
Trier, Germany – World Heritage overkill
Gibraltar – The Ape problem
Gibraltar – The British territory’s upmarket aspirations
Athens, Greece – Review of the New Parthenon Museum
Athens, Greece – The Metro mini-museums
Keszthely, Hungary – Lakeside glamour at Balaton and Heviz
Iceland – The Golden Circle
Bologna, Italy – Poking under porticoes in the Red City
Catania, Italy – Rain stops play
Florence, Italy – Serial Killer Museum
Rome, Italy – Superstitious tourism hostpots
Siena, Italy – Il Palio, the world’s greatest horse race
Syracuse, Italy – Ancient Greek culture in Sicily
Oulx, Italy – Quad biking in the Italian Alps
Piedmont, Italy – Confessions of a spa virgin
Venice, Italy – Secrets away from the crowds
Venice, Italy – Hunting ghosts at night
Venice, Italy: Murano and Burano
Treviso, Italy – Unsung day trip from Venice
Trieste, Italy – The multinational frontier city
Italian Alps – French connections
Riga, Latvia – Avoiding the stag parties
Vaduz, Liechtenstein: Tasting the royal wines
Grutas Park, Lithuania – Stalinworld
Vilnius, Lithuania: Baltic Capital of Culture
Kiev, Ukraine – Eastern Europe’s unsung beauty
Geneva, Switzerland: CERN tour – Angels and Demons & Large Hadron Collider
Zurich, Switzerland: The wacky hotels of Zurich
Vatican City – Souvenirs in the home of St Peter
Cheap weekend hotels in Europe
New Zealand
Christchurch: International Antarctic Centre
Gisborne: East Cape Maori culture
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