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
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
