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 costsFinding internet cafés; worst food; non-Euro destinations; tipping; overrated citiesCheap 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 thingshostel 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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