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It’s that time of year again. Santa is fondling his bulging sack, and I’m trying to consume my bodyweight in mince pies. This also means that it’s time for the legendary* Grumpy Traveller Christmas Quiz. Below are twenty questions – see how many you can get the correct answer to without cheating. The answers – [...]
Prior to my arrival in Cambodia, I had heard pretty much only good things. Swathes of people I know and respect had thoroughly enjoyed their time there, and said it’s amongst their favourite places in the world. It sounded mighty promising. If people whose opinion broadly tallies with mine fell in love, then there’s a [...]
I don’t pretend to be much of a photographer, but I am a big fan of utterly childish photos. Let’s face it, leaning back and pretending the Leaning Tower of Pisa is your penis is never going to stop being funny. As is a snap of the incredible Wankbahn. And it just so happens that [...]
Apologies, this blog will be a little quiet for the next week or so. I am currently in the United States, trying to cover far too much in far too little time. The limited writing time I have has got to be spent on paid work, alas. However, if you really want to read my [...]
Three weeks away Very soon, I shall be heading off to the United States for three weeks. Part of me is very excited about this – I’ve got more commissions than I can ever remember having for a single trip, I’ll get to see five great cities, and stick my nose into a lot on [...]
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A cruise for everyone? Andy Jarosz of 501places.com wrote a beautiful post the other day about cruises. To sum up, despite people that there’s a cruise for everyone, he still remained sceptical. My attitude is largely the same. I am yet to see one reason why I would enjoy a cruise. I hate travelling as part [...]
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Or a Vanuatu rugby kit. That would do nicely as well. Heck, I’d even accept a Dominica cricket shirt if I could get hold of one. Travellers’ collections I should perhaps explain a little here. A lot of travellers collect things from their travels. Some go for postcards, others like to get stamps, others [...]
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Trivia time As you may have noticed, I’m not averse to the odd bit of trivia. That doesn’t make me a loser. It makes me very cool indeed. Christmas quiz And as I’m far too stingy and Scrooge-like to hand out proper presents to the readers of this blog, I thought I’d create a [...]
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Useful travel gear I’m currently researching a story about travel gear and clothing, and it has got me thinking about how useless so many so-called travel products are. Many of them have so many bells and whistles but are largely designed for mountaineers or Antarctic explorers rather than members of the general public. Multi-language [...]
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This one is always trotted out whenever the writer wishes to describe an area that could do with a lick of paint/ is a bit backward. And, yes, I’ve used it myself. On a cliché level, it’s not the most obnoxious one out there, but it’s a shoddy simile. How can you compare a place [...]
Continue reading about Travel writer clichés: 15 – Like travelling back in time