A few months ago I was sat on the Airport Express bus going home. Crossing Tsing Yi Bridge I looked down and saw, tucked away on the side of what looked like a small, but pretty affluent island, an abandoned village. I wanted to go there! Social media to the rescue! Took a picture, asked …
Sharp Island I needed to get out of the city and into the water, but wanted a little more adventure than my usual 20 minute bus to Repulse Bay - run to Deep Water Bay - collapse in the water for a couple of hours. I’d seen signs for snorkelling at Sharp Island when I first …
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After entering my first walled village whilst exploring Tai Po Market, I was really keen to seek out some more. I knew there were a few near the Chinese border in the areas of Sheung Shui, Fan Ling and Sha Tau Kok, so when I saw a cycle meet up around these areas I had …
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I didn’t have that high expectations for my last day in Kyoto. I was just looking forward to pedalling around and then heading to a vegan place for lunch. I’d been told I had to go to Japan’s number one tourist attraction, Fushimi Inari-taisha, that in itself lowered my expectations to almost nothing! I started …
In all honesty, I had no interest in visiting Cebu City. When I first learnt that a typhoon was due to hit Malapuscua the day I was due to go I thought about staying there to wait it out, but decided against, and would take my chances at the Ferry port town of Maya. After …
When I left my hostel on Monday morning my heart sank a little. I was prepared for the cold, even for a few short showers, but with the dark, grey skies raining down a mix of rain and snow that wasn't going to settle, I just foresaw myself being very wet, and very cold all …
I always knew Tai Po existed as a place, and perhaps I'd been there as a kid, but I can't remember how it made it on my 'Hong Kong day trip' list. Having done it now, I definitely know why it was put on there. A guided walk around Tai Po Market came on the …
It's been over a month since I left London, since I've been on a bicycle. I've been so busy throwing myself into my new life here, I haven't really missed it like I thought I would, going from pedalling every day to not at all. I had a bike growing up here either cycling around …
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I'm not talking about extreme or dangerous travel. I'm talking music... Hardcore; with its heavy riffs that spark off some crazy internal surge of intensity - seemingly out of no-where, an emotional explosion, when everything stops, nothing matters and it's just THIS. You either get THIS, or you don't. I listen to, and love a lot of types …
Boys vs IDF - Rocks vs Tear Gas https://www.facebook.com/weeze.coulcher/videos/10156703158373331/?l=9091539571171413191 Fellow tourist to me - 'I think the tour of the refugee camp might be cancelled!' Me: "why?" T: 'They're throwing tear gas down at some people!' When I relayed this to my guide, he laughed out loud and said if they (the Palestinians) let something …
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