The wax palm tree, stretching up to sixty metres into the precipitated air of Valle de Cocora (Cocora Valley), Columbia, is perhaps one of the most strikingly peculiar tress of all time. Although it's much taller than a palm tree you might find at Palm Springs in California, it still retains the same girth, making it... Continue Reading →
Don't listen to the all-money all-corporate entity that is, the tourism industry. Their very existence depends on you, the consumerist, to buy their all-inclusive packages, buy-one-get-one-free tours and commercialised cruises. You DO need to be wealthy (and gullible) to buy into these, but the concept of travel is something that stretches far above and beyond... Continue Reading →
Elves, ice, lava and peace - four words that could only ever be related to that stunning lump of lava rock that sits tranquilly between the North Atlantic and the Arctic Ocean. They call it the Land of Fire and Ice due to its severely paradoxical nature - geysers and volcanoes erupt furiously over the endless deserts... Continue Reading →
When asked about the 'Stans' of Eastern Europe and Asia, most people seem to assume that they're all lands laden with barren deserts and dusty roads that flatten the landscape - but Kyrgyzstan is certainly no Afghanistan or Libya - it's a nation overloaded with craggy ridges and rustic mountainscapes. The landlocked country, located in Central... Continue Reading →
"Some time before Chief Dapaba died, many people had disappeared from that area. While they crossed the river in a canoe, 'leopard people' grabbed them, pulled them under the water, cut their heart out and left the corpses. These 'leopard people' would dress in leopard skins and put on claws of steel with which they... Continue Reading →
"Blinded by altitude sickness, his mind and body seemed to crumble in slow motion due the starvation of oxygen to his brain on these menacing slopes. 'Dark days are coming', he whispers to himself as he inexorably staggers and stumbles helplessly down the precipitous abyss of the mountain" - K2 survivor Any form of derivative... Continue Reading →
This morning I awoke with a spontaneously fiery ambition to travel. I wanted to experiment with the nifty new camera I’d received as a gift at Christmas but the area I live in is grey and monotonous so I decided that I wanted to embark on a train journey to the wild Highlands of Scotland... Continue Reading →
Ah yes, the infamous sacred Mt. Fuji located on Honshu Island in Japan. This symetrical giant, standing 3,776 metres tall, is the tallest mountain in Japan. The active stratovolcano is also one of the three most holy mountains throughout the entire Land of the Rising Sun, and is the most ascended mountain on the planet,... Continue Reading →
Every intrinsic jungle path leads to a steamy waterfall, or a golden beach, or a volcano - Costa Rica exhibits an organic land of mother nature's finest creations. The country of just under five million, located at the heart of the blissful Americas, is an explosion of everything a backpacker could possibly ask for, with... Continue Reading →
As much as I'm the exact opposite of what anyone could call a 'traveler' having never set foot out of my own home country (Scotland), I have to say, this is certainly another compelling thrill for my travel bucket list. Perching my pale Scottish cheeks on the brink of the largest waterfall on Earth, in... Continue Reading →
Forbidden Jungle 